Vegetarian foods high in Zinc

Your body needs zinc daily for immune cells to work, wounds to close, and DNA to copy itself during cell division. This Daily Value is a target, not a ceiling: most people benefit from meeting it, and your label's percentage tells you how much one serving contributes to that goal.

Zinc concentrates in animal muscle and shellfish, then in seeds, legumes, and whole grains. The ranking below shows raw concentration per 100 g, but bioavailability matters; compounds in plants can bind zinc and reduce how much your body absorbs, so a plant-based food may look higher on this table than it performs in practice.

On a vegetarian or vegan diet, legumes and seeds become your primary sources, but phytates in these foods bind zinc and lower absorption. Fortified cereals and nutritional yeast provide an alternative route. Soaking, sprouting, and fermenting legumes and grains can reduce phytate content and improve zinc uptake, though they do not eliminate it.

FDA daily value: 11 mg

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Showing 6451–6500 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
6451 Beverages, coffee, ready to drink, iced, mocha, milk based Beverages 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6452 Bananas, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6453 Babyfood, vegetables, mix vegetables strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6454 Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6455 Egg, white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6456 Figs, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6457 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6458 Sauce, peppers, hot, chili, mature red, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6459 Soup, cheese, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6460 Soup, cream of potato, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6461 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular Fats and Oils 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6462 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6463 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6464 KFC, Coleslaw Fast Foods 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6465 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6466 Agave, raw (Southwest) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6467 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6468 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6469 Squash, winter, butternut, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6470 Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6471 Papaya nectar, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6472 Blackberries, wild, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6473 Frozen novelties, ice type, pop Sweets 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6474 Peppers, sweet, red, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6475 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6476 Radishes, oriental, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6477 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6478 Candies, fudge, vanilla, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 0.15 mg 1% USDA_SR
6479 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, squash, all stages Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6480 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, banana with coconut cream Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6481 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, prunes Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6482 Soup, cream of vegetable, made with 2% M.F. milk, homemade Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6483 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6484 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6485 Mustard greens, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6486 Cress, garden, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6487 Blackberry, wild, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6488 Agave, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6489 Pepper, sweet, red, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6490 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, chili, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6491 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, chili, mature red, canned Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6492 Dessert, frozen, ice pop Sweets 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6493 Candies, fudge, vanilla, homemade Sweets 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6494 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6495 Lettuce, iceberg Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6496 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6497 Radish, oriental (daikon), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6498 Cress, garden, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6499 Fig, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1% CNF
6500 Banana, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1% CNF

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