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
851	Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, refrigerated	Baked Products	146.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
852	Grapefruit juice, pink or red, with added calcium	Fruits and Fruit Juices	146.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
853	Cake, yellow, prepared from recipe without frosting	Baked Products	146.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
854	Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate, with added calcium and vitamins A, D, E	Fruits and Fruit Juices	146.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
855	Cake, yellow, homemade, without icing (frosting)	Baked Products	146.00 mg	11%	CNF
856	Nuts, pilinuts, dried	Nut and Seed Products	145.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
857	Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	145.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
858	Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	145.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
859	Rhubarb, frozen, cooked, with sugar	Fruits and Fruit Juices	145.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
860	Soybeans, green (edamame), boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	145.00 mg	11%	CNF
861	Nuts, pilinuts-canarytree, dried	Nuts and Seeds	145.00 mg	11%	CNF
862	Soybeans, green (edamame), boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	145.00 mg	11%	CNF
863	Rhubarb, frozen, cooked, added sugar	Fruits and fruit juices	145.00 mg	11%	CNF
864	SILK Plus Omega-3 DHA, soymilk	Legumes and Legume Products	144.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
865	Bread, white, commercially prepared (includes soft bread crumbs)	Baked Products	144.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
866	SILK Very Vanilla, soymilk	Legumes and Legume Products	144.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
867	Muffin, wheat bran, with raisins, homemade	Baked Products	144.00 mg	11%	CNF
868	Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	143.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
869	Waffles, whole wheat, lowfat, frozen, ready-to-heat	Baked Products	143.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
870	Soup, onion, dry, mix	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	143.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
871	Puddings, all flavors except chocolate, low calorie, instant, dry mix	Sweets	143.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
872	Papad	Legumes and Legume Products	143.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
873	Beans, kidney, all types, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
874	Dessert, pudding, all flavours except chocolate, dry mix, instant, low calorie, unprepared	Sweets	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
875	Indian, papad (papadum)	Legumes and Legume Products	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
876	Waffle, whole wheat, low fat	Baked Products	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
877	Dessert, frozen yogourt, vanilla, soft-serve	Sweets	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
878	Soup, onion, dehydrated	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	143.00 mg	11%	CNF
879	Beans, cannellini, dry	Legumes and Legume Products	142.90 mg	11%	USDA_FF
880	Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt	Legumes and Legume Products	142.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
881	Winged beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt	Legumes and Legume Products	142.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
882	Frozen novelties, KLONDIKE, SLIM-A-BEAR Vanilla Sandwich	Sweets	142.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
883	Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, granules with milk, dry form	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	142.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
884	Vital wheat gluten	Cereal Grains and Pasta	142.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
885	Wheat, vital wheat gluten	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
886	Beans, winged (goa beans), dry, boiled, with salt	Legumes and Legume Products	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
887	Beans, winged (goa beans), dry, boiled	Legumes and Legume Products	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
888	Drink, fruit punch flavour, powder	Beverages	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
889	Drink, fruit punch flavour, vitamin C added, powder	Beverages	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
890	Potato, mashed, dehydrated, granules with milk, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	142.00 mg	11%	CNF
891	Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, half the caffeine	Beverages	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
892	Snack, Pretzel, hard chocolate coated	Snacks	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
893	Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder	Beverages	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
894	Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
895	Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from unroasted kernels (non-chemically removed seed coat)	Nut and Seed Products	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
896	Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, type of kernels unspecified	Nut and Seed Products	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
897	Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	141.00 mg	11%	USDA_SR
898	Snacks, pretzels, hard, chocolate coated	Snacks	141.00 mg	11%	CNF
899	Coffee, instant, powder, half the caffeine	Beverages	141.00 mg	11%	CNF
900	Dessert, frozen, pudding pop, chocolate	Sweets	141.00 mg	11%	CNF

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