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 1501–1550 of 2,873 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
1501 Cookie, shortbread, pecan, commercial Baked Products 30.00 mg 2%
1502 Croissant, apple, commercial Baked Products 30.00 mg 2%
1503 Roll, dinner, rye Baked Products 30.00 mg 2%
1504 Leavening agent, yeast, baker's, active, dry Baked Products 30.00 mg 2%
1505 Candies, bars, Special Dark Sweets 30.00 mg 2%
1506 Pasta, spaghetti, spinach, enriched, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 30.00 mg 2%
1507 Fast foods, side dish, coleslaw Fast Foods 30.00 mg 2%
1508 Salad dressing, italian, fat free Fats and Oils 30.00 mg 2%
1509 Sauerkraut, canned, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
1510 Chili without beans, canned Mixed Dishes 30.00 mg 2%
1511 Vermicelli, made from soy, cooked Legumes and Legume Products 30.00 mg 2%
1512 Clementine, raw Fruits and fruit juices 30.00 mg 2%
1513 Cabbage, savoy, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
1514 Carrot, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
1515 Leeks (bulb and lower-leaf portion), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
1516 Beans, lima (fordhook), frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
1517 Soup, tomato, dehydrated, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 29.00 mg 2%
1518 Cereal, ready to eat, Shreddies, Post Breakfast cereals 29.00 mg 2%
1519 Blackberry, raw Fruits and fruit juices 29.00 mg 2%
1520 Blackberry, frozen, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 29.00 mg 2%
1521 Rose-apple, raw Fruits and fruit juices 29.00 mg 2%
1522 Beans, shellie, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 29.00 mg 2%
1523 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 29.00 mg 2%
1524 Squash, winter, butternut, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 29.00 mg 2%
1525 Nuts, Chinese chestnuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 29.00 mg 2%
1526 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), roasted Nuts and Seeds 29.00 mg 2%
1527 Beans, kidney, dark red, canned, solids and liquid Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1528 Beans, lima, dry, baby, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1529 Refried beans, canned Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1530 Beans, lima, dry, baby, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1531 Cookie, brownie, commercial Baked Products 29.00 mg 2%
1532 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, onion Snacks 29.00 mg 2%
1533 Snacks, fruit leather, bar Snacks 29.00 mg 2%
1534 Snacks, potato chips, dried potatoes, light Snacks 29.00 mg 2%
1535 Grains, barley, pearled, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 29.00 mg 2%
1536 Grains, wheat, hard red winter Cereals, Grains and Pasta 29.00 mg 2%
1537 Cabbage, napa, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 29.00 mg 2%
1538 Vegetarian meat loaf or patty, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1539 Tamale (Navajo) Mixed Dishes 29.00 mg 2%
1540 Pie crust, cookie-type, graham cracker, ready-to-serve Baked Products 29.00 mg 2%
1541 Grains, rice and vermicelli mix, pilaf flavour, prepared with margarine Cereals, Grains and Pasta 29.00 mg 2%
1542 Beans, kidney, red, canned, solids and liquid, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1543 Refried beans, canned, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 29.00 mg 2%
1544 Rice, spanish rice mix, unprepared Mixed Dishes 29.00 mg 2%
1545 Soup, minestrone, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 28.00 mg 2%
1546 Fig, canned, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 28.00 mg 2%
1547 Peach, dried halves, sulphured, uncooked Fruits and fruit juices 28.00 mg 2%
1548 Raisin, seeded Fruits and fruit juices 28.00 mg 2%
1549 Beans, lima, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 28.00 mg 2%
1550 Squash, winter, all varieties, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 28.00 mg 2%

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