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 3351–3400 of 3,496 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
3351 Candies, marshmallow Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3352 Dessert, flan, caramel custard, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3353 Dessert, frozen, ices, water, fruit, with aspartame Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3354 Dessert, rennin, vanilla, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3355 Sweets, marmalade, orange Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3356 Sweets, pie fillings, canned apple Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3357 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3358 Sweets, syrups, corn, dark Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3359 Sweets, topping, marshmallow cream Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3360 Olive, pickled, canned or bottled, green Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3361 Salad dressing, creamy, made with sour cream and/or buttermilk and oil, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0%
3362 Salad dressing, italian, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 0.04 mg 0%
3363 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with added calcium and vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3364 Tea, tundra, herb and labrador Beverages 0.04 mg 0%
3365 Sweetener, granulated brown sugar Sweets 0.04 mg 0%
3366 Juice drink, fruit, ready-to-drink Beverages 0.04 mg 0%
3367 Apple, Golden Delicious, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3368 Apple, Red Delicious, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3369 Apple, Granny Smith, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3370 Apple, Fuji, raw, with skin Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3371 Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, calcium and Vitamin C and D added Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3372 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, diluted, with added calcium and Vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 0.04 mg 0%
3373 Sweets, turbinado Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3374 Soup, broth, vegetable, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.03 mg 0%
3375 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, apple (applesauce), all stages Babyfoods 0.03 mg 0%
3376 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, strawberry Babyfoods 0.03 mg 0%
3377 Dessert topping (non dairy), frozen, semisolid Dairy and Egg Products 0.03 mg 0%
3378 Cereal, ready to eat, 100% Bran, Post Breakfast cereals 0.03 mg 0%
3379 Tangerine (mandarin) juice, raw Fruits and fruit juices 0.03 mg 0%
3380 Tangerine (mandarin) juice, canned, sugar added Fruits and fruit juices 0.03 mg 0%
3381 Apple, canned, sweetened, sliced, unheated Fruits and fruit juices 0.03 mg 0%
3382 Applesauce, canned, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.03 mg 0%
3383 Applesauce, canned, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.03 mg 0%
3384 Kohlrabi, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.03 mg 0%
3385 Tea, instant, sweetened, lemon flavour, powder Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3386 Alcohol, liqueur, coffee (26.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3387 Alcohol, liqueur, coffee (31.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3388 Lemonade, pink, frozen concentrate Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3389 Juice, cocktail, cranberry, vitamin C added, bottled Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3390 Drink, fruit punch flavour, vitamin C added, powder, water added Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3391 Drink, grape, vitamin C added, canned Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3392 Drink, fruit punch flavour, powder, water added Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3393 Drink, lemonade flavour, powder Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3394 Sweets, jellies Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3395 Sweets, sugar, brown Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3396 Sweets, syrups, table blends, corn, refiner's syrup and sugar Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3397 Dessert, frozen, ice, Italian, restaurant prepared Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3398 Tea, instant, sweetened, lemon flavour, powder, decaffeinated Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
3399 Sweets, jellies, reduced sugar or no sugar, home preserved Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
3400 Vinegar, red wine Spices and Herbs 0.03 mg 0%

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