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 2801–2850 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2801 Salad dressing, honey mustard, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.17 mg 2%
2802 Beans, pinto, mature seeds, sprouted, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.17 mg 2%
2803 Cauliflower, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.17 mg 2%
2804 Dock (sorrel), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.17 mg 2%
2805 Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.17 mg 2%
2806 Egg, chicken, white, dried, powder, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 0.16 mg 1%
2807 Grains, barley, malt extract, dried Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.16 mg 1%
2808 Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.16 mg 1%
2809 Sauce, pepper, TABASCO, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.16 mg 1%
2810 Cereal, hot, cream of rice, cooked Breakfast cereals 0.16 mg 1%
2811 Raspberry, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.16 mg 1%
2812 Blueberry, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.16 mg 1%
2813 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, undiluted Fruits and fruit juices 0.16 mg 1%
2814 Butterbur (fuki), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2815 Belgium endive (chicory, witloof), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2816 Eggplant (aubergine, brinjal), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2817 Swamp cabbage (skunk cabbage, water convulvolus), boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2818 Turnip greens and turnips, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2819 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2820 Sweet potato, canned, syrup pack, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2821 Alcohol, liqueur, coffee and cream (17% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.16 mg 1%
2822 Lemonade with artificial sweetener, powder Beverages 0.16 mg 1%
2823 Cake mix, angel food, dry, unprepared Baked Products 0.16 mg 1%
2824 Cake, Boston cream pie, commercial Baked Products 0.16 mg 1%
2825 Pie, apple, commercial, 2 crust Baked Products 0.16 mg 1%
2826 Pie, blueberry, commercial, 2 crust Baked Products 0.16 mg 1%
2827 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, ready to eat Sweets 0.16 mg 1%
2828 Carbonated drinks, chocolate Beverages 0.16 mg 1%
2829 Sauce, tomato chili sauce, bottled, salted Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.16 mg 1%
2830 Chocolate flavour drink, whey and milk based Beverages 0.16 mg 1%
2831 Swamp cabbage (skunk cabbage, water convulvolus), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.16 mg 1%
2832 Salad, garden, with Italian dressing, homemade Mixed Dishes 0.16 mg 1%
2833 Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, reduced fat Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.16 mg 1%
2834 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, undiluted, with added calcium and Vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 0.16 mg 1%
2835 Plant-based beverage, coconut, enriched, sweetened, all flavours Beverages 0.16 mg 1%
2836 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, banana, all stages Babyfoods 0.16 mg 1%
2837 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2838 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2839 Soup, cream of vegetable, made with 2% M.F. milk, homemade Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2840 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, prunes Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1%
2841 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, banana with coconut cream Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1%
2842 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, squash, all stages Babyfoods 0.15 mg 1%
2843 Egg, chicken, white, pan dried, flakes Dairy and Egg Products 0.15 mg 1%
2844 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, commercial, regular Fats and Oils 0.15 mg 1%
2845 Soup, cream, potato, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2846 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, quick, prepared Breakfast cereals 0.15 mg 1%
2847 Papaya nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1%
2848 Banana, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1%
2849 Fig, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1%
2850 Cress, garden, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%

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