Foods high in Vitamin B-12

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Vitamin B-12 content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,035 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Vitamin B-12

Ranked by Vitamin B-12 per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
1	Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried	FNDDS ingredient	83.13
2	Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	70.58
3	Beef, variety meats and by-products, kidneys, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	24.9
4	Braunschweiger (a liver sausage), pork	FNDDS ingredient	20.09
5	Mollusks, octopus, common, raw	FNDDS ingredient	20
6	Fish, caviar, black and red, granular	FNDDS ingredient	20
7	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned	FNDDS ingredient	19.13
8	Mollusks, clam, mixed species, canned, drained solids	FNDDS ingredient	18.63
9	Chicken, liver, all classes, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	16.85
10	Chicken, liver, all classes, raw	FNDDS ingredient	16.58
11	Fish, herring, Atlantic, raw	FNDDS ingredient	13.67
12	Anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drained	Foundation Food	12.6
13	Mollusks, mussel, blue, raw	FNDDS ingredient	12
14	Mollusks, clam, mixed species, raw	FNDDS ingredient	11.28
15	Beef, variety meats and by-products, heart, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	10.8
16	Beef, variety meats and by-products, brain, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	10.1
17	Fish, cod, Atlantic, dried and salted	FNDDS ingredient	10
18	Soup, clam chowder, new england, canned, condensed	FNDDS ingredient	9.47
19	Chicken, broilers or fryers, giblets, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	9.44
20	Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone	FNDDS ingredient	8.94
21	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw	FNDDS ingredient	8.75
22	Beverages, KELLOGG'S SPECIAL K20 protein powder	FNDDS ingredient	8.3
23	Game meat, beaver, cooked, roasted	FNDDS ingredient	8.3
24	Game meat, opossum, cooked, roasted	FNDDS ingredient	8.3
25	Game meat, raccoon, cooked, roasted	FNDDS ingredient	8.3

Lowest in Vitamin B-12

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (UG)
1026	Butter oil, anhydrous	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1027	Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, compressed	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1028	Toaster Pastries, fruit, frosted (include apples, blueberry, cherry, strawberry)	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1029	Candies, peanut brittle, prepared-from-recipe	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1030	Cake, fruitcake, commercially prepared	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1031	Cookies, vanilla sandwich with creme filling, reduced fat	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1032	Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1033	Bread, stuffing, cornbread, dry mix, prepared	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1034	Muffins, oat bran	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1035	Alcoholic beverages, wine, rose	FNDDS ingredient	0.01

More on Vitamin B-12

What Vitamin B-12 is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

Vitamin B-12 nutrient reference →

Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.