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 3101–3150 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
3101 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, regular, unprepared Sweets 0.09 mg 1%
3102 Pepper, chili, green, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.09 mg 1%
3103 Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat free Fats and Oils 0.09 mg 1%
3104 Soup, bouillon cubes and granules, low sodium, dry Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.09 mg 1%
3105 Peach, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.09 mg 1%
3106 Sweets, sugars, fructose, liquid Sweets 0.09 mg 1%
3107 Candies, divinity, homemade Sweets 0.09 mg 1%
3108 Butterbur (fuki), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.09 mg 1%
3109 Onion, frozen, whole, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.09 mg 1%
3110 Dessert topping (non dairy), powdered Dairy and Egg Products 0.08 mg 1%
3111 Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3112 Soup, tomato vegetable, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3113 Apricot, canned halves with skin, extra light syrup, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3114 Cherry, sweet, canned, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3115 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, extra light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3116 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3117 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, extra heavy syrup, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3118 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3119 Grapefruit, canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3120 Grapefruit, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3121 Lime juice, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3122 Orange, california, navel, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3123 Orange, florida, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3124 Papaya, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3125 Peach, spiced, canned whole, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3126 Peach nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3127 Pear, canned halves, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3128 Pear, canned halves, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3129 Pineapple juice, frozen concentrate, diluted Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3130 Plum, canned, purple, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3131 Pummelo, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3132 Rhubarb, frozen, cooked, added sugar Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3133 Pear, canned halves, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3134 Plum, canned, purple, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3135 Pickles, cucumber, sweet, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.08 mg 1%
3136 Beverage mix, carob flavour, powder Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3137 Coffee, instant, sweetened, mocha flavour, powder, water added Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3138 Alcohol, cocktail, scotch and soda Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3139 Sweets, syrup, table blend, pancake Sweets 0.08 mg 1%
3140 Dessert, pudding, tapioca, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 0.08 mg 1%
3141 Rambutan, canned, syrup pack Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3142 Non-alcoholic, wine Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3143 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3144 Pear, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3145 Pineapple, raw, traditional varieties Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3146 Alcohol, wine, cooking Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3147 Alcohol, table wine, light Beverages 0.08 mg 1%
3148 Vinegar, balsamic Spices and Herbs 0.08 mg 1%
3149 Soup, vegetable, homemade Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3150 Sweets, sugars, brown, contains sugar and sucralose Sweets 0.08 mg 1%

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