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 7601–7650 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
7601 Marmalade, orange Sweets 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7602 Desserts, rennin, vanilla, dry mix Sweets 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7603 Apples, raw, granny smith, with skin (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7604 Apples, raw, golden delicious, with skin Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7605 Apples, raw, red delicious, with skin (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7606 Quinces, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7607 Salad dressing, italian dressing, reduced calorie Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7608 Candies, marshmallows Sweets 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7609 Candies, fondant, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7610 Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid, calcium, and potassium Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7611 Apples, raw, fuji, with skin (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7612 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, diluted with 3 volume water, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7613 Applesauce, canned, sweetened, with salt Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7614 Creamy dressing, made with sour cream and/or buttermilk and oil, reduced calorie Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7615 Tea, tundra, herb and laborador combination (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.04 mg 0% USDA_SR
7616 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, diluted, with added calcium and Vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7617 Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, calcium and Vitamin C and D added Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7618 Apple, Fuji, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7619 Apple, Granny Smith, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7620 Apple, Red Delicious, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7621 Apple, Golden Delicious, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7622 Juice drink, fruit, ready-to-drink Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7623 Sweetener, granulated brown sugar Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7624 Tea, tundra, herb and labrador Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7625 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with added calcium and vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7626 Salad dressing, italian, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7627 Salad dressing, creamy, made with sour cream and/or buttermilk and oil, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7628 Olive, pickled, canned or bottled, green Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7629 Sweets, topping, marshmallow cream Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7630 Sweets, syrups, corn, dark Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7631 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7632 Sweets, pie fillings, canned apple Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7633 Sweets, marmalade, orange Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7634 Dessert, rennin, vanilla, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7635 Dessert, frozen, ices, water, fruit, with aspartame Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7636 Dessert, flan, caramel custard, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7637 Candies, marshmallow Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7638 Sweets, syrup, table blend, pancake with butter Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7639 Candies, fondant, homemade Sweets 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7640 Alcohol, whisky (45% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7641 Juice drink, cranberry-grape, vitamin C added, bottled Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7642 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, powder, water and whisky added Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7643 Tea, brewed, chamomile Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7644 Alcohol, whisky (50% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7645 Alcohol, whisky (47% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7646 Coffee, instant, sweetened, cappucino flavour, powder, water added Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7647 Tea, brewed, herb Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7648 Juice drink, orange and apricot, canned Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7649 Limeade, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF
7650 Lemonade, white, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.04 mg 0% CNF

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