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 6051–6100 of 6,734 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
6051 Peach, canned halves or slices, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6052 Nectarine, raw Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6053 Melon, honeydew, raw Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6054 Lemon juice, raw Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6055 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, extra heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6056 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6057 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, extra heavy syrup, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6058 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6059 Fruit cocktail (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry, grape), canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6060 Blueberry, frozen, sweetened Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6061 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, diluted, without added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6062 Salad dressing, french, homemade, unspecified oil Fats and Oils 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6063 Vinegar, distilled (white) Spices and Herbs 6.00 mg 0% CNF
6064 Apples, fuji, with skin, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.97 mg 0% USDA_FF
6065 Potatoes, gold, without skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.94 mg 0% USDA_FF
6066 Apples, granny smith, with skin, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.48 mg 0% USDA_FF
6067 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.46 mg 0% USDA_FF
6068 Mushrooms, white button Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.46 mg 0% USDA_FF
6069 Potatoes, red, without skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 5.13 mg 0% USDA_FF
6070 Apples, granny smith, with skin, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_FF
6071 Apples, red delicious, with skin, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_FF
6072 Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_FF
6073 Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_FF
6074 Beverages, orange drink, canned, with added vitamin C Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6075 Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Ruby Red cranberry Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6076 Beverages, carbonated, orange Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6077 Beverages, carbonated, club soda Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6078 Fruit cocktail, (peach and pineapple and pear and grape and cherry), canned, water pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6079 Beverages, fruit juice drink, reduced sugar, with vitamin E added Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6080 Blueberries, canned, heavy syrup, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6081 Bananas, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6082 Apples, frozen, unsweetened, heated (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6083 Apples, raw, without skin, cooked, microwave Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6084 Apples, raw, without skin, cooked, boiled Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6085 Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, CORN BURSTS Breakfast Cereals 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6086 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON CRISP RICE Breakfast Cereals 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6087 Cranberry juice cocktail, frozen concentrate, prepared with water Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6088 Archway Home Style Cookies, Coconut Macaroon Baked Products 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6089 Beverages, pineapple and orange juice drink, canned Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6090 Beverages, orange and apricot juice drink, canned Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6091 Soup, mushroom barley, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6092 Babyfood, fruit, applesauce, junior Baby Foods 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6093 Pasta, gluten-free, brown rice flour, cooked, TINKYADA Cereal Grains and Pasta 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6094 Beverages, carbonated, root beer Beverages 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6095 Cookies, coconut macaroon Baked Products 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6096 Soup, wonton, Chinese restaurant Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6097 Apples, raw, without skin Fruits and Fruit Juices 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6098 Sauce, chili, peppers, hot, immature green, canned Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6099 Salad dressing, mayonnaise-type, light Fats and Oils 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
6100 Salad dressing, french dressing, fat-free Fats and Oils 5.00 mg 0% USDA_SR

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