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 1551–1600 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
1551 Bread, 60% whole wheat, commercial, toasted Baked Products 1.74 mg 16% CNF
1552 English muffin, whole wheat, toasted Baked Products 1.74 mg 16% CNF
1553 Cereal, ready to eat, Shreddies, honey, Post Breakfast cereals 1.74 mg 16% CNF
1554 Beverages, NESTLE, Boost plus, nutritional drink, ready-to-drink Beverages 1.73 mg 16% USDA_SR
1555 Corn flour, whole-grain, yellow Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.73 mg 16% USDA_SR
1556 Corn flour, whole-grain, white Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.73 mg 16% USDA_SR
1557 Granola bar, cereal bar, Oatmeal to go, all flavours, Quaker Baked Products 1.73 mg 16% CNF
1558 Grains, corn flour, yellow, whole-grain Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.73 mg 16% CNF
1559 Cereals, oats, instant, fortified, maple and brown sugar, dry Breakfast Cereals 1.72 mg 16% USDA_SR
1560 Soybean, curd cheese Legumes and Legume Products 1.72 mg 16% USDA_SR
1561 Cereals ready-to-eat, WEETABIX whole grain cereal Breakfast Cereals 1.72 mg 16% USDA_SR
1562 Van's, The Perfect 10, Crispy Six Whole Grain + Four Seed Baked Crackers, Gluten Free Baked Products 1.72 mg 16% USDA_SR
1563 Soybean, curd cheese Legumes and Legume Products 1.72 mg 16% CNF
1564 Pie, tourtiere, commercial Baked Products 1.72 mg 16% CNF
1565 Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: honey nut, General Mills Breakfast cereals 1.72 mg 16% CNF
1566 Rice, black, unenriched, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.72 mg 16% USDA_FF
1567 Tomato powder Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.71 mg 16% USDA_SR
1568 Noodles, japanese, soba, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.71 mg 16% USDA_SR
1569 Granola bar, chewy, sweet and salty Baked Products 1.71 mg 16% CNF
1570 Pasta, Japanese noodles, soba, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.71 mg 16% CNF
1571 Tomato powder Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.71 mg 16% CNF
1572 Cereal, ready to eat, Harvest Crunch: Honey Nut, Light and Crisp, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.71 mg 16% CNF
1573 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, maple and brown sugar, dry Breakfast Cereals 1.70 mg 15% USDA_SR
1574 Bread, multi-grain (includes whole-grain) Baked Products 1.70 mg 15% USDA_SR
1575 Snacks, granola bars, soft, uncoated, peanut butter and chocolate chip Snacks 1.70 mg 15% USDA_SR
1576 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with biscuit, milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 1.70 mg 15% CNF
1577 Bread, multigrain, commercial, reduced sodium, toasted Baked Products 1.70 mg 15% CNF
1578 Cereal, ready to eat, Special K: with Red Berries, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 1.70 mg 15% CNF
1579 Bread, multigrain, toasted Baked Products 1.70 mg 15% CNF
1580 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder and fruit, dry Babyfoods 1.70 mg 15% CNF
1581 Beverages, tea, instant, decaffeinated, unsweetened Beverages 1.69 mg 15% USDA_SR
1582 Beverages, tea, instant, unsweetened, powder Beverages 1.69 mg 15% USDA_SR
1583 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, decaffeinated Beverages 1.69 mg 15% CNF
1584 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder Beverages 1.69 mg 15% CNF
1585 Millet, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.68 mg 15% USDA_SR
1586 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with milk powder, dry Babyfoods 1.68 mg 15% CNF
1587 Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat), with added fibre, commercial Baked Products 1.68 mg 15% CNF
1588 Grains, millet, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.68 mg 15% CNF
1589 DIGIORNO Pizza, cheese topping, cheese stuffed crust, frozen, baked Fast Foods 1.67 mg 15% USDA_SR
1590 Sorghum grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.67 mg 15% USDA_SR
1591 Candies, praline, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 1.67 mg 15% USDA_SR
1592 Candies, praline, homemade Sweets 1.67 mg 15% CNF
1593 Fast foods, mexican, burrito with beans and chili peppers Fast Foods 1.67 mg 15% CNF
1594 Grains, sorghum Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.67 mg 15% CNF
1595 Flour, sorghum Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.66 mg 15% USDA_FF
1596 Tofu, hard, prepared with nigari Legumes and Legume Products 1.66 mg 15% USDA_SR
1597 Fast foods, egg, scrambled Fast Foods 1.66 mg 15% USDA_SR
1598 Fast foods, egg, scrambled Fast Foods 1.66 mg 15% CNF
1599 Bread, whole wheat, commercial Baked Products 1.66 mg 15% CNF
1600 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: raisins and spice, dry, Quaker Breakfast cereals 1.66 mg 15% CNF

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