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 3151–3200 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
3151 Pear, Bartlett, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.08 mg 1%
3152 Soup (sauce), stock, cream, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3153 Soup, butternut squash, ready-to-serve, reduced sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3154 Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, reduced fat, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.08 mg 1%
3155 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, apricot and other fruit Babyfoods 0.08 mg 1%
3156 Fruit salad, tropical (pineapple, red and yellow papaya), canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3157 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3158 Sangria Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3159 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, with olive oil, reduced fat Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1%
3160 Cherry, sour, canned, water pack, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3161 Babyfood, juice, apple and prune Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1%
3162 Babyfood, juice, pear, all stages Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1%
3163 Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: whole grain, prepared with water Breakfast cereals 0.07 mg 1%
3164 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, apple and other fruit (plum, mango, kiwi, pear, banana, apricot and/or pineapple), all stages Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1%
3165 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, fruit Babyfoods 0.07 mg 1%
3166 Salad dressing, mayonnaise type, commercial, regular Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1%
3167 Salad dressing, italian, commercial, regular Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1%
3168 Soup, oxtail, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.07 mg 1%
3169 Cereal, hot, corn grits (yellow), cooked Breakfast cereals 0.07 mg 1%
3170 Blueberry, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3171 Cherry, sour, red, canned, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3172 Cherry, sweet, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3173 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3174 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3175 Grapefruit, pink or red, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3176 Grapefruit, pink or red, california or arizona, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3177 Grapefruit, pink or red, florida, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3178 Grapefruit, white, california, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3179 Grapefruit, white, florida, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3180 Grape juice, canned or bottled, without added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3181 Lychee (litchi), raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3182 Melon, casaba, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3183 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3184 Orange grapefruit juice, canned Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3185 Tangerine (mandarin), raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3186 Pear, canned, halves, extra light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3187 Pear nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3188 Plum, canned, purple, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3189 Plum, canned, purple, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3190 Blueberry, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3191 Cherry, sour, red, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3192 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3193 Grapefruit, pink, red or white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3194 Grapefruit, white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3195 Grape, red or green (European type, such as Thompson seedless), adherent skin, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3196 Orange, all commercial varieties, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3197 Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1%
3198 Onion, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1%
3199 Onion, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1%
3200 Tomato, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1%

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