NutriDB

🩸 Foods Highest in Iron — TOP 30(per 100g)

Carries oxygen in red blood cells. Critical for preventing anemia. FDA Daily Value: 18mg.

#FoodIron(mg)
31Bear, polar, meat, raw (Alaska Native)6.1
32Fish, whitefish, eggs (Alaska Native)5.95
33Smelt, dried (Alaska Native)5.4
34Octopus (Alaska Native)4.9
35Owl, horned, flesh, raw (Alaska Native)4.8
36Caribou, hind quarter, meat, cooked (Alaska Native)4.8
37Mutton, cooked, roasted (Navajo)4.76
38Squirrel, ground, meat (Alaska Native)4.7
39Caribou, eye, raw (Alaska Native)4.7
40Fish, blackfish, whole (Alaska Native)4.6
41Agutuk, meat-caribou (Alaskan ice cream) (Alaska Native)4.55
42Caribou, bone marrow, raw (Alaska Native)4.5
43Fish, salmon, king, chinook, smoked, brined (Alaska Native)4.5
44Caribou, hind quarter meat, raw (Alaska Native)4.1
45Fish, whitefish, dried (Alaska Native)4.1
46Frybread, made with lard (Navajo)4.04
47Fish, whitefish, broad, head, eyes, cheeks and soft bones (Alaska Native)3.9
48Tortilla, includes plain and from mutton sandwich (Navajo)3.81
49Cornmeal, white (Navajo)3.79
50Buffalo, free range, top round steak, cooked (Shoshone Bannock)3.76
51Agave, dried (Southwest)3.64
52Agave, cooked (Southwest)3.55
53Pinon Nuts, roasted (Navajo)3.53
54Frybread, made with lard (Apache)3.43
55Tennis Bread, plain (Apache)3.4
56Fish, herring eggs on giant kelp, Pacific (Alaska Native)3.4
57Ascidians (tunughnak) (Alaska Native)3.3
58Moose, meat, raw (Alaska Native)3.28
59Hazelnuts, beaked (Northern Plains Indians)3.12
60Cornmeal, yellow (Navajo)2.99

31–60 of 145 foods

Data source: USDA FoodData Central (Public Domain) — fdc.nal.usda.gov