Vegetarian foods high in Zinc (USDA SR Legacy)

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 1151–1200 of 4,200 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1151 Beans, white, mature seeds, canned Legumes and Legume Products 1.12 mg 10%
1152 Rolls, dinner, egg Baked Products 1.12 mg 10%
1153 Cereals, CREAM OF RICE, dry Breakfast Cereals 1.12 mg 10%
1154 Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.12 mg 10%
1155 Chili, no beans, canned entree Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.12 mg 10%
1156 Soup, onion, dry, mix Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.12 mg 10%
1157 HUNGRY MAN, Salisbury Steak With Gravy, frozen, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.12 mg 10%
1158 Pasta, whole grain, 51% whole wheat, remaining unenriched semolina, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.12 mg 10%
1159 Candies, 5TH AVENUE Candy Bar Sweets 1.12 mg 10%
1160 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S COCOA BUMPERS Breakfast Cereals 1.11 mg 10%
1161 Cookies, marshmallow, with rice cereal and chocolate chips Baked Products 1.11 mg 10%
1162 Peppermint, fresh Spices and Herbs 1.11 mg 10%
1163 Bread, oatmeal, toasted Baked Products 1.11 mg 10%
1164 Crackers, standard snack-type, with whole wheat Baked Products 1.11 mg 10%
1165 Sauce, cheese sauce mix, dry Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.11 mg 10%
1166 Gravy, brown, dry Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.11 mg 10%
1167 Teff, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.11 mg 10%
1168 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, MARS Almond Bar Sweets 1.11 mg 10%
1169 Candies, fudge, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 1.11 mg 10%
1170 Crackers, rusk toast Baked Products 1.10 mg 10%
1171 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, QUAKER Puffed Rice Breakfast Cereals 1.10 mg 10%
1172 Soup, black bean, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 1.10 mg 10%
1173 Babyfood, cookies Baby Foods 1.10 mg 10%
1174 Nuts, coconut meat, raw Nut and Seed Products 1.10 mg 10%
1175 Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, raw Nut and Seed Products 1.10 mg 10%
1176 Epazote, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
1177 Bamboo shoots, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
1178 Rice, white, short-grain, raw, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.10 mg 10%
1179 Rice, white, short-grain, enriched, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.10 mg 10%
1180 Candies, MOUNDS Candy Bar Sweets 1.10 mg 10%
1181 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
1182 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.10 mg 10%
1183 Bagels, wheat Baked Products 1.10 mg 10%
1184 Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
1185 Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
1186 Spearmint, fresh Spices and Herbs 1.09 mg 10%
1187 Cookies, chocolate wafers Baked Products 1.09 mg 10%
1188 Hummus, home prepared Legumes and Legume Products 1.09 mg 10%
1189 Egg, whole, cooked, omelet Dairy and Egg Products 1.09 mg 10%
1190 Spices, saffron Spices and Herbs 1.09 mg 10%
1191 Snacks, potato chips, plain, unsalted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
1192 Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, unsalted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
1193 Snacks, potato chips, plain, made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
1194 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
1195 Snacks, potato chips, plain, salted Snacks 1.09 mg 10%
1196 Quinoa, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
1197 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.09 mg 10%
1198 Yardlong beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.08 mg 10%
1199 Yardlong beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 1.08 mg 10%
1200 Pasta, gluten-free, rice flour and rice bran extract, cooked, DE BOLES Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.08 mg 10%

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