Vegan foods high in Calcium (USDA SR Legacy)

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 2701–2750 of 3,575 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
2701 Pie, cherry, commercially prepared Baked Products 12.00 mg 1%
2702 Sauce, plum, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 12.00 mg 1%
2703 Glutino, Gluten Free Cookies, Vanilla Creme Baked Products 11.00 mg 1%
2704 Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced calorie Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1%
2705 Tomato and vegetable juice, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2706 Raspberries, canned, red, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2707 Cherries, sour, canned, water pack, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2708 Pears, raw, red anjou Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2709 Pears, raw, green anjou (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2710 Pomegranate juice, bottled Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2711 Fruit juice smoothie, NAKED JUICE, GREEN MACHINE Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2712 Fruit juice smoothie, BOLTHOUSE FARMS, strawberry banana Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2713 Toaster pastries, fruit, toasted (include apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 11.00 mg 1%
2714 Snacks, rice cracker brown rice, plain Snacks 11.00 mg 1%
2715 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat Snacks 11.00 mg 1%
2716 Candies, YORK Peppermint Pattie Sweets 11.00 mg 1%
2717 Cornmeal, white (Navajo) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2718 Rice cake, cracker (include hain mini rice cakes) Snacks 11.00 mg 1%
2719 Popcorn, microwave, low fat and sodium Snacks 11.00 mg 1%
2720 Quinces, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2721 Strawberries, frozen, sweetened, sliced Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2722 Juice, apple and grape blend, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2723 Mushrooms, shiitake, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2724 Succotash, (corn and limas), canned, with cream style corn Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2725 Succotash, (corn and limas), canned, with whole kernel corn, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2726 Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, boiled and steamed Nut and Seed Products 11.00 mg 1%
2727 Pie fillings, canned, cherry Sweets 11.00 mg 1%
2728 Syrups, chocolate, HERSHEY'S Genuine Chocolate Flavored Lite Syrup Sweets 11.00 mg 1%
2729 Rice, white, glutinous, unenriched, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1%
2730 Rice flour, brown Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1%
2731 Macaroni, vegetable, enriched, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1%
2732 Whale, beluga, flipper, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2733 Whale, beluga, liver, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2734 Pie fillings, cherry, low calorie Sweets 11.00 mg 1%
2735 Melons, casaba, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2736 Orange juice, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2737 Orange juice, chilled, includes from concentrate Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2738 Tangerines, (mandarin oranges), canned, juice pack Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2739 Mushrooms, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2740 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2741 Peppers, sweet, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2742 Peppers, serrano, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2743 Potatoes, yellow fleshed, roasted, salt added in processing, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2744 Plums, wild (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2745 OLIVE GARDEN, spaghetti with pomodoro sauce Restaurant Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2746 Babyfood, dessert, banana pudding, strained Baby Foods 11.00 mg 1%
2747 Mammy-apple, (mamey), raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2748 Mangos, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1%
2749 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%
2750 Waterchestnuts, chinese, (matai), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1%

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