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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# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
5701 Tree fern, cooked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5702 Potatoes, boiled, cooked without skin, flesh, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5703 Peppers, sweet, green, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5704 Peppers, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5705 Persimmons, japanese, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5706 Rice, white, long-grain, precooked or instant, enriched, prepared Cereal Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5707 Millet, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5708 Couscous, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5709 Candies, taffy, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5710 Bamboo shoots, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5711 Peaches, dried, sulfured, stewed, with added sugar Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5712 Orange-grapefruit juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5713 Noodles, japanese, somen, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5714 Rice, brown, parboiled, dry, UNCLE BEN'S Cereal Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5715 Alcoholic beverage, pina colada, prepared-from-recipe Beverages 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5716 Tree fern, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5717 Mountain yam, hawaii, cooked, steamed, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5718 Peppers, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5719 Peppers, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5720 Mountain yam, hawaii, cooked, steamed, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5721 Guava nectar, with sucralose, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5722 Cranberry juice, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5723 Restaurant, Latino, Arroz con grandules (rice and pigeonpeas) Restaurant Foods 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5724 Stew, hominy with mutton (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5725 Candies, TWIZZLERS NIBS CHERRY BITS Sweets 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5726 Fruit syrup Sweets 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5727 Lemon juice from concentrate, bottled, CONCORD Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5728 Fruit juice smoothie, NAKED JUICE, MIGHTY MANGO Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5729 Orange Pineapple Juice Blend Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5730 Naranjilla (lulo) pulp, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5731 Guava nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5732 Abiyuch, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5733 Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5734 Millet, puffed Breakfast Cereals 8.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5735 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, banana graham pie Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5736 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, blueberry, all stages Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5737 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, apricot, all stages Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5738 Margarine-like spread, tub, hydrogenated, canola and soybean oil, 50% fat Fats and Oils 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5739 Soup, tomato, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5740 Soup, tomato, canned, condensed, reduced sodium, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5741 Soup, mushroom barley, ready-to-serve, low sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5742 Turnover, fruit (apple, berry, cherry, peach) Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5743 Cereal, ready-to-eat, Krave, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5744 Orange pineapple juice Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5745 Cereal, ready to eat, Spelt Flakes, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5746 Potato, boiled without skin, flesh, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5747 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5748 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5749 Pepper, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
5750 Cereal, millet, puffed Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF

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