Vegetarian foods high in Zinc (Canadian (CNF))

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 651–700 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
651 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with biscuit, milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 1.70 mg 15%
652 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 1.70 mg 15%
653 Bread, multigrain, toasted Baked Products 1.70 mg 15%
654 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, decaffeinated Beverages 1.69 mg 15%
655 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder Beverages 1.69 mg 15%
656 Grains, millet, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.68 mg 15%
657 Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat), with added fibre, commercial Baked Products 1.68 mg 15%
658 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 1.68 mg 15%
659 Candies, praline, homemade Sweets 1.67 mg 15%
660 Fast foods, mexican, burrito with beans and chili peppers Fast Foods 1.67 mg 15%
661 Grains, sorghum Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.67 mg 15%
662 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: raisins and spice, dry, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.66 mg 15%
663 Fast foods, egg, scrambled Fast Foods 1.66 mg 15%
664 Bread, whole wheat, commercial Baked Products 1.66 mg 15%
665 Snacks, multigrain chips, plain Snacks 1.65 mg 15%
666 Cereal, ready to eat, Lucky Charms, General Mills Breakfast cereals 1.65 mg 15%
667 Bread, whole wheat, homemade (2/3 whole wheat flour), toasted Baked Products 1.65 mg 15%
668 Grains, wheat, sprouted Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.65 mg 15%
669 Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: Apple Cinnamon, General Mills Breakfast cereals 1.64 mg 15%
670 Cracker, wheat Baked Products 1.64 mg 15%
671 Grains, sorghum, flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.63 mg 15%
672 Wasabi, root, (Japanese horseradish), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.62 mg 15%
673 Candies, bars / chips, semisweet chocolate with butter Sweets 1.62 mg 15%
674 Sweets, chocolate, semisweet, made with butter Sweets 1.62 mg 15%
675 Candies, bars / chips, semisweet chocolate Sweets 1.62 mg 15%
676 Candies, bars, Twix peanut butter cookie Sweets 1.61 mg 15%
677 Candies, M&M's, plain chocolate candies Sweets 1.61 mg 15%
678 Taco shell, baked Baked Products 1.61 mg 15%
679 Lentils, sprouted, stir-fried, with salt, no fat added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.60 mg 15%
680 Lentils, sprouted, stir-fried, no fat added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.60 mg 15%
681 Soup, cream, vegetable, dehydrated Soups, Sauces and Gravies 1.60 mg 15%
682 Meatless, luncheon slices Legumes and Legume Products 1.60 mg 15%
683 Cracker, wheat, low sodium Baked Products 1.60 mg 15%
684 English muffin, whole wheat Baked Products 1.60 mg 15%
685 Fast foods, pizza, cheese, thin crust Fast Foods 1.59 mg 14%
686 Cheese, goat, hard, (less than 35% water, 36% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 1.59 mg 14%
687 Cracker, wheat, low fat Baked Products 1.59 mg 14%
688 Nuts, coconut meat, desiccated, sweetened, flaked, canned Nuts and Seeds 1.59 mg 14%
689 Cereal, millet, puffed Breakfast cereals 1.58 mg 14%
690 Egg, turkey, whole, fresh, raw Dairy and Egg Products 1.58 mg 14%
691 Soup, pea, green or split, dehydrated Soups, Sauces and Gravies 1.58 mg 14%
692 Cowpeas (black-eyed peas), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.58 mg 14%
693 Bread, multigrain, commercial Baked Products 1.58 mg 14%
694 Dessert, rennin, chocolate, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 1.58 mg 14%
695 Bread, multigrain, commercial, reduced sodium Baked Products 1.58 mg 14%
696 Indian, bread, chapati or roti, plain Baked Products 1.57 mg 14%
697 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: Raisins with almonds, low fat, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.57 mg 14%
698 Carrot, dehydrated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.57 mg 14%
699 Soybean, fermented products, Tempeh (tempe), cooked Legumes and Legume Products 1.57 mg 14%
700 Tofu, fuyu, salted and fermented (with calcium sulphate) Legumes and Legume Products 1.56 mg 14%

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