Iron

Which products contain iron? Which you should add to your daily menu?

We list 1,336 foods with iron data per 100 g. The highest is Tofu with 5.36 mg, and the median food has 82.7 mg.

Iron is part of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in the blood. The FDA Daily Value is 18 mg.

Products with biggest amount of
iron

# Food per 100 g % DV*
865 Halibut (fillet, meat) 0.66 mg 4%
866 Grilled Chicken Salad McDonalds 0.65 mg 4%
867 Feta cheese 0.65 mg 4%
868 Pho 0.65 mg 4%
869 Pad Thai 0.65 mg 4%
870 Pad Thai with chicken 0.65 mg 4%
871 Spam 0.64 mg 4%
872 Black Forest Ham 0.64 mg 4%
873 Ahi Tuna 0.64 mg 4%
874 Barbecue sauce 0.64 mg 4%
875 Polenta 0.64 mg 4%
876 Hot and sour soup 0.64 mg 4%
877 Cheese cake 0.63 mg 4%
878 Egg salad 0.63 mg 4%
879 Wendy's Chicken Nuggets 0.62 mg 3%
880 Ham salad 0.62 mg 3%
881 Blackberries 0.62 mg 3%
882 Mozzarella cheese sticks 0.62 mg 3%
883 Yellow rice cooked 0.62 mg 3%
884 Steamed dumplings 0.62 mg 3%
885 Fried rice with shrimp 0.61 mg 3%
886 Cooked broccoli 0.61 mg 3%
887 Chicken salad 0.61 mg 3%
888 Sweet potato 0.61 mg 3%
889 Artichoke salad in oil 0.61 mg 3%
890 Lime 0.6 mg 3%
891 Ginger 0.6 mg 3%
892 Lemon 0.6 mg 3%
893 Cooked wild rice 0.6 mg 3%
894 Jicama 0.6 mg 3%
895 Chicken 0.59 mg 3%
896 Pork sausage 0.59 mg 3%

*Share of the FDA Daily Value for adults (2,000 kcal diet) provided by 100 g of the food.

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