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 3201–3250 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
3201 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, bottled Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3202 Alcohol, rum (40% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3203 Alcohol, dessert wine, sweet (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3204 Carbonated drinks, cream soda Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3205 Carbonated drinks, grape soda Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3206 Carbonated drinks, root beer Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3207 Alcohol, dessert wine, dry (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3208 Juice, cocktail, cranberry, vitamin C added, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3209 Beans, adzuki, yokan (bean jelly) Legumes and Legume Products 0.07 mg 1%
3210 Cake, angel food, commercial Baked Products 0.07 mg 1%
3211 Icing (frosting), vanilla (white), creamy, ready-to-eat Sweets 0.07 mg 1%
3212 Candied foods, maraschino cherries, jar, solids and liquid Sweets 0.07 mg 1%
3213 Grains, arrowroot flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.07 mg 1%
3214 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, reduced fat Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1%
3215 Plum, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3216 Candies, bars, KIT KAT BIG KAT Sweets 0.07 mg 1%
3217 Orange-strawberry-banana juice Fruits and fruit juices 0.07 mg 1%
3218 Vegetable oil, flaxseed (linseed), cold pressed Fats and Oils 0.07 mg 1%
3219 Sweets, pie fillings, cherry, low calorie Sweets 0.07 mg 1%
3220 Drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.07 mg 1%
3221 Onion, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.07 mg 1%
3222 Vanilla extract, imitation, with alcohol Spices and Herbs 0.06 mg 1%
3223 Salad dressing, italian, commercial, low Calorie Fats and Oils 0.06 mg 1%
3224 Soup, cream, celery, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.06 mg 1%
3225 Soup, cream, onion, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.06 mg 1%
3226 Apple, dehydrated (low moisture), sulphured, cooked Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3227 Blueberry, frozen, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3228 Cherry, sour, red, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3229 Cherry, sour, red, canned, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3230 Grapefruit juice, canned, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3231 Lemon, raw, without peel Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3232 Lemon juice, canned or bottled Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3233 Lime juice, canned or bottled Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3234 Orange, california, valencia, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3235 Passion fruit juice, yellow, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3236 Rose-apple, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3237 Strawberry, frozen, sweetened, sliced Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3238 Feijoa, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.06 mg 1%
3239 Butterbur (fuki), canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1%
3240 Leeks (bulb and lower-leaf portion), boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1%
3241 Pepper, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.06 mg 1%
3242 Alcohol, table wine, rosé (11.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3243 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, bottled, whisky added Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3244 Juice drink, pineapple and grapefruit, vitamin C added, canned Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3245 Juice drink, pineapple and orange, vitamin C added, canned Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3246 Drink, orange, with pulp, vitamin C added, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3247 Alcohol, wine cooler Beverages 0.06 mg 1%
3248 Sweets, topping, strawberry Sweets 0.06 mg 1%
3249 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 0.06 mg 1%
3250 Sweets, fruit butters, apple Sweets 0.06 mg 1%

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