Foods high in Zinc, Zn

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Zinc, Zn content per 100 g, drawn live from 2,239 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Zinc, Zn

Ranked by Zinc, Zn per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
1	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, canned	FNDDS ingredient	90.95
2	Mollusks, oyster, eastern, wild, raw	FNDDS ingredient	39.3
3	Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder	FNDDS ingredient	18.75
4	Babyfood, finger snacks, GERBER, GRADUATES, PUFFS, apple and cinnamon	FNDDS ingredient	17.46
5	Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, powder, 3-2-1 Plan	FNDDS ingredient	17.31
6	Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, high protein, whey powder, 3-2-1 Plan,	FNDDS ingredient	17.29
7	Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat germ, toasted, plain	FNDDS ingredient	16.67
8	Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, sugar-free, not reconstituted	FNDDS ingredient	15.4
9	Peanut butter, smooth, vitamin and mineral fortified	FNDDS ingredient	14.4
10	Babyfood, GERBER, GRADUATES Lil Biscuits Vanilla Wheat	FNDDS ingredient	14.15
11	Beverages, OVALTINE, chocolate malt powder	FNDDS ingredient	13.64
12	Beverages, chocolate powder, no sugar added	FNDDS ingredient	13.64
13	Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, dry fortified	FNDDS ingredient	12.68
14	Beef, chuck, under blade pot roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	11.32
15	Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry fortified	FNDDS ingredient	10.92
16	Babyfood, Multigrain whole grain cereal, dry fortified	FNDDS ingredient	10.67
17	Game meat, bear, cooked, simmered	FNDDS ingredient	10.27
18	Beef, chuck, blade roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	10.27
19	Protein supplement, milk based, Muscle Milk Light, powder	FNDDS ingredient	10
20	Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, compressed	FNDDS ingredient	9.97
21	Formulated bar, POWER BAR, chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	9.96
22	Beef, chuck, under blade center steak, boneless, Denver Cut, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled	FNDDS ingredient	9.85
23	Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares	FNDDS ingredient	9.63
24	Beef, chuck, under blade pot roast, boneless, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	9.14
25	Beverages, Whey protein powder isolate	FNDDS ingredient	8.72

Lowest in Zinc, Zn

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
2230	Apple juice, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.002
2231	Applesauce, unsweetened, with added vitamin C	Foundation Food	0.0026
2232	Beverages, carbonated, reduced sugar, cola, contains caffeine and sweeteners	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2233	Beverages, carbonated, cola, without caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2234	Butter oil, anhydrous	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2235	Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Cran-Energy, Cranberry Energy Juice Drink	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2236	Alcoholic beverage, beer, light, low carb	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2237	Soup, beef broth or bouillon, powder, prepared with water	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2238	Oil, industrial, soy, low linolenic	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
2239	Oil, industrial, soy, fully hydrogenated	FNDDS ingredient	0.01

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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.