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 4851–4900 of 8,038 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4851 Vitasoy USA, Vitasoy Organic Creamy Original Soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4852 Beverages, Carob-flavor beverage mix, powder, prepared with whole milk Beverages 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4853 SILK Mocha, soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4854 SILK Chai, soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4855 Snacks, plantain chips, salted Snacks 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4856 Soup, cream of asparagus, canned, prepared with equal volume milk Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4857 Muffins, blueberry, commercially prepared (Includes mini-muffins) Baked Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4858 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, without added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4859 BURGER KING, Hash Brown Rounds Fast Foods 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4860 Beverages, coffee, instant, with chicory Beverages 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4861 Cookies, vanilla sandwich with creme filling, reduced fat Baked Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4862 Currants, zante, dried Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4863 Milk, whole, 3.25% milkfat, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4864 Sour dressing, non-butterfat, cultured, filled cream-type Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4865 Cream, whipped, cream topping, pressurized Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4866 Peas, edible-podded, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4867 Turnip greens and turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4868 Turnip greens and turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4869 Peas, edible-podded, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4870 Prairie Turnips, raw (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4871 Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, unenriched, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4872 Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4873 Corn flour, yellow, degermed, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4874 Puddings, coconut cream, dry mix, regular, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4875 Hyacinth-beans, immature seeds, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4876 Yardlong bean, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4877 Corn with red and green peppers, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4878 Pasta, homemade, made without egg, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4879 Frostings, glaze, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe, with butter, NFSMI Recipe No. C-32 Sweets 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4880 Corn, sweet, white, frozen, kernels cut off cob, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4881 Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4882 Potato wedges, frozen (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4883 Raisins, golden, seedless Fruits and Fruit Juices 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4884 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, puffs or twists, cheese-flavor Snacks 0.37 mg 3% USDA_SR
4885 Turnover, fruit (apple, berry, cherry, peach) Baked Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4886 Salad, grape and apple with yogourt and candied walnuts Fast Foods 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4887 Yogourt, Greek style, sweetened, rich (8-12% M.F.) with Vitamin D added Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4888 Yogourt, vanilla flavoured, artificially sweetened, fat free (0-0.5% M.F.), with added Vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4889 Turnip, Prairie, native, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4890 Cereal, ready to eat, Corn Flakes: Frosted, Compliments Breakfast cereals 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4891 Zucchini, battered and fried Mixed Dishes 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4892 Snacks, plantain chips Snacks 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4893 Cookie, shortbread, plain, homemade Baked Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4894 Peas, edible-podded (snow peas), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4895 Beverage, bean Legumes and Legume Products 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4896 Grains, corn flour, degermed, unenriched, yellow Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4897 Grains, rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4898 Pasta, made without egg, homemade, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4899 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.37 mg 3% CNF
4900 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 0.37 mg 3% CNF

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