Vegan foods high in Calcium (USDA SR Legacy)

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 3,575 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
451 Kale, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 150.00 mg 12%
452 Kale, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 150.00 mg 12%
453 Candies, M&M MARS 3 MUSKETEERS Truffle Crisp Sweets 150.00 mg 12%
454 Gravy, unspecified type, dry Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 150.00 mg 12%
455 Mothbeans, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 150.00 mg 12%
456 Lasagna, Vegetable, frozen, baked Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 150.00 mg 12%
457 Seeds, sesame flour, partially defatted Nut and Seed Products 150.00 mg 12%
458 Seeds, sesame flour, low-fat Nut and Seed Products 149.00 mg 11%
459 Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, blanched Nut and Seed Products 149.00 mg 11%
460 Taro, tahitian, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 149.00 mg 11%
461 Taro, tahitian, cooked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 149.00 mg 11%
462 HOUSE FOODS Premium Firm Tofu Legumes and Legume Products 149.00 mg 11%
463 Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting, low-fat, with added fiber Baked Products 149.00 mg 11%
464 Spices, pepper, red or cayenne Spices and Herbs 148.00 mg 11%
465 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, diluted with 3 volume water, with added calcium Fruits and Fruit Juices 147.00 mg 11%
466 Cereals ready-to-eat, ALPEN Breakfast Cereals 147.00 mg 11%
467 Snacks, tortilla chips, nacho-flavor, made with enriched masa flour Snacks 147.00 mg 11%
468 Beans, navy, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 147.00 mg 11%
469 Grapefruit juice, pink or red, with added calcium Fruits and Fruit Juices 146.00 mg 11%
470 Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, refrigerated Baked Products 146.00 mg 11%
471 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, with added calcium and vitamins A, D, E Fruits and Fruit Juices 146.00 mg 11%
472 Cake, yellow, prepared from recipe without frosting Baked Products 146.00 mg 11%
473 Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 145.00 mg 11%
474 Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 145.00 mg 11%
475 Nuts, pilinuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 145.00 mg 11%
476 Rhubarb, frozen, cooked, with sugar Fruits and Fruit Juices 145.00 mg 11%
477 SILK Very Vanilla, soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 144.00 mg 11%
478 Bread, white, commercially prepared (includes soft bread crumbs) Baked Products 144.00 mg 11%
479 SILK Plus Omega-3 DHA, soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 144.00 mg 11%
480 Waffles, whole wheat, lowfat, frozen, ready-to-heat Baked Products 143.00 mg 11%
481 Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 143.00 mg 11%
482 Papad Legumes and Legume Products 143.00 mg 11%
483 Puddings, all flavors except chocolate, low calorie, instant, dry mix Sweets 143.00 mg 11%
484 Soup, onion, dry, mix Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 143.00 mg 11%
485 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, granules with milk, dry form Vegetables and Vegetable Products 142.00 mg 11%
486 Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 142.00 mg 11%
487 Vital wheat gluten Cereal Grains and Pasta 142.00 mg 11%
488 Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 142.00 mg 11%
489 Frozen novelties, KLONDIKE, SLIM-A-BEAR Vanilla Sandwich Sweets 142.00 mg 11%
490 Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 141.00 mg 11%
491 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, type of kernels unspecified Nut and Seed Products 141.00 mg 11%
492 Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 141.00 mg 11%
493 Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder Beverages 141.00 mg 11%
494 Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from unroasted kernels (non-chemically removed seed coat) Nut and Seed Products 141.00 mg 11%
495 Snack, Pretzel, hard chocolate coated Snacks 141.00 mg 11%
496 Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, half the caffeine Beverages 141.00 mg 11%
497 Soymilk (All flavors), enhanced Legumes and Legume Products 140.00 mg 11%
498 English muffins, whole grain white Baked Products 140.00 mg 11%
499 Beverages, coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder Beverages 140.00 mg 11%
500 Peanut flour, defatted Legumes and Legume Products 140.00 mg 11%

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