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 2851–2900 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2851 Radish, oriental (daikon), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2852 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2853 Lettuce, iceberg Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2854 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2855 Candies, fudge, vanilla, homemade Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
2856 Dessert, frozen, ice pop Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
2857 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, chili, mature red, canned Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2858 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, chili, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
2859 Pepper, sweet, red, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2860 Agave, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2861 Blackberry, wild, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.15 mg 1%
2862 Cress, garden, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2863 Mustard greens, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
2864 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: original, prepared Breakfast cereals 0.14 mg 1%
2865 Apricot, dried, sulphured, cooked without added sugar Fruits and fruit juices 0.14 mg 1%
2866 Kiwi fruit, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.14 mg 1%
2867 Plantain, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.14 mg 1%
2868 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.14 mg 1%
2869 Strawberry, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.14 mg 1%
2870 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), canned, seasoned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2871 Turnip greens, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2872 Pickle relish, sweet Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2873 Celery, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2874 Tomato, red, ripe, boiled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2875 Turnip, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2876 Celery, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2877 Tomato, red, ripe, boiled, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2878 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, powder Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2879 Alcohol, table wine, red (11.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2880 Sweets, syrups, malt Sweets 0.14 mg 1%
2881 Fast foods, side dish, coleslaw Fast Foods 0.14 mg 1%
2882 Pepper, jalapeno, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2883 Tomato, orange, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2884 Cabbage, napa, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2885 Egg, chicken, scrambled, frozen mixture Dairy and Egg Products 0.14 mg 1%
2886 Turnip greens, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
2887 Salad dressing, honey mustard, regular Fats and Oils 0.14 mg 1%
2888 Vitamin water, all flavours, low Calorie Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
2889 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, banana and other fruit Babyfoods 0.14 mg 1%
2890 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, blueberry, all stages Babyfoods 0.14 mg 1%
2891 Radish, oriental (daikon), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.13 mg 1%
2892 Squash, winter, butternut, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.13 mg 1%
2893 Pear, red anjou, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.13 mg 1%
2894 Pear, bosc, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.13 mg 1%
2895 Vitamin water, flavours not lemon/orange, sweetened Beverages 0.13 mg 1%
2896 Soup, broccoli cheese, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.13 mg 1%
2897 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, peach, all stages Babyfoods 0.13 mg 1%
2898 Whey, sweet, fluid Dairy and Egg Products 0.13 mg 1%
2899 Soup, tomato, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.13 mg 1%
2900 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, undiluted, without vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 0.13 mg 1%

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