Niacin (B3) in Foods

B vitamin involved in energy metabolism and DNA repair.

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Top Animal Sources

Food	Niacin (B3) (mg)	All foods
1 Whale, beluga, meat, dried (Alaska Native)	28.5	> 99%
2 Fish, tuna, yellowfin, fresh, cooked, dry heat	27.3	> 99%
3 Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, sugar-free, not reconstituted	25.6	> 99%
4 Fish, anchovy, european, canned in oil, drained solids	25.3	> 99%
5 Egg, white, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced	24.6	> 99%
6 Fish, tuna, skipjack, fresh, cooked, dry heat	24.0	> 99%

Top Plant Sources

Food	Niacin (B3) (mg)	All foods
7 Yeast extract spread	127.5	> 99%
8 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Enriched Wheat Bran flakes	92.8	> 99%
9 Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat, puffed, fortified	39.1	> 99%
10 Cereals ready-to-eat, rice, puffed, fortified	36.9	> 99%
11 Rice bran, crude	35.8	> 99%
12 Peanut flour, defatted	35.5	> 99%
13 Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, CORN BURSTS	32.3	> 99%
14 Meat extender	31.6	> 99%
15 Incaparina, dry mix (corn and soy flours), unprepared	31.3	> 99%
16 Seeds, sesame flour, low-fat	30.8	> 99%
17 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON CRISP RICE	30.6	> 99%
18 Seaweed, spirulina, dried	28.3	> 99%
19 Seeds, sesame flour, partially defatted	27.3	> 99%
20 Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, GOLDEN PUFFS	27.2	> 99%
21 Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Fruity DYNO-BITES	26.5	> 99%
22 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Crispy Hexagons	25.3	> 99%
23 Sorghum bran, white, unenriched, dry, raw	24.6	> 99%
24 Seeds, sesame flour, high-fat	24.6	> 99%
25 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries Cereal	24.0	> 99%

Other & Unclassified Foods

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Food	Niacin (B3) (mg)	All foods
26 Beverages, fruit-flavored drink, powder, with high vitamin C with other added vitamins, low calorie	80.0	> 99%
27 Beverages, Orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, low calorie, powder	80.0	> 99%
28 Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, active dry	49.2	> 99%
29 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Energy Bar, all flavors	48.9	> 99%
30 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Double Chocolate Nut Bar	45.2	> 99%
31 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Honey Nut Oat Bar	45.2	> 99%
32 Formulated bar, LUNA BAR, NUTZ OVER CHOCOLATE	42.6	> 99%
33 Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, powder, 3-2-1 Plan	38.5	> 99%
34 Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, high protein, whey powder, 3-2-1 Plan	38.4	> 99%
35 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Chewy Chocolate Peanut Bar	36.4	> 99%
36 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON MULTIGRAIN CRUNCH BAR	36.4	> 99%
37 Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, with honey, dry	36.3	> 99%
38 Formulated bar, POWER BAR, chocolate	35.8	> 99%
39 Babyfood, rice cereal, dry, EARTHS BEST ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN, fortified only with iron	32.8	> 99%
40 Formulated bar, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MARATHON Protein Performance Bar, Caramel Nut Rush	30.2	> 99%
41 Babyfood, finger snacks, GERBER, GRADUATES, PUFFS, apple and cinnamon	29.7	> 99%
42 Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder	28.7	> 99%
43 Beverages, coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder	28.5	> 99%
44 Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, half the caffeine	28.2	> 99%
45 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with bananas, dry	25.9	> 99%
46 Beverages, chocolate powder, no sugar added	25.6	> 99%
47 Babyfood, cereal, rice with pears and apple, dry, instant fortified	25.2	> 99%
48 Beverages, nutritional shake mix, high protein, powder	25.0	> 99%
49 Formulated bar, SLIM-FAST OPTIMA meal bar, milk chocolate peanut	24.9	> 99%
50 Babyfood, cereal, rice, dry fortified	24.6	> 99%