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 2151–2200 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2151 Milk shake (fast food), strawberry Beverages 0.36 mg 3%
2152 Cake mix, gingerbread, dry, unprepared Baked Products 0.36 mg 3%
2153 Cookie, vanilla wafer, 12 to 17% fat Baked Products 0.36 mg 3%
2154 Dessert, rennin, vanilla, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.36 mg 3%
2155 Dessert, flan, caramel custard, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.36 mg 3%
2156 Fast foods, breakfast, potatoes, hashed brown Fast Foods 0.36 mg 3%
2157 Salad dressing, italian, fat free Fats and Oils 0.36 mg 3%
2158 Toaster pastry, fruit, frosted (apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 0.36 mg 3%
2159 Artichoke (Globe, French), frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2160 Potato, flesh and skin, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2161 Potato, french-fried, frozen, shoestring, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2162 Potato, flesh and skin, cooked in skin, microwaved, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2163 Yardlong beans (asparagus bean or cowpea), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2164 Tomato products, canned, puree, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.36 mg 3%
2165 Cake, yellow (plus streusel), pudding-type, dry mix, prepared, with icing Baked Products 0.36 mg 3%
2166 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, artificially sweetened, fat free (0-0.5% M.F.), with added Vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.36 mg 3%
2167 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, low fat (0.5-1.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.36 mg 3%
2168 Yogourt, vanilla flavoured, with added calcium and vitamin D (2-3.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.36 mg 3%
2169 Kefir, plain, low fat (0.5-1.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.36 mg 3%
2170 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, low fat, with added vitamin D (0.5-1.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.36 mg 3%
2171 Ravioli, cheese-filled, canned Mixed Dishes 0.36 mg 3%
2172 Cake, carrot, homemade, with cream cheese icing Baked Products 0.35 mg 3%
2173 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, Balkan style (4-6% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.35 mg 3%
2174 Yogourt beverage, fruit flavoured Dairy and Egg Products 0.35 mg 3%
2175 Yogourt beverage, fruit flavoured, with added Vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.35 mg 3%
2176 Soup, tomato, canned, condensed, reduced sodium, 2% M.F. milk added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.35 mg 3%
2177 Spaghetti with pomodoro sauce (tomato sauce) Mixed Dishes 0.35 mg 3%
2178 Plant-based beverage, cashew, enriched, sweetened Beverages 0.35 mg 3%
2179 Cream, sour, cultured, 18% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 0.35 mg 3%
2180 Pomegranate, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.35 mg 3%
2181 Carrot, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2182 Potato, skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2183 Potato, french-fried, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2184 Potato, french-fried, frozen, all types, salt added in processing, home-prepared, heated in oven Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2185 Beets, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2186 Beets, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.35 mg 3%
2187 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), dried, unpeeled Nuts and Seeds 0.35 mg 3%
2188 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), dried, peeled Nuts and Seeds 0.35 mg 3%
2189 Coffee, instant, regular, powder Beverages 0.35 mg 3%
2190 Strawberry flavour mix, powder, with whole milk Beverages 0.35 mg 3%
2191 Bread, banana, homemade, made with margarine Baked Products 0.35 mg 3%
2192 Cake mix, marble, pudding-type, dry, unprepared Baked Products 0.35 mg 3%
2193 Dessert, frozen, pudding pop, vanilla Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2194 Dessert, pudding, tapioca, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2195 Dessert, rennin, vanilla, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2196 Dessert, flan, caramel custard, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2197 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2198 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2199 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, regular, unprepared Sweets 0.35 mg 3%
2200 Dessert, pudding, lemon, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.35 mg 3%

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