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 4101–4150 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4101 Peas, edible-podded, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4102 Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4103 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4104 Potatoes, baked, skin only, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4105 Okra, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4106 Potatoes, baked, skin, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4107 Lima beans, immature seeds, frozen, fordhook, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4108 Beans, liquid from stewed kidney beans Legumes and Legume Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4109 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4110 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, enriched, with salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4111 Rice, white, long-grain, precooked or instant, enriched, prepared Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4112 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4113 Okra, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4114 Artichokes, (globe or french), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4115 APPLEBEE'S, french fries Restaurant Foods 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4116 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, unenriched, with salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4117 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, enriched, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4118 Frozen yogurts, chocolate, soft-serve Sweets 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4119 Drumstick leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4120 Drumstick leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4121 Blueberries, dried, sweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4122 Frozen yogurts, chocolate, nonfat milk, sweetened without sugar Sweets 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4123 Candies, KRACKEL Chocolate Bar Sweets 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4124 Candies, NESTLE, BIT-O'-HONEY Candy Chews Sweets 0.49 mg 4% USDA_SR
4125 Babyfood, cereal, mixed grain, with biscuit, milk powder and fruit, prepared with water Babyfoods 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4126 Cookie, chocolate sandwich, cream filling, reduced fat Baked Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4127 Blueberry, dried, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4128 Dessert, frozen yogourt, flavours not chocolate, skim milk, with artificial sweetener Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4129 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, fat free (0-0.5% M.F.), with added fibre and Vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4130 Dessert, pudding, rice, with raisins, homemade Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4131 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Weight Control, Maple and Brown Sugar, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4132 Artichoke, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4133 Vegetables, mixed, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4134 Spinach, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4135 Potato, skin, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4136 Peas, edible-podded (snow peas), frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4137 Okra (gumbo), frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4138 Drumstick (horseradish-tree), leaves, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4139 Dessert, frozen yogourt, chocolate, skim milk, with artificial sweetener Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4140 Beans, liquid from stewed kidney beans Legumes and Legume Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4141 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Wild Berry Medley, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4142 Grains, rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, salted Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4143 Grains, rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4144 Grains, rice, white, long-grain, pre-cooked or instant, enriched, prepared Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4145 Dessert, frozen yogourt, chocolate, soft-serve Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4146 Candies, bars, Krackel Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4147 Candies, bars, Bit-O-Honey candy chews Sweets 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4148 Cracker, standard snack-type Baked Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4149 Phyllo dough Baked Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF
4150 Pie, lemon meringue, commercial Baked Products 0.49 mg 4% CNF

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