Vegetarian foods high in Zinc (Canadian (CNF))

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 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1551 Bread pudding, with raisins, homemade Baked Products 0.59 mg 5%
1552 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, drained, rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.59 mg 5%
1553 Beans, pinto, canned, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 0.59 mg 5%
1554 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, peas, all stages Babyfoods 0.59 mg 5%
1555 Refried beans, canned, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 0.58 mg 5%
1556 Babyfood, cereal, barley, with milk powder, prepared with water Babyfoods 0.58 mg 5%
1557 Babyfood, cereal, oat, with milk powder and fruit, prepared with water Babyfoods 0.58 mg 5%
1558 Broadbeans (fava beans), fresh, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.58 mg 5%
1559 Okra (gumbo), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.58 mg 5%
1560 Peas and carrots, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.58 mg 5%
1561 Peas and onions, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.58 mg 5%
1562 Seaweed, agar, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.58 mg 5%
1563 Refried beans, canned Legumes and Legume Products 0.58 mg 5%
1564 Cake, chocolate, commercial, with chocolate icing (frosting), in-store bakery Baked Products 0.58 mg 5%
1565 Cookie, chocolate sandwich, cream filling, chocolate-coated Baked Products 0.58 mg 5%
1566 Cookie, shortbread, pecan, commercial Baked Products 0.58 mg 5%
1567 Snacks, popcorn, caramel-coated, without peanuts Snacks 0.58 mg 5%
1568 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, chocolate Sweets 0.58 mg 5%
1569 Snacks, potato chips, dried potatoes, plain Snacks 0.58 mg 5%
1570 Waffle, buttermilk, frozen, ready-to-heat, microwaved Baked Products 0.58 mg 5%
1571 Candies, fudge, chocolate marshmallow, homemade Sweets 0.58 mg 5%
1572 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, chocolate, reduced sugar Sweets 0.58 mg 5%
1573 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: maple and brown sugar, dry Breakfast cereals 0.57 mg 5%
1574 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: apple and cinnamon, dry Breakfast cereals 0.57 mg 5%
1575 Peach, dried halves, sulphured, uncooked Fruits and fruit juices 0.57 mg 5%
1576 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), roasted Nuts and Seeds 0.57 mg 5%
1577 Milk shake (fast food), vanilla Beverages 0.57 mg 5%
1578 Bread, cornbread (also corn muffin mix), dry mix, unprepared Baked Products 0.57 mg 5%
1579 Doughnut (donut), cake-type, chocolate, sugared or glazed Baked Products 0.57 mg 5%
1580 Grains, bulgur, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.57 mg 5%
1581 Beverage mix, chocolate flavour, powder, with 2% M.F. milk Beverages 0.57 mg 5%
1582 Cracker, cheese, sandwich, with cheese filling Baked Products 0.57 mg 5%
1583 Cheese, cream, light Dairy and Egg Products 0.57 mg 5%
1584 Mushroom, white, stir-fried, no fat added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.57 mg 5%
1585 Bread, Irish soda, homemade Baked Products 0.57 mg 5%
1586 Cream, cereal (half and half), 10% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 0.56 mg 5%
1587 Cereal, ready to eat, Puffed Rice, unsweenened, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.56 mg 5%
1588 Chives, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.56 mg 5%
1589 Spinach, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.56 mg 5%
1590 Radish seeds, sprouted, with seed, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.56 mg 5%
1591 Kale, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.56 mg 5%
1592 Nuts, coconut milk (liquid from grated meat and water), canned Nuts and Seeds 0.56 mg 5%
1593 Beans, pinto, canned, solids and liquid Legumes and Legume Products 0.56 mg 5%
1594 Okara Legumes and Legume Products 0.56 mg 5%
1595 Muffin, plain, homemade, made with 2% milk Baked Products 0.56 mg 5%
1596 Pancake, plain, homemade Baked Products 0.56 mg 5%
1597 Candies, fudge, vanilla, with nuts, homemade Sweets 0.56 mg 5%
1598 Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, plain, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.56 mg 5%
1599 Cookie, chocolate chip, refrigerated dough, baked Baked Products 0.56 mg 5%
1600 Beans, pinto, canned, solids and liquid, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 0.56 mg 5%

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