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 7251–7300 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
7251 Pear nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7252 Plums, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7253 Squash, Indian, raw (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7254 Fruit juice smoothie, BOLTHOUSE FARMS, strawberry banana Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7255 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, with added calcium and vitamins A, D, E Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7256 Cherries, sour, canned, water pack, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7257 Oil, flaxseed, cold pressed Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1% USDA_SR
7258 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, fruit Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7259 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, apple and other fruit (plum, mango, kiwi, pear, banana, apricot and/or pineapple), all stages Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7260 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: whole grain, prepared with water Breakfast cereals 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7261 Babyfood, juice, pear, all stages Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7262 Babyfood, juice, apple and prune Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7263 Cherry, sour, canned, water pack, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7264 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, with olive oil, reduced fat Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7265 Sangria Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7266 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7267 Fruit salad, tropical (pineapple, red and yellow papaya), canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7268 Onion, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7269 Drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7270 Sweets, pie fillings, cherry, low calorie Sweets 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7271 Vegetable oil, flaxseed (linseed), cold pressed Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7272 Orange-strawberry-banana juice Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7273 Candies, bars, KIT KAT BIG KAT Sweets 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7274 Plum, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7275 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, reduced fat Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7276 Grains, arrowroot flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7277 Candied foods, maraschino cherries, jar, solids and liquid Sweets 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7278 Icing (frosting), vanilla (white), creamy, ready-to-eat Sweets 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7279 Cake, angel food, commercial Baked Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7280 Beans, adzuki, yokan (bean jelly) Legumes and Legume Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7281 Juice, cocktail, cranberry, vitamin C added, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7282 Alcohol, dessert wine, dry (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7283 Carbonated drinks, root beer Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7284 Carbonated drinks, grape soda Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7285 Carbonated drinks, cream soda Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7286 Alcohol, dessert wine, sweet (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7287 Alcohol, rum (40% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7288 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, bottled Beverages 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7289 Tomato, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7290 Onion, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7291 Onion, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7292 Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7293 Orange, all commercial varieties, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7294 Grape, red or green (European type, such as Thompson seedless), adherent skin, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7295 Grapefruit, white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7296 Grapefruit, pink, red or white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7297 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7298 Cherry, sour, red, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7299 Blueberry, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF
7300 Plum, canned, purple, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1% CNF

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