Vegetarian foods high in Zinc

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 3301–3350 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3301 Blueberry, wild, frozen Fruits and fruit juices 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3302 Peas, green, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3303 Bread, cornbread (also corn muffin mix), dry mix, prepared Baked Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3304 Mushroom, straw, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3305 Grape leaves (vine leaves), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3306 Fast foods, breakfast, english muffin with butter Fast Foods 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3307 Ice cream cone, cake or wafer-type Baked Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3308 French toast, homemade, with 2% milk and margarine Baked Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3309 Cracker, milk Baked Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3310 Nuts, coconut milk (liquid from grated meat and water), raw Nuts and Seeds 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3311 Nuts, ginkgo nuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3312 Nuts, acorns, dried Nuts and Seeds 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3313 Peas, green, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.67 mg 6% CNF
3314 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.66 mg 6% USDA_FF
3315 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.66 mg 6% USDA_FF
3316 Hush puppies, prepared from recipe Baked Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3317 Bread, reduced-calorie, rye Baked Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3318 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, NUTRAMIGEN, with iron, liquid concentrate not reconstituted, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3319 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, PREGESTIMIL, with iron, with ARA and DHA, prepared from powder Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3320 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Pregestimil 20 Calories, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3321 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Gentlease, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3322 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Reguline, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3323 Cheese, goat, semisoft type Dairy and Egg Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3324 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Grits, Butter flavor, dry Breakfast Cereals 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3325 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, AR, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3326 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, NUTRAMIGEN, with iron, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3327 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Infant, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3328 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, LIPIL, low iron, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3329 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL LIPIL, with iron, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3330 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Infant, with iron, liquid concentrate, with ARA and DHA, reconstituted Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3331 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil for Supplementing, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3332 Cornmeal, degermed, unenriched, white Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3333 Cookies, gluten-free, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling Baked Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3334 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, NUTRAMIGEN AA, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3335 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL GENTLEASE, with iron, prepared from powder Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3336 Light ice cream, Creamsicle Dairy and Egg Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3337 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Newborn, with DHA and ARA, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3338 Leeks, (bulb and lower-leaf portion), freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3339 Peas, green (includes baby and lesuer types), canned, drained solids, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3340 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premium, Infant, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3341 Jew's ear, (pepeao), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3342 Cornmeal, degermed, unenriched, yellow Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3343 Cornmeal, degermed, enriched, white Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3344 Cornmeal, degermed, enriched, yellow Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3345 Glutino, Gluten Free Cookies, Chocolate Vanilla Creme Baked Products 0.66 mg 6% USDA_SR
3346 Margarine, tub, non-hydrogenated, canola oil, with plant sterols, Calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.66 mg 6% CNF
3347 Grains, cornmeal (yellow), degermed Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.66 mg 6% CNF
3348 Hush puppy, homemade Baked Products 0.66 mg 6% CNF
3349 Peas, green, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.66 mg 6% CNF
3350 Leeks (bulb and lower-leaf portion), freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.66 mg 6% CNF

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