Vegetarian foods high in Zinc (USDA SR Legacy)

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 4,200 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
3351 Bananas, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1%
3352 Babyfood, vegetables, mix vegetables strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1%
3353 Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, strained Baby Foods 0.15 mg 1%
3354 Egg, white, dried, flakes, stabilized, glucose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 0.15 mg 1%
3355 Figs, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1%
3356 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
3357 Sauce, peppers, hot, chili, mature red, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
3358 Soup, cheese, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
3359 Soup, cream of potato, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.15 mg 1%
3360 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, regular Fats and Oils 0.15 mg 1%
3361 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3362 Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3363 KFC, Coleslaw Fast Foods 0.15 mg 1%
3364 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3365 Agave, raw (Southwest) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1%
3366 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3367 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3368 Squash, winter, butternut, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3369 Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3370 Papaya nectar, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.15 mg 1%
3371 Blackberries, wild, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.15 mg 1%
3372 Frozen novelties, ice type, pop Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
3373 Peppers, sweet, red, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3374 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3375 Radishes, oriental, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3376 Cress, garden, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.15 mg 1%
3377 Candies, fudge, vanilla, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 0.15 mg 1%
3378 Fruit salad, (peach and pear and apricot and pineapple and cherry), canned, juice pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%
3379 Apricots, dried, sulfured, stewed, without added sugar Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.14 mg 1%
3380 Babyfood, snack, GERBER GRADUATE FRUIT STRIPS, Real Fruit Bars Baby Foods 0.14 mg 1%
3381 Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
3382 Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, powder Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
3383 Cookies, brownies, dry mix, sugar free Baked Products 0.14 mg 1%
3384 Margarine-like, vegetable oil spread, fat free, liquid, with salt Fats and Oils 0.14 mg 1%
3385 Alcoholic Beverage, wine, table, red, Merlot Beverages 0.14 mg 1%
3386 Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular, quick, enriched, cooked with water, with salt Breakfast Cereals 0.14 mg 1%
3387 Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt Breakfast Cereals 0.14 mg 1%
3388 Salad dressing, honey mustard, regular Fats and Oils 0.14 mg 1%
3389 Tomatoes, orange, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3390 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3391 Fast foods, coleslaw Fast Foods 0.14 mg 1%
3392 Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3393 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3394 Turnips, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3395 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3396 Celery, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%
3397 Eggs, scrambled, frozen mixture Dairy and Egg Products 0.14 mg 1%
3398 Prickly pears, raw (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.14 mg 1%
3399 Syrups, malt Sweets 0.14 mg 1%
3400 Celery, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.14 mg 1%

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