FoodScore

Ranking · top 30 · per 100g

Foods high in iron

Iron carries oxygen through the blood. Deficiency is the world's most common nutritional shortfall.

Daily target
18mg
USDA / FDA Daily Value
  1. 01
    Gerber Oatmeal Single Grain Cereal
    45 mg
    67
  2. 02
    Gerber 2nd Foods Apple Banana
    45 mg
    60
  3. 03
    Total Whole Grain
    45 mg
    56
  4. 04
    POST Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds
    38.57 mg
    34
  5. 05
    French's Spicy Brown Mustard
    36 mg
    38
  6. 06
    Oatmeal Instant Quaker Original
    35 mg
    77
  7. 07
    Chex Rice
    33.33 mg
    60
  8. 08
    Quaker Life Original
    30.63 mg
    45
  9. 09
    Wheaties
    30 mg
    70
  10. 10
    GENERAL MILLS SALES . Wheaties
    30 mg
    56
  11. 11
    Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats
    30 mg
    53
  12. 12
    GENERAL MILLS Chex Rice
    29.03 mg
    29
  13. 13
    Kellogg's Corn Flakes
    28.62 mg
    47
  14. 14
    Cheerios (original)
    28 mg
    56
  15. 15
    Kellogg's Special K Original
    28 mg
    51
  16. 16
    Kellogg's Rice Krispies
    28 mg
    43
  17. 17
    QUAKER Instant Oatmeal Original
    27.86 mg
    84
  18. 18
    Chex Corn
    27.69 mg
    51
  19. 19
    Kix
    27 mg
    55
  20. 20
    Kix
    27 mg
    55
  21. 21
    Instant Oats
    24.72 mg
    65
  22. 22
    Oats Dry
    24.72 mg
    65
  23. 23
    Oats
    24.72 mg
    65
  24. 24
    Quaker Life Cereal Original
    24.31 mg
    47
  25. 25
    GENERAL MILLS Cheerios Multi Grain
    22.5 mg
    38
  26. 26
    CAP'N CRUNCH'S Cap'n Crunch Berries
    21.08 mg
    19
  27. 27
    Cap'N Crunch Quaker Cap'n Crunch Crunch Berries
    19.65 mg
    3
  28. 28
    Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
    19.5 mg
    30
  29. 29
    Cap'n Crunch
    18.65 mg
    28
  30. 30
    Cap'N Crunch Quaker Cap'n Crunch Original
    18.65 mg
    3

How we rank

Foods are sorted highest-first by iron content per 100g, then cross-referenced with their overall FoodScore so you can see nutritional quality at a glance. Daily Value references come from the FDA 2016 Nutrition Facts rule, and Dietary Reference Intakes from the NIH. Full methodology is here.

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30 foods in this ranking · 1341 in the full database.