Vegan foods high in Calcium

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 5101–5150 of 6,734 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
5101 Sauce, plum, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5102 Pasta, egg noodles, enriched, cooked, salted Cereals, Grains and Pasta 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5103 Pasta, egg noodles, unenriched, cooked, salted Cereals, Grains and Pasta 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5104 Pasta, egg noodles, unenriched, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5105 Pasta, egg noodles, enriched, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5106 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, sesame seed, unsalted Snacks 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5107 Sweets, syrups. table blends, cane and 15% maple Sweets 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5108 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5109 Dessert, pudding, chocolate, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5110 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, sesame seed Snacks 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5111 Pie, cherry, commercial, 2 crust Baked Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5112 Pie, lemon meringue, homemade Baked Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5113 Cookie, fortune Baked Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5114 Bagel, oat bran Baked Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5115 Nuts, Chinese chestnuts, boiled and steamed Nuts and Seeds 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5116 Potato, flesh and skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5117 Potato, french-fried, frozen, extruded, heated in oven Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5118 Potato, french-fried, frozen, all types, salt added in processing, home-prepared, heated in oven Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5119 Potato, flesh, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5120 Seaweed, spirulina, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5121 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5122 Taro shoots, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5123 Squash, summer, crookneck, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5124 Beans, mung, mature seeds, sprouted, bean sprouts, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5125 Bamboo shoots, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5126 Orange juice, frozen concentrate, diluted Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5127 Grapefruit, white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5128 Grapefruit, pink, red or white, all areas, raw Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5129 Prune juice, canned Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5130 Passion fruit, purple, raw Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5131 Lime juice, canned or bottled Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5132 Grapefruit, white, california, raw Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5133 Cherry, sweet, frozen, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5134 Avocado, raw, all commercial varieties Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5135 Apricot, canned halves with skin, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5136 Acerola (West Indian cherry), raw Fruits and fruit juices 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5137 Soup, pea, green, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5138 Soup, leek, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5139 Soup, onion, canned, condensed, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5140 Sauce, pepper, TABASCO, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5141 Soup, scotch broth, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 12.00 mg 1% CNF
5142 Blueberries, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.69 mg 1% USDA_FF
5143 Blueberries, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.69 mg 1% USDA_FF
5144 Fonio, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.65 mg 1% USDA_FF
5145 Apricot, with skin, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.59 mg 1% USDA_FF
5146 Flour, sorghum Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.41 mg 1% USDA_FF
5147 Eggplant, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.06 mg 1% USDA_FF
5148 Juice, pomegranate, from concentrate, shelf-stable Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.03 mg 1% USDA_FF
5149 Tomatoes, grape, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_FF
5150 Pie, apple, commercially prepared, enriched flour Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR

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