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 2751–2800 of 4,200 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2751 Abiyuch, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.31 mg 3%
2752 Tofu yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 0.31 mg 3%
2753 Seaweed, Canadian Cultivated EMI-TSUNOMATA, rehydrated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.31 mg 3%
2754 Pie crust, standard-type, frozen, ready-to-bake, unenriched Baked Products 0.30 mg 3%
2755 Cookie, chocolate, with icing or coating Baked Products 0.30 mg 3%
2756 Babyfood, vegetable, butternut squash and corn Baby Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2757 Babyfood, vegetable, green beans and potatoes Baby Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2758 McDONALD'S, Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (without granola) Fast Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2759 Cake, white, dry mix, special dietary (includes lemon-flavored) Baked Products 0.30 mg 3%
2760 Sauce, peanut, made from coconut, water, sugar, peanuts Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.30 mg 3%
2761 Babyfood, dessert, custard pudding, vanilla, junior Baby Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2762 Babyfood, dessert, peach cobbler, strained Baby Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2763 Milk, goat, fluid, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.30 mg 3%
2764 Salad dressing, caesar, fat-free Fats and Oils 0.30 mg 3%
2765 Sweet potato, frozen, cooked, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2766 Salsify, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2767 Potatoes, o'brien, home-prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2768 Peppers, hot chili, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2769 Potatoes, boiled, cooked in skin, flesh, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2770 Broccoli, frozen, spears, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2771 Potatoes, boiled, cooked in skin, flesh, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2772 Potato puffs, frozen, oven-heated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2773 Potatoes, mashed, home-prepared, whole milk and margarine added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2774 Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2775 Cabbage, mustard, salted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2776 Spanish rice mix, dry mix, prepared (with canola/vegetable oil blend or diced tomatoes and margarine) Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 0.30 mg 3%
2777 Potatoes, mashed, ready-to-eat Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2778 Malabar spinach, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2779 Sweet potato, frozen, cooked, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2780 Salsify, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2781 Lambsquarters, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2782 Mango, dried, sweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.30 mg 3%
2783 Wocas, tuber, cooked, Oregon, yellow pond lily (Klamath) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.30 mg 3%
2784 Puddings, coconut cream, dry mix, instant Sweets 0.30 mg 3%
2785 Puddings, chocolate, ready-to-eat, fat free Sweets 0.30 mg 3%
2786 Seeds, sisymbrium sp. seeds, whole, dried Nut and Seed Products 0.30 mg 3%
2787 Peppers, hungarian, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2788 Lambsquarters, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2789 Broccoli, frozen, spears, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2790 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2791 Sweet potato, raw, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2792 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2793 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), leafy tips, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.30 mg 3%
2794 Salad dressing, blue or roquefort cheese dressing, light Fats and Oils 0.30 mg 3%
2795 Apples, dehydrated (low moisture), sulfured, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.29 mg 3%
2796 McDONALD'S, Hotcakes (with 2 pats margarine & syrup) Fast Foods 0.29 mg 3%
2797 Dates, deglet noor Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.29 mg 3%
2798 Babyfood, cereal, with egg yolks, junior Baby Foods 0.29 mg 3%
2799 Dressing, honey mustard, fat-free Fats and Oils 0.29 mg 3%
2800 Salad dressing, french dressing, commercial, regular, without salt Fats and Oils 0.29 mg 3%

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