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 1701–1750 of 2,873 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV
1701	Peas, green, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	24.00 mg	2%
1702	Fiddlehead greens (ferns), frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	24.00 mg	2%
1703	Snacks, bagel chips	Snacks	24.00 mg	2%
1704	Tamale, corn	Mixed Dishes	24.00 mg	2%
1705	Peas, green, canned, drained solids, rinsed	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	24.00 mg	2%
1706	Energy drink, coffee flavours, light	Beverages	24.00 mg	2%
1707	Snacks, potato chips, lightly salted	Snacks	24.00 mg	2%
1708	Cereal, ready to eat, Special K, Kellogg's	Breakfast cereals	23.00 mg	2%
1709	Asparagus, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1710	Cowpeas (black-eyed peas), immature seeds, frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1711	Peas and carrots, canned, solids and liquid	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1712	Peas and carrots, frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1713	Peas and onions, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1714	Onion, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1715	Peas, green, canned, drained solids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1716	Squash, winter, spaghetti, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1717	Turnip, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1718	Pepper, jalapeno, canned, solids and liquid	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1719	Meatless, bacon	Legumes and Legume Products	23.00 mg	2%
1720	Cracker, matzo, whole-wheat	Baked Products	23.00 mg	2%
1721	Cracker meal	Baked Products	23.00 mg	2%
1722	Sweets, syrups, table blends, corn, refiner's syrup and sugar	Sweets	23.00 mg	2%
1723	Pasta, Japanese noodles, somen, dry	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	23.00 mg	2%
1724	Grains, rice, brown, long-grain, dry	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	23.00 mg	2%
1725	Pickles, chowchow, with cauliflower onion mustard, sweet	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1726	Snacks, pretzels, soft	Snacks	23.00 mg	2%
1727	Snacks, pretzels, soft, unsalted	Snacks	23.00 mg	2%
1728	Asparagus, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1729	Cowpeas (black-eyed peas), immature seeds, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1730	Peas and carrots, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	23.00 mg	2%
1731	Cereal, ready to eat, Oaty Bites, Nature's Path	Breakfast cereals	23.00 mg	2%
1732	Cereal, ready to eat, Puffed Wheat, Safeway	Breakfast cereals	23.00 mg	2%
1733	Babyfood, vegetables, peas and carrots, all stages	Babyfoods	23.00 mg	2%
1734	Soup, onion, canned, condensed	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%
1735	Cereal, ready to eat, Rice Krispies, Kellogg's	Breakfast cereals	22.00 mg	2%
1736	Banana, dehydrated or banana powder	Fruits and fruit juices	22.00 mg	2%
1737	Grapefruit, pink or red, all areas, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	22.00 mg	2%
1738	Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), canned, seasoned, solids and liquid	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1739	Broadbeans (fava beans), fresh, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1740	Cauliflower, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1741	Peas, green, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1742	Sesbania flowers, steamed	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1743	Squash, summer, crookneck, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1744	Sweet potato, canned, vacuum pack	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1745	Squash, winter, all varieties, baked	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1746	Cauliflower, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1747	Onion, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1748	Squash, winter, butternut, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1749	Onion, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%
1750	Nuts, simulated product, wheat-based, all flavours except macadamia, without salt	Nuts and Seeds	22.00 mg	2%

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