Vegan foods high in Calcium

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 4401–4450 of 6,734 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4401 Syrups, corn, dark Sweets 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4402 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, exposed to ultraviolet light, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4403 Asparagus, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4404 Taro, cooked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4405 Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4406 Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4407 Rutabagas, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4408 Mushrooms, brown, italian, or crimini, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4409 Beverages, coffee, instant, with whitener, reduced calorie Beverages 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4410 Fruit juice smoothie, BOLTHOUSE FARMS, GREEN GOODNESS Fruits and Fruit Juices 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4411 Candied fruit Fruits and Fruit Juices 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4412 Sapote, mamey, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4413 Hearts of palm, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4414 Snacks, fruit leather, pieces Sweets 18.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4415 Babyfood, dinner, jarred, pasta with vegetables Babyfoods 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4416 Rice, spanish rice mix, prepared Mixed Dishes 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4417 Vitamin water, lemon/orange flavours, low Calorie Beverages 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4418 Snacks, fruit leather, pieces, vitamin C added Snacks 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4419 Cereal, ready to eat, Toasted Oats, Selection Breakfast cereals 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4420 Cookie, shortbread, plain, homemade Baked Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4421 Cake, pound, homemade Baked Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4422 Waxgourd (Chinese perserving melon), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4423 Tomato products, canned, puree, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4424 Taro, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4425 Squash, summer, zucchini, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4426 Rutabaga (swede), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4427 Peas, green, canned, solids and liquid, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4428 Broadbeans (fava beans), fresh, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4429 Asparagus, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4430 Potato, Russet, flesh and skin, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4431 Coffee, instant, powder, with whitener and artificial sweetener Beverages 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4432 Hearts of palm, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4433 Snacks, popcorn, sugar syrup/caramel, fat free Snacks 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4434 Candied fruit Sweets 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4435 Mushroom, brown, Italian (crimini), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4436 Pasta, rice noodles, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4437 Fast foods, side dish, potato, mashed Fast Foods 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4438 Fast foods, side dish, potato, french-fried in vegetable oil Fast Foods 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4439 Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, spinach, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4440 Grains, buckwheat Cereals, Grains and Pasta 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4441 Grains, wheat flour, white, bread flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4442 Snacks, potato sticks Snacks 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4443 Snacks, banana chips Snacks 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4444 Sweets, syrups, corn, dark Sweets 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4445 Snacks, fruit leather, pieces Snacks 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4446 Muffin, blueberry, dry mix, unprepared Baked Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4447 Nuts, coconut milk (liquid from grated meat and water), canned Nuts and Seeds 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4448 Nuts, Chinese chestnuts, raw Nuts and Seeds 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4449 Rutabaga (swede), boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF
4450 Lettuce, iceberg Vegetables and Vegetable Products 18.00 mg 1% CNF

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