Vegan foods high in Calcium (Canadian (CNF))

Calcium absorption from food depends on what else you eat at that meal. Phytates in grains and oxalates in leafy greens bind calcium and prevent your gut from taking it in. The numbers in the table below show total calcium, but your body may capture only part of it, depending on what you pair it with.

Dairy products, canned fish with bones, and fortified plant drinks cluster at the top of this ranking. Leafy greens contain calcium in large amounts yet sit lower in actual usable calcium because oxalates interfere with absorption. To meet the 1300 mg Daily Value, most people need multiple sources across the day rather than one single food.

Without dairy or fish, calcium comes from fortified plant drinks, tofu made with calcium sulphate, and leafy greens; though greens pose an absorption problem. Fortification becomes the reliable route: a glass of fortified soya drink delivers more usable calcium than a handful of spinach. You need to read labels closely, because not all plant-based alternatives are fortified, and levels vary widely between brands.

FDA daily value: 1300 mg

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Showing 451–500 of 2,873 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
451 Plant-based beverage, soy, enriched, all flavours, reduced fat Beverages 123.00 mg 9%
452 Sauce, adobo fresco Soups, Sauces and Gravies 123.00 mg 9%
453 Nuts, filberts or hazelnuts, dry roasted, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 123.00 mg 9%
454 Fast foods, dessert, sundae, caramel Fast Foods 122.00 mg 9%
455 Sweets, maple taffy Sweets 122.00 mg 9%
456 Hot chocolate, cocoa, high fat or breakfast, processed with alkali, mix, powder Sweets 122.00 mg 9%
457 Hot chocolate, cocoa, high fat or breakfast, plain, mix, powder Sweets 122.00 mg 9%
458 Cake, pineapple upside-down, homemade Baked Products 120.00 mg 9%
459 Cracker, standard snack-type Baked Products 120.00 mg 9%
460 Watercress, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 120.00 mg 9%
461 Cracker, standard snack type, low sodium Baked Products 120.00 mg 9%
462 Seaweed, spirulina, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 120.00 mg 9%
463 Potato, au gratin, homemade, with margarine Vegetables and Vegetable Products 119.00 mg 9%
464 Lasagna, vegetarian, homemade Mixed Dishes 119.00 mg 9%
465 Potato, au gratin, homemade, with butter Vegetables and Vegetable Products 119.00 mg 9%
466 Candies, bars, Whatchamacallit Sweets 118.00 mg 9%
467 Turnip greens, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
468 Turnip greens, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
469 Yogourt, tofu Legumes and Legume Products 118.00 mg 9%
470 Turnip greens, canned, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
471 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, fortified with added calcium and vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 118.00 mg 9%
472 Mustard greens, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
473 Mustard greens, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
474 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder Beverages 118.00 mg 9%
475 Broccoli raab (rapini), cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 118.00 mg 9%
476 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, decaffeinated Beverages 118.00 mg 9%
477 Dessert, rennin, vanilla, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 117.00 mg 9%
478 Beet greens, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 117.00 mg 9%
479 Chrysanthemum leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 117.00 mg 9%
480 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted with peanuts, salted Nuts and Seeds 117.00 mg 9%
481 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted with peanuts, lightly salted Nuts and Seeds 117.00 mg 9%
482 Bread pudding, with raisins, homemade Baked Products 117.00 mg 9%
483 Chrysanthemum, garland, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 117.00 mg 9%
484 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted with peanuts Nuts and Seeds 117.00 mg 9%
485 Mountain sorrel, native, leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 116.00 mg 9%
486 Mustard greens, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 116.00 mg 9%
487 Gravy, brown instant, dry Soups, Sauces and Gravies 116.00 mg 9%
488 Fast foods, side dish, onion rings, breaded and fried Fast Foods 115.00 mg 9%
489 Mustard greens, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 115.00 mg 9%
490 Cake, yellow (plus streusel), pudding-type, dry mix, unprepared Baked Products 115.00 mg 9%
491 Candies, bars, Mars Sweets 115.00 mg 9%
492 Beet greens, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 114.00 mg 9%
493 Beet greens, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 114.00 mg 9%
494 Turnip greens and turnips, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 114.00 mg 9%
495 English muffin, raisin-cinnamon (apple cinnamon) Baked Products 114.00 mg 9%
496 Seeds, sunflower seed flour, partially defatted Nuts and Seeds 114.00 mg 9%
497 Spices, ginger, ground Spices and Herbs 114.00 mg 9%
498 Nuts, filberts or hazelnuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 114.00 mg 9%
499 Beans, pinto, raw Legumes and Legume Products 113.00 mg 9%
500 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, diluted, with added calcium and Vitamin D Fruits and fruit juices 113.00 mg 9%

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