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 351–400 of 3,575 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
351 Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned Baked Products 182.00 mg 14%
352 Garlic, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 181.00 mg 14%
353 George Weston Bakeries, Thomas English Muffins Baked Products 180.00 mg 14%
354 Rolls, gluten-free, white, made with rice flour, rice starch, and corn starch Baked Products 180.00 mg 14%
355 Teff, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 180.00 mg 14%
356 Prickly pears, raw (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 180.00 mg 14%
357 Schar, Gluten-Free, Classic White Rolls Baked Products 180.00 mg 14%
358 Vitasoy USA Azumaya, Firm Tofu Legumes and Legume Products 180.00 mg 14%
359 Beverages, Protein powder soy based Beverages 178.00 mg 14%
360 Soy protein isolate, potassium type Legumes and Legume Products 178.00 mg 14%
361 Soy protein isolate Legumes and Legume Products 178.00 mg 14%
362 Muffins, English, wheat Baked Products 178.00 mg 14%
363 Rolls, dinner, plain, commercially prepared (includes brown-and-serve) Baked Products 178.00 mg 14%
364 Basil, fresh Spices and Herbs 177.00 mg 14%
365 Spices, fenugreek seed Spices and Herbs 176.00 mg 14%
366 Parsley, freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 176.00 mg 14%
367 Lupins, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
368 Vitasoy USA Azumaya, Extra Firm Tofu Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
369 SILK Banana-Strawberry soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
370 SILK Key Lime soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
371 SILK Strawberry soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
372 SILK Vanilla soy yogurt (single serving size) Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
373 Rolls, dinner, wheat Baked Products 176.00 mg 14%
374 SILK Raspberry soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
375 SILK Peach soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
376 SILK Black Cherry soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
377 SILK Blueberry soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 176.00 mg 14%
378 Beans, great northern, mature seeds, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Legumes and Legume Products 175.00 mg 13%
379 Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn, without added salt Baked Products 175.00 mg 13%
380 English muffins, plain, unenriched, with calcium propionate (includes sourdough) Baked Products 174.00 mg 13%
381 Tortilla, blue corn, Sakwavikaviki (Hopi) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 174.00 mg 13%
382 Snacks, tortilla chips, unsalted, white corn Snacks 174.00 mg 13%
383 Cereals ready-to-eat, FAMILIA Breakfast Cereals 173.00 mg 13%
384 Sauce, pesto, ready-to-serve, shelf stable Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 173.00 mg 13%
385 Beans, small white, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 173.00 mg 13%
386 Cake, pudding-type, carrot, dry mix Baked Products 172.00 mg 13%
387 Potato soup, instant, dry mix Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 172.00 mg 13%
388 Nuts, almond paste Nut and Seed Products 172.00 mg 13%
389 SUBWAY, cold cut sub on white bread with lettuce and tomato Fast Foods 171.00 mg 13%
390 Fast foods, submarine sandwich, cold cut on white bread with lettuce and tomato Fast Foods 171.00 mg 13%
391 Snacks, soy chips or crisps, salted Snacks 171.00 mg 13%
392 Snacks, sesame sticks, wheat-based, unsalted Snacks 170.00 mg 13%
393 Snacks, sesame sticks, wheat-based, salted Snacks 170.00 mg 13%
394 Rose Hips, wild (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 169.00 mg 13%
395 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, MARS Almond Bar Sweets 168.00 mg 13%
396 Spices, turmeric, ground Spices and Herbs 168.00 mg 13%
397 Seaweed, kelp, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 168.00 mg 13%
398 Crackers, standard snack-type, with whole wheat Baked Products 167.00 mg 13%
399 Desserts, rennin, chocolate, dry mix Sweets 166.00 mg 13%
400 Sauce, pesto, CLASSICO, basil pesto, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 166.00 mg 13%

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