Foods high in Zinc (USDA Foundation)

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.

FDA daily value: 11 mg

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Showing 51–100 of 421 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
51 Flour, spelt, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 3.59 mg 33%
52 Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, restaurant Pork Products 3.56 mg 32%
53 Beans, Dry, Small White (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.54 mg 32%
54 Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.54 mg 32%
55 Beans, Dry, Small White (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.54 mg 32%
56 Beef, round, top round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.54 mg 32%
57 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.52 mg 32%
58 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.52 mg 32%
59 Cheese, oaxaca, solid Dairy and Egg Products 3.51 mg 32%
60 Beans, Dry, Tan (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.50 mg 32%
61 Beans, Dry, Light Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.50 mg 32%
62 Beans, Dry, Tan (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.50 mg 32%
63 Beans, Dry, Light Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.50 mg 32%
64 Crustaceans, crab, blue swimming, lump, pasteurized, refrigerated Finfish and Shellfish Products 3.48 mg 32%
65 Beef, top sirloin steak, raw Beef Products 3.45 mg 31%
66 Beans, Dry, Great Northern (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.45 mg 31%
67 Beans, Dry, Great Northern (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.45 mg 31%
68 Beans, Dry, Pinto (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.43 mg 31%
69 Beans, Dry, Pinto (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.43 mg 31%
70 Beans, Dry, Flor de Mayo (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.42 mg 31%
71 Beans, Dry, Flor de Mayo (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.42 mg 31%
72 Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.38 mg 31%
73 Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, raw Beef Products 3.38 mg 31%
74 Beans, Dry, Black (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.37 mg 31%
75 Beans, Dry, Black (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.37 mg 31%
76 Snow crab, legs only, frozen Finfish and Shellfish Products 3.37 mg 31%
77 Beans, Dry, Carioca (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.36 mg 31%
78 Beans, Dry, Carioca (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.36 mg 31%
79 Beans, Dry, Navy (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.31 mg 30%
80 Beans, Dry, Navy (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.31 mg 30%
81 Beans, Dry, Dark Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.29 mg 30%
82 Beans, Dry, Dark Red Kidney (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.29 mg 30%
83 Beef, short loin (NY strip steak), raw Beef Products 3.28 mg 30%
84 Cheese, dry white, queso seco Dairy and Egg Products 3.28 mg 30%
85 Cheese, dry white, queso seco Dairy and Egg Products 3.28 mg 30%
86 Beans, Dry, Pink (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.26 mg 30%
87 Beans, Dry, Pink (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.26 mg 30%
88 Flour, whole wheat, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 3.24 mg 29%
89 Beans, Dry, Light Tan (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.23 mg 29%
90 Beans, Dry, Small Red (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.23 mg 29%
91 Beans, Dry, Light Tan (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.23 mg 29%
92 Beans, Dry, Small Red (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.23 mg 29%
93 Beef, tenderloin steak, raw Beef Products 3.23 mg 29%
94 Almond butter, creamy Nut and Seed Products 3.18 mg 29%
95 Lamb, ground, raw Lamb, Veal, and Game Products 3.13 mg 28%
96 Chickpeas, (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), dry Legumes and Legume Products 3.12 mg 28%
97 Peanut butter, creamy Legumes and Legume Products 3.06 mg 28%
98 Beans, Dry, Cranberry (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.03 mg 28%
99 Beans, Dry, Cranberry (0% moisture) Legumes and Legume Products 3.03 mg 28%
100 Flour, amaranth Cereal Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 27%

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