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 2051–2100 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
2051 Peas, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.24 mg 11% CNF
2052 Nabisco, Nabisco Oreo Crunchies, Cookie Crumb Topping Baked Products 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2053 Snacks, granola bar, QUAKER, chewy, 90 Calorie Bar Snacks 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2054 Macaroni and cheese dinner with dry sauce mix, boxed, uncooked Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2055 Candies, NESTLE, BUTTERFINGER Crisp Sweets 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2056 Macaroni or noodles with cheese, microwaveable, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2057 Seaweed, kelp, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2058 Tostada shells, corn Baked Products 1.23 mg 11% USDA_SR
2059 Sweets, butter, maple Sweets 1.23 mg 11% CNF
2060 Seaweed, kelp (kombu, tangle), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.23 mg 11% CNF
2061 DOMINO'S 14" Cheese Pizza, Ultimate Deep Dish Crust Fast Foods 1.22 mg 11% USDA_SR
2062 Beverages, chocolate malt powder, prepared with 1% milk, fortified Beverages 1.22 mg 11% USDA_SR
2063 Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, plain, as purchased Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.22 mg 11% USDA_SR
2064 Poutine Mixed Dishes 1.22 mg 11% CNF
2065 Muffin, wheat bran, dry mix, prepared Baked Products 1.22 mg 11% CNF
2066 Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, plain, as purchased Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.22 mg 11% CNF
2067 English muffin, wheat, toasted Baked Products 1.22 mg 11% CNF
2068 Yellow rice with seasoning, dry packet mix, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 1.21 mg 11% USDA_SR
2069 Margarine, stick, palm and soybean oils Fats and Oils 1.21 mg 11% CNF
2070 Grains, rice, white with pasta and seasonings, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.21 mg 11% CNF
2071 Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 1.20 mg 11% USDA_FF
2072 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 1.20 mg 11% USDA_FF
2073 Beans, baked, canned, with beef Legumes and Legume Products 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2074 Snacks, granola bar, QUAKER, DIPPS, all flavors Snacks 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2075 Snacks, tortilla chips, nacho-flavor, made with enriched masa flour Snacks 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2076 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, granules with milk, dry form Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2077 Frankfurter, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2078 Rice, white, glutinous, unenriched, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.20 mg 11% USDA_SR
2079 Granola bar, chewy, chocolate coated, all flavours Baked Products 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2080 Sweets, maple taffy Sweets 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2081 Wiener (frankfurter), meatless Legumes and Legume Products 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2082 Cereal, hot, Red River, dry Robin Hood Breakfast cereals 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2083 Grains, rice, white, glutinous, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2084 Bread, rye, toasted Baked Products 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2085 Beans, baked, canned, with beef Legumes and Legume Products 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2086 Potato, mashed, dehydrated, granules with milk, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.20 mg 11% CNF
2087 Flour, rice, white, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 1.19 mg 11% USDA_FF
2088 Crackers, cheese, regular Baked Products 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2089 Pancakes, special dietary, dry mix Baked Products 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2090 Bread, reduced-calorie, oat bran, toasted Baked Products 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2091 Infant formula, NESTLE, GOOD START SOY, with DHA and ARA, liquid concentrate Baby Foods 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2092 Spices, pepper, black Spices and Herbs 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2093 Peas, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2094 Peas, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2095 Stew, hominy with mutton (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2096 Candies, NESTLE, OH HENRY! Bar Sweets 1.19 mg 11% USDA_SR
2097 Beverage mix, chocolate flavour, powder, no added sugar, with 2% M.F. milk Beverages 1.19 mg 11% CNF
2098 Peas, green, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 1.19 mg 11% CNF
2099 Lentils, pink, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 1.19 mg 11% CNF
2100 Candies, bars, Oh Henry! Sweets 1.19 mg 11% CNF

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