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 2501–2550 of 2,873 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2501 Pepper, sweet, green, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1%
2502 Orange-strawberry-banana juice Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1%
2503 Cranberry juice, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1%
2504 Candies, TWIZZLERS NIBS CHERRY BITS Sweets 8.00 mg 1%
2505 Cereal, hot, oats, Quick: Robin Hood, prepared, Robin Hood Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1%
2506 Candies, taffy, homemade Sweets 8.00 mg 1%
2507 Jam type spread, Double Fruit, apricot Sweets 8.00 mg 1%
2508 Drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate Beverages 8.00 mg 1%
2509 Cereal, millet, puffed Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1%
2510 Pepper, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1%
2511 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1%
2512 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1%
2513 Potato, boiled without skin, flesh, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1%
2514 Cereal, ready to eat, Spelt Flakes, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1%
2515 Orange pineapple juice Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1%
2516 Cereal, ready-to-eat, Krave, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1%
2517 Turnover, fruit (apple, berry, cherry, peach) Baked Products 8.00 mg 1%
2518 Soup, mushroom barley, ready-to-serve, low sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1%
2519 Soup, tomato, canned, condensed, reduced sodium, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1%
2520 Soup, tomato, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1%
2521 Margarine-like spread, tub, hydrogenated, canola and soybean oil, 50% fat Fats and Oils 8.00 mg 1%
2522 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, apricot, all stages Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1%
2523 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, blueberry, all stages Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1%
2524 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, banana graham pie Babyfoods 8.00 mg 1%
2525 Vinegar, cider Spices and Herbs 7.00 mg 1%
2526 Gravy, mushroom, canned Soups, Sauces and Gravies 7.00 mg 1%
2527 Cereal, ready to eat, Puffed Rice, unsweenened, Quaker Breakfast cereals 7.00 mg 1%
2528 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2529 Guava sauce, cooked Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2530 Oheloberry, raw Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2531 Pear, canned, halves, extra light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2532 Plum, canned, purple, water pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2533 Watermelon, raw Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2534 Apricot nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2535 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2536 Grapefruit juice, canned, no added sugar Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2537 Tangerine (mandarin), canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 7.00 mg 1%
2538 Arrowhead, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2539 Pepper, hot chili, red or green, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2540 Potato, whole, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2541 Tomatillo, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2542 Potato, french-fried, frozen, cottage cut, salt not added in processing, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2543 Pepper, sweet, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 7.00 mg 1%
2544 Lemonade, white, frozen concentrate Beverages 7.00 mg 1%
2545 Juice drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate, water added Beverages 7.00 mg 1%
2546 Drink, grape, vitamin C added, canned Beverages 7.00 mg 1%
2547 Malt beverage, includes non-alcoholic beer (<0.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 7.00 mg 1%
2548 Juice drink, pineapple and grapefruit, vitamin C added, canned Beverages 7.00 mg 1%
2549 Pie, apple, homemade, 2 crust Baked Products 7.00 mg 1%
2550 Pie, blueberry, homemade, 2 crust Baked Products 7.00 mg 1%

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