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 401–450 of 3,575 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
401 Tomato powder Vegetables and Vegetable Products 166.00 mg 13%
402 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 166.00 mg 13%
403 SILK Plus for Bone Health, soymilk Legumes and Legume Products 165.00 mg 13%
404 Bread, wheat, toasted Baked Products 165.00 mg 13%
405 Spinach souffle Vegetables and Vegetable Products 165.00 mg 13%
406 Nopales, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 164.00 mg 13%
407 Nopales, cooked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 164.00 mg 13%
408 Tortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, flour, shelf stable Baked Products 163.00 mg 13%
409 Seeds, lotus seeds, dried Nut and Seed Products 163.00 mg 13%
410 Bread, reduced-calorie, wheat Baked Products 163.00 mg 13%
411 Muffins, English, plain, enriched, with ca prop (includes sourdough) Baked Products 163.00 mg 13%
412 Figs, dried, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 162.00 mg 12%
413 Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST, meal replacement, regular, ready-to-drink, 3-2-1 Plan Beverages 161.00 mg 12%
414 Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared Baked Products 161.00 mg 12%
415 Orange peel, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 161.00 mg 12%
416 DIGIORNO Pizza, supreme topping, thin crispy crust, frozen, baked Fast Foods 161.00 mg 12%
417 Nuts, brazilnuts, dried, unblanched Nut and Seed Products 160.00 mg 12%
418 Arugula, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 160.00 mg 12%
419 Taco shells, baked, without added salt Baked Products 160.00 mg 12%
420 Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 160.00 mg 12%
421 Schar, Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free, Classic White Bread Baked Products 159.00 mg 12%
422 Fungi, Cloud ears, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 159.00 mg 12%
423 Snacks, tortilla chips, light (baked with less oil) Snacks 159.00 mg 12%
424 Amaranth grain, uncooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 159.00 mg 12%
425 Seeds, sesame flour, high-fat Nut and Seed Products 159.00 mg 12%
426 Snacks, tortilla chips, nacho-flavor, reduced fat Snacks 159.00 mg 12%
427 Snacks, tortilla chips, low fat, unsalted Snacks 159.00 mg 12%
428 Tortilla chips, low fat, baked without fat Snacks 159.00 mg 12%
429 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Premature 30 Calories, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 159.00 mg 12%
430 Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 158.00 mg 12%
431 Candies, KRACKEL Chocolate Bar Sweets 158.00 mg 12%
432 Pancakes, whole wheat, dry mix, incomplete Baked Products 158.00 mg 12%
433 Mustard spinach, (tendergreen), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 158.00 mg 12%
434 Candies, truffles, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 157.00 mg 12%
435 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, M&M's Almond Chocolate Candies Sweets 155.00 mg 12%
436 Snacks, tortilla chips, taco-flavor Snacks 155.00 mg 12%
437 Cake, yellow, light, dry mix Baked Products 155.00 mg 12%
438 Nabisco, Nabisco Ritz Crackers Baked Products 154.00 mg 12%
439 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 153.00 mg 12%
440 Seeds, sesame meal, partially defatted Nut and Seed Products 153.00 mg 12%
441 Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 153.00 mg 12%
442 SUBWAY, SUBWAY CLUB sub on white bread with lettuce and tomato Fast Foods 153.00 mg 12%
443 Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 152.00 mg 12%
444 Turnip greens, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 152.00 mg 12%
445 Drumstick leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 151.00 mg 12%
446 Drumstick leaves, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 151.00 mg 12%
447 Seaweed, wakame, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 150.00 mg 12%
448 Kale, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 150.00 mg 12%
449 Kale, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 150.00 mg 12%
450 Syrups, sorghum Sweets 150.00 mg 12%

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