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 551–600 of 2,873 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
551 Borage, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 102.00 mg 8%
552 Candies, M&M's peanut chocolate candies Sweets 102.00 mg 8%
553 Soybeans, dry, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 102.00 mg 8%
554 Soybeans, dry, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 102.00 mg 8%
555 Mustard greens, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 101.00 mg 8%
556 Dessert, frozen, FUDGESICLE bar, no sugar added, with artificial sweetener Sweets 101.00 mg 8%
557 Sweets, baking chocolate, unsweetened, square Sweets 101.00 mg 8%
558 Mustard greens, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 101.00 mg 8%
559 Meatless, bacon bits Legumes and Legume Products 101.00 mg 8%
560 Dessert, frozen yogourt Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
561 Fast foods, side dish, hush puppies Fast Foods 100.00 mg 8%
562 Hot chocolate, rich, mix, powder Beverages 100.00 mg 8%
563 Broccoli, chinese, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 100.00 mg 8%
564 Cookie, oatmeal (with raisins), commercial, less than 5g fat/serving Baked Products 100.00 mg 8%
565 Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat), commercial Baked Products 100.00 mg 8%
566 Candies, bars, Nestle Crunch Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
567 Bread, wheat germ, toasted Baked Products 100.00 mg 8%
568 Seeds, cottonseed kernels, roasted Nuts and Seeds 100.00 mg 8%
569 Taco shell, baked Baked Products 100.00 mg 8%
570 Cookie, oatmeal, homemade, with raisins Baked Products 100.00 mg 8%
571 Candies, bars, Chunky Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
572 Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 100.00 mg 8%
573 Candies, dark chocolate coated coffee beans Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
574 Dessert, frozen yogourt, chocolate Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
575 Chicory greens (cichorium intybus), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 100.00 mg 8%
576 Candies, sugar-coated almonds Sweets 100.00 mg 8%
577 Peanuts, Spanish, oil-roasted Legumes and Legume Products 100.00 mg 8%
578 Spinach, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 99.00 mg 8%
579 Bagel, plain (with onion, poppy seed and/or sesame seed), toasted Baked Products 99.00 mg 8%
580 Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat) + seeds (flax, sunflower), commercial, toasted Baked Products 98.00 mg 8%
581 Nuts, walnuts, English or Persian, dried Nuts and Seeds 98.00 mg 8%
582 Seeds, breadnuttree seeds, raw Nuts and Seeds 98.00 mg 8%
583 Fast foods, mexican, taco salad Fast Foods 97.00 mg 7%
584 Bread stuffing, dry mix, unprepared Baked Products 97.00 mg 7%
585 Pepper, pasilla, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 97.00 mg 7%
586 Bread, multigrain, commercial, reduced sodium Baked Products 97.00 mg 7%
587 Bread, multigrain, commercial Baked Products 97.00 mg 7%
588 Dessert, pudding, rice, with raisins, homemade Sweets 97.00 mg 7%
589 Soybean, fermented products, Tempeh (tempe), cooked Legumes and Legume Products 96.00 mg 7%
590 Croutons, seasoned Baked Products 96.00 mg 7%
591 Dessert, mousse, chocolate, homemade Sweets 96.00 mg 7%
592 Sugar pie, 1 crust, homemade Baked Products 96.00 mg 7%
593 Vegetarian fillets, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 95.00 mg 7%
594 Dessert, pudding, rice, ready to eat Sweets 95.00 mg 7%
595 Roll (kaiser), hard Baked Products 95.00 mg 7%
596 Meatless, fish sticks Legumes and Legume Products 95.00 mg 7%
597 Olive, ripe, canned, jumbo to super colossal Fruits and fruit juices 94.00 mg 7%
598 Cake mix, gingerbread, dry, unprepared Baked Products 94.00 mg 7%
599 Fast foods, mexican, taco salad with chili con carne Fast Foods 94.00 mg 7%
600 Pie, pumpkin, homemade Baked Products 94.00 mg 7%

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