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 4001–4050 of 4,200 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
4001 Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Diet Cranberry Juice Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
4002 Beverages, carbonated, low calorie, cola or pepper-types, with sodium saccharin, contains caffeine Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
4003 Cookies, gluten-free, lemon wafer Baked Products 0.03 mg 0%
4004 Apricot nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4005 Applesauce, canned, sweetened, without salt Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4006 Applesauce, canned, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4007 Soup, vegetable broth, ready to serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.03 mg 0%
4008 Babyfood, dessert, peach cobbler, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4009 Babyfood, dessert, cherry vanilla pudding, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4010 Babyfood, juice, mixed fruit Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4011 Babyfood, juice, orange and apple Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4012 Babyfood, juice, apple and peach Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4013 Babyfood, fruit, papaya and applesauce with tapioca, strained Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4014 Babyfood, fruit, apple and raspberry, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4015 Babyfood, fruit, apple and raspberry, strained Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4016 Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and pineapple, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4017 Babyfood, fruit dessert, mango with tapioca Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4018 Soup, SWANSON, vegetable broth Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.03 mg 0%
4019 Babyfood, juice, apple, with calcium Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4020 Babyfood, dessert, dutch apple, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4021 Babyfood, juice, orange and apple and banana Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4022 Babyfood, juice, apple Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4023 Babyfood, fruit, apple and blueberry, strained Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4024 Babyfood, fruit, bananas and pineapple with tapioca, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4025 Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and cherries, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4026 Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and cherries, strained Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4027 Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and apricots, junior Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4028 Dessert topping, semi solid, frozen Dairy and Egg Products 0.03 mg 0%
4029 Sugar, turbinado Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4030 Tangerine juice, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4031 Jellies Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4032 Alcoholic beverage, daiquiri, canned Beverages 0.03 mg 0%
4033 Syrups, table blends, corn, refiner, and sugar Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4034 Sugars, brown Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4035 Frozen novelties, ice type, italian, restaurant-prepared Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4036 Kohlrabi, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.03 mg 0%
4037 Jellies, reduced sugar, home preserved Sweets 0.03 mg 0%
4038 Glutino, Gluten Free Wafers, Lemon Flavored Baked Products 0.03 mg 0%
4039 Cherry juice, tart Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4040 Cranberry sauce, jellied, canned, OCEAN SPRAY Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4041 Guava nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4042 Applesauce, canned, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.03 mg 0%
4043 Babyfood, juice, apple - cherry Baby Foods 0.03 mg 0%
4044 Beverages, fruit punch-flavor drink, powder, without added sodium, prepared with water Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4045 Beverages, carbonated, cola, fast-food cola Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4046 Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4047 Beverages, orange drink, canned, with added vitamin C Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4048 Malt beverage, includes non-alcoholic beer Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4049 Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Ruby Red cranberry Beverages 0.02 mg 0%
4050 Beverages, Coconut water, ready-to-drink, unsweetened Beverages 0.02 mg 0%

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