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 7351–7400 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
7351 Babyfood, fruit, bananas with tapioca, strained Baby Foods 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7352 Jams and preserves, apricot Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7353 Butterbur, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7354 Peppers, sweet, green, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7355 Peppers, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7356 Oranges, raw, California, valencias Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7357 Cornstarch Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7358 Frostings, glaze, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7359 Jams and preserves Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7360 Passion-fruit juice, yellow, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7361 Jams and preserves, no sugar (with sodium saccharin), any flavor Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7362 Fruit butters, apple Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7363 Puddings, vanilla, dry mix, instant Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7364 Toppings, strawberry Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7365 Peppers, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7366 Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7367 Leeks, (bulb and lower leaf-portion), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7368 Fruit juice smoothie, ODWALLA, ORIGINAL SUPERFOOD Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7369 Juice, apple, grape and pear blend, with added ascorbic acid and calcium Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7370 Clementines, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7371 Feijoa, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7372 Strawberries, frozen, sweetened, sliced Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7373 Rose-apples, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7374 Lime juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7375 Syrup, fruit flavored Sweets 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7376 Fruit juice smoothie, NAKED JUICE, GREEN MACHINE Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7377 Orange Pineapple Juice Blend Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7378 Nance, canned, syrup, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7379 Lemons, raw, without peel Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.06 mg 1% USDA_SR
7380 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, apricot, all stages Babyfoods 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7381 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, mixed fruit Babyfoods 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7382 Vitamin water, flavours not lemon/orange, low Calorie Beverages 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7383 Orange pineapple juice Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7384 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7385 Leeks (bulb and lower-leaf portion), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7386 Sports drink, orange flavour, powder Beverages 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7387 Clementine, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7388 Sweets, jams and preserves, dietetic (with sodium saccharin), any flavour Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7389 Pepper, sweet, green, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7390 Tea, iced, lemon flavour, ready-to-drink Beverages 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7391 Grains, cornstarch Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7392 Candied foods, orange peel Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7393 Candied foods, grapefruit peel Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7394 Candied foods, citron Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7395 Sweets, jams and preserves, apricot Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7396 Icing (frosting), glaze, homemade Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7397 Sweets, jams and preserves Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7398 Sweets, fruit butters, apple Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7399 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF
7400 Sweets, topping, strawberry Sweets 0.06 mg 1% CNF

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