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 151–200 of 4,200 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
151 Wild rice, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 5.96 mg 54%
152 Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 5.93 mg 54%
153 Kanpyo, (dried gourd strips) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.86 mg 53%
154 Elk, free range, ground, raw (Shoshone Bannock) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 5.82 mg 53%
155 Seaweed, agar, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.80 mg 53%
156 Nuts, cashew nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 5.78 mg 53%
157 Formulated bar, SLIM-FAST OPTIMA meal bar, milk chocolate peanut Snacks 5.73 mg 52%
158 Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 5.71 mg 52%
159 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, NEXT STEP PROSOBEE, powder, not reconstituted Baby Foods 5.70 mg 52%
160 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, NEXT STEP, PROSOBEE LIPIL, powder, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 5.70 mg 52%
161 Babyfood, oatmeal cereal with fruit, dry, instant, toddler fortified Baby Foods 5.70 mg 52%
162 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, ENFAGROW, Soy, Toddler transitions, with ARA and DHA, powder Baby Foods 5.70 mg 52%
163 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, GOLDEN CRISP Breakfast Cereals 5.60 mg 51%
164 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.60 mg 51%
165 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.60 mg 51%
166 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, FRUITY PEBBLES Breakfast Cereals 5.56 mg 51%
167 T.G.I. FRIDAY'S, classic sirloin steak (10 oz) Restaurant Foods 5.54 mg 50%
168 Spices, caraway seed Spices and Herbs 5.50 mg 50%
169 Beans, baked, canned, with pork and tomato sauce Legumes and Legume Products 5.48 mg 50%
170 Spices, parsley, dried Spices and Herbs 5.44 mg 49%
171 Restaurant, family style, sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 5.44 mg 49%
172 CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 5.42 mg 49%
173 Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.35 mg 49%
174 APPLEBEE'S, 9 oz house sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 5.35 mg 49%
175 Nuts, cashew nuts, oil roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.35 mg 49%
176 Toddler formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Nutramigen Toddler with LGG Powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted Baby Foods 5.30 mg 48%
177 Spices, anise seed Spices and Herbs 5.30 mg 48%
178 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 5.30 mg 48%
179 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.30 mg 48%
180 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 5.29 mg 48%
181 Snacks, crisped rice bar, almond Snacks 5.29 mg 48%
182 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.29 mg 48%
183 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels from shell, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.29 mg 48%
184 DENNY'S, top sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 5.26 mg 48%
185 Snacks, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S, NUTRI-GRAIN Cereal Bars, fruit Snacks 5.24 mg 48%
186 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 5.21 mg 47%
187 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.21 mg 47%
188 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, COCOA PEBBLES Breakfast Cereals 5.20 mg 47%
189 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Infant, with iron, powder, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 5.20 mg 47%
190 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, with iron, powder Baby Foods 5.20 mg 47%
191 Spices, dill seed Spices and Herbs 5.20 mg 47%
192 Nuts, cashew butter, plain, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 5.16 mg 47%
193 Chives, freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.12 mg 47%
194 Peanut flour, defatted Legumes and Legume Products 5.10 mg 46%
195 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, NUTRAMIGEN WITH LGG, with iron, powder, not reconstituted, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%
196 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Reguline Powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%
197 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil for Supplementing, powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%
198 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, GENTLEASE, with ARA and DHA powder not reconstituted Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%
199 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premium, Infant, powder Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%
200 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premium LIPIL, Infant, powder Baby Foods 5.10 mg 46%

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