what are foods that are rich in iron?

Answer 1

Liver is one - and calves liver is the best! Unfortunately, it is also very high in cholesterol.

Answer 2

Table of food high in iron:

Iron rich food Iron Content RDA % * Calories
Cockles boiled 28mg 155% 50
Black Pudding 20mg 111% 300
Liver 9mg 50% 190
Fish Paste 9mg 50% 170
******* 8.3mg 46% 270
Kidney 8mg 44% 170
Venison 7.8mg 43% 200
Heart 7.7mg 43% 180
Mussels boiled 7mg 39% 90
Liver Pate 7mg 39% 190
Liver Sausage 6.4mg 36% 312
Goose 5mg 28% 320
Pheasant 5mg 28% 220
Shrimps canned 5mg 28% 95
Haggis 4.8mg 27% 310
Sardines canned 4.5mg 27% 180
Anchovies canned 4mg 22% 285
Whitebait 4mg 22% 310
Tongue Ox 3mg 17% 300
Pilchards canned 2.7mg 16% 130
Beef lean 2.5mg 16% 240

Other Iron rich foods Iron content RDA % Calories
Thyme ground 124mg 688% * 276
Curry Powder 58mg 321% * 233
Oat & Wheat Bran 45mg 250% * 330
Cinnamon ground 38mg 210% * -
Garam Masala 33mg 183% * 380
Rosemary 30mg 167% * 330
Oxo cube 24.5mg 136% * 230
Paprika 24mg 133% * 290
Bran Flakes 20mg 111% 320
Ready Brek 13.2mg 73% 373
Special K cereal 13mg 73% 370
Bran Wheat 13mg 73% 205
Sesame Seeds 10mg 55% 11
Black Treacle 9.2mg 54% 260
Soya flour low fat 9mg 50% 350
Wheatgerm 8.5mg 49% 300
Liquorice 8mg 44% 310
Cashew Nuts 6.2mg 34% 610
Blackcurrants canned 5mg 28% 45
Figs dried 4.2mg 23% 205
Bombay Mix 3.8mg 21% 500
Lentils boiled 3.5mg 19% 100
Apricots ready-to-eat 3.5mg 19% 160
Hazelnuts 3.2mg 19% 650
Almonds 3mg 17% 600
Twiglets 3mg 17% 380
Soya beans 3mg 17% 140
Malt bread 2.8mg 16% 270
Wholemeal bread 2.7mg 15% 215
Red Kidney beans 2.5mg 14% 100
Watercress 2.2mg 14% 23
Values for iron rich foods may vary between individual portions, these values should only be used as a guide!

Answer 3

A handful of dulse will give you all the iron you need for the day, as well as B12, B6 and Floride. It is also a great source of potassium.

Dulse is a seaweed ....check out the link.

Answer 4

If I feel iron-depleted, I eat fresh spinach, raw.

Also, cooking in an iron skillet will add iron to your diet.

Answer 5

Anything green leafy...liver is rich in iron.

Answer 6

spinach dear.but f u dont like its taste when cooked,just take supplements like iron folic plus.

Answer 7

Green Beans! Yum!! Also milk and other green leafy veggies

Answer 8

Black strap Molases

Dried fruits


Beets

Lentils

Black Beans

Liver (excellent source of Iron)

Red Meat (contains heme Iron)


* Very good sources (3.5 mg or more per serving):

o Three ounces of beef or chicken liver.

o Three ounces of clams or mollusks.

o Three ounces of oysters.

* Good sources (2.1 mg or more per serving):

o Three ounces of cooked beef (ground or steak).

o Three ounces of canned sardines (canned in oil).

o Three ounces of cooked turkey.

* Other sources (0.7 mg or more per serving):

o Three ounces of chicken.

o Three ounces of halibut, haddock, perch, salmon, and tuna.

o Three ounces of pork (ham).

o Three ounces of veal.

Other iron-rich foods: Other foods also contain iron, but your body does not absorb the iron from these foods as well. To increase iron absorption (ab-SORP-shun) from the following foods, eat a good source of Vitamin C at the same time . Eating a food from the meat, fish, and poultry group at the same time will also increase iron absorption. The amount of iron that is found in these foods is listed below:

* Very good sources (3.5 mg or more):

o Breakfast cereals enriched with iron (see food label for serving size).

o One cup of cooked beans (white beans, soybeans, lentils or chickpeas).

o One-half of a cup of tofu.

o One ounce of pumpkin, sesame, or squash seeds.

* Good sources (2.1 mg or more):

o One-half cup of canned lima, red kidney beans, chickpeas or split peas.

o One cup of dried apricots.

o One medium baked potato.

o One medium stalk of broccoli.

o One cup of cooked enriched egg noodles.

o One-fourth of a cup of wheat germ.

Answer 9

Anything green, instead of getting regular salads get baby spinach salads.