植物性食品中鐵的吸收率不高
櫻桃，其他還有葡萄、杏脯、話梅
紫菜、海帶、黃豆、黑豆、豆腐、紅棗、黑木耳
黑木耳含鐵最高，100克裏含鐵97.4毫克，其余雞血25.0mg/100g，芝麻22.7mg/100g，豬肝22.6mg/100g，雞肝12.0mg/100g，燕麥片7.0mg/100g，黃豆8.2mg/100g，豇豆7.1mg/100g，綠豆6.5mg/100g，豌豆5.9mg/100g，豆腐幹4.9mg/100g，菜花6.4mg/100g，海帶4.7mg/100g，花生仁6.9mg/100g，豬血8.7mg/100g，雞蛋黃6.5mg/100g。豆腐，菠菜，芹菜的含鐵量並不高，分別是1.9mg/100g，2.9mg/100g，0.8mg/100g。