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 2051–2100 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2051 Plant-based beverage, almond, enriched, sweetened, chocolate flavoured Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2052 Milk, fluid, chocolate, partly skimmed, 2% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 0.39 mg 4%
2053 Milk shake, vanilla, thick Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2054 Apricot, dried, sulphured, uncooked Fruits and fruit juices 0.39 mg 4%
2055 Pear, dried halves, sulphured, uncooked Fruits and fruit juices 0.39 mg 4%
2056 Apricot, dehydrated (low moisture), sulphured, cooked Fruits and fruit juices 0.39 mg 4%
2057 Corn, sweet, canned, brine pack, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2058 Lotus root, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2059 Onion, spring (green) or scallion (includes tops and bulb), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2060 Potato, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2061 Winged beans (goa bean), green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2062 Squash, summer, all varieties, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2063 Biscuit, plain/buttermilk, refrigerated dough, lower fat Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2064 Cake, gingerbread, homemade Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2065 Cake, pound, commercial, made with other than butter Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2066 Cookie, fig bar Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2067 Muffin, blueberry, toaster-type Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2068 Muffin, corn, toaster type Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2069 Pie crust, standard type, homemade, unbaked Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2070 Pie, pumpkin, commercial Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2071 Plant-based beverage, rice, enriched Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2072 Broccoli, chinese, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2073 Plant-based beverage, soy, enriched, chocolate Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2074 Plant-based beverage, soy, enriched, all flavours, unsweetened Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2075 Plant-based beverage, soy, enriched, all flavours, low fat Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2076 Plant-based beverage, soy, enriched, all flavours, fat free Beverages 0.39 mg 4%
2077 Corn, sweet, canned, brine pack, solids and liquid, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.39 mg 4%
2078 Pancake, plain (includes buttermilk), dry mix, complete, prepared with water Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2079 Pie crust, standard-type, dry mix, prepared, baked Baked Products 0.39 mg 4%
2080 Cheese, cottage, (1% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.38 mg 3%
2081 Milk, fluid, whole, producer, 3.7% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 0.38 mg 3%
2082 Beet greens, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2083 Burdock root, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2084 Beans, hyacinth, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2085 New Zealand spinach, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2086 Potato, french-fried, frozen, restaurant prepared, fried in vegetable oil and animal fat Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2087 Salsify (oysterplant, vegetable oyster), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2088 Waterchestnuts, Chinese, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2089 Seaweed, wakame, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2090 Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off the cob, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2091 Potato, hashed brown, frozen, plain, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%
2092 Coffee substitute, cereal grain beverage, powder, with whole milk Beverages 0.38 mg 3%
2093 Cookie, butter, commercial Baked Products 0.38 mg 3%
2094 Pie, coconut cream, prepared from mix, no-bake type Baked Products 0.38 mg 3%
2095 Toaster pastry, fruit (apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 0.38 mg 3%
2096 Snacks, taro chips Snacks 0.38 mg 3%
2097 Cheese, cottage, 1% M.F., lactose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 0.38 mg 3%
2098 Cheese, cottage, 1% M.F., unsalted Dairy and Egg Products 0.38 mg 3%
2099 Toaster pastry, fruit, toasted (apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 0.38 mg 3%
2100 Burdock root, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.38 mg 3%

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