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 2551–2600 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2551 Collards, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2552 Pumpkin, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2553 Beets, harvard, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2554 Soy sauce (made with hydrolyzed vegetable protein) Legumes and Legume Products 0.23 mg 2%
2555 Bread stuffing, cornbread, dry mix, prepared Baked Products 0.23 mg 2%
2556 Pie, fried, fruit (apple, blueberry, peach, strawberry) Baked Products 0.23 mg 2%
2557 Pie, fried, cherry Baked Products 0.23 mg 2%
2558 Pie, fried, lemon Baked Products 0.23 mg 2%
2559 Sweets, syrups, table blends, pancake, with 2% maple Sweets 0.23 mg 2%
2560 Cereal, hot, Red River, prepared, Robin Hood Breakfast cereals 0.23 mg 2%
2561 Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2562 Eggplant, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2563 Turnip greens, canned, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2564 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, ready-to-eat, fat free Sweets 0.23 mg 2%
2565 Cream, substitute, flavoured, powdered Dairy and Egg Products 0.23 mg 2%
2566 Cabbage, savoy, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2567 Pumpkin, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.23 mg 2%
2568 Salad dressing, russian, commercial, regular Fats and Oils 0.22 mg 2%
2569 Soup, pea, green or split, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2570 Boysenberry, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2571 Longan, dried Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2572 Olive, ripe, canned, small to extra large Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2573 Olive, ripe, canned, jumbo to super colossal Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2574 Prune, dried, cooked, added sugar Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2575 Raisin, seedless (sultana) Fruits and fruit juices 0.22 mg 2%
2576 Arrowhead, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2577 Cabbage, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2578 Mustard greens, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2579 Poi Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2580 Squash, summer, crookneck, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2581 Borage, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2582 Squash, winter, all varieties, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2583 Tomatillo, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2584 Tomato products, canned, sauce Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2585 Pie, mincemeat, homemade, 2 crust Baked Products 0.22 mg 2%
2586 Dessert, pudding, tapioca, ready-to-eat Sweets 0.22 mg 2%
2587 Sweets, honey, strained or extracted Sweets 0.22 mg 2%
2588 Pasta, Japanese noodles, somen, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.22 mg 2%
2589 Fast foods, side dish, potato, mashed Fast Foods 0.22 mg 2%
2590 Radish, hawaiian style, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2591 Tomato sauce, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2592 Arrowhead, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2593 Borage, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2594 Squash, winter, all varieties, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2595 Vegetables, broccoli and cauliflower, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.22 mg 2%
2596 Cream, whipping, 35% M.F., sweetened, whipped Dairy and Egg Products 0.22 mg 2%
2597 Chinese dish, soup, hot and sour, restaurant prepared Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2598 Soup, tomato noodle, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2599 Soup, tomato, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.22 mg 2%
2600 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, carrots, all stages Babyfoods 0.22 mg 2%

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