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 4251–4300 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4251 Sweets, pectin, unsweetened, dry mix Sweets 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4252 Dessert, pudding, rice, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4253 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, instant, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4254 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, vanilla, rich, 16% M.F. Sweets 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4255 Bannock Baked Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4256 Pie, coconut cream, commercial Baked Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4257 Arugula, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4258 Succotash, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4259 Potato, hashed-brown, homemade Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4260 Broadbeans (fava beans), fresh, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4261 Beans, mung, mature seeds, sprouted, bean sprouts, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4262 Bamboo shoots, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4263 Asparagus, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4264 Cheese, cottage, uncreamed, dry, large or small curd, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4265 Cheese, cottage, uncreamed, dry curd (0.4% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.47 mg 4% CNF
4266 Yogurt, Greek, strawberry, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_FF
4267 Biscuits, plain or buttermilk, refrigerated dough, lower fat, baked Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4268 Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, canned Legumes and Legume Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4269 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with bananas, prepared with whole milk Baby Foods 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4270 Soup, tomato bisque, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4271 Pie crust, cookie-type, prepared from recipe, graham cracker, chilled Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4272 Pie, pumpkin, prepared from recipe Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4273 Cake, cheesecake, prepared from mix, no-bake type Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4274 Cookies, brownies, commercially prepared, reduced fat, with added fiber Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4275 Eggnog Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4276 Milk, chocolate, lowfat, reduced sugar Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4277 Yogurt, Greek, vanilla, lowfat Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4278 Kefir, lowfat, plain, LIFEWAY Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4279 Yogurt, Greek, vanilla, nonfat Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4280 Corn, sweet, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4281 Babyfood, peas and brown rice Baby Foods 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4282 Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, vacuum pack, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4283 Spinach, canned, regular pack, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4284 Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, vacuum pack, regular pack Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4285 Corn, sweet, white, canned, vacuum pack, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4286 Corn, sweet, white, canned, vacuum pack, regular pack Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4287 Nabisco, Nabisco Snackwell's Fat Free Devil's Food Cookie Cakes Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4288 DENNY'S, french fries Restaurant Foods 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4289 Pie crust, deep dish, frozen, unbaked, made with enriched flour Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% USDA_SR
4290 Babyfood, dinner, jarred, pasta with cheese and vegetables Babyfoods 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4291 Cookie, brownie, commercial, reduced fat Baked Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4292 Grains, rice and vermicelli mix, chicken flavour, prepared with margarine Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4293 Yogourt, soy, plain Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4294 Yogourt, Greek style, vanilla flavoured, fat free (0-0.5% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4295 Yogourt, vanilla flavoured, rich/Mediterranean style (6-9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4296 Yogourt, plain, sweetened (2-3.9% M.F) Dairy and Egg Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4297 Dip, cream cheese base Soups, Sauces and Gravies 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4298 Corn, sweet, canned, vacuum pack, niblets, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4299 Beverage mix, carob flavour, powder, with 2% M.F. milk Beverages 0.46 mg 4% CNF
4300 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Cookies and Cream, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 0.46 mg 4% CNF

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