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 4501–4550 of 6,734 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4501 Succotash, (corn and limas), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4502 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4503 Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4504 Onions, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4505 Chayote, fruit, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4506 Cauliflower, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4507 BURGER KING, french fries Fast Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4508 Radishes, oriental, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4509 Tomato products, canned, sauce, spanish style Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4510 Sweet potato, canned, syrup pack, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4511 Yam, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4512 Tomato products, canned, sauce, with onions Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4513 Potatoes, hash brown, frozen, plain, prepared, pan fried in canola oil Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4514 Peas and onions, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4515 CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL, spaghetti with pomodoro sauce Restaurant Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4516 Restaurant, family style, hash browns Restaurant Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4517 Restaurant, family style, french fries Restaurant Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4518 Semolina, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4519 Snacks, cornnuts, barbecue-flavor Snacks 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4520 Frostings, glaze, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4521 Beans, kidney, mature seeds, sprouted, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4522 DENNY'S, hash browns Restaurant Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4523 Semolina, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4524 Quinoa, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4525 Snack, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, plain Snacks 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4526 Cauliflower, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4527 Succotash, (corn and limas), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4528 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4529 Squash, summer, zucchini, italian style, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4530 Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4531 Radishes, oriental, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4532 Kiwifruit, ZESPRI SunGold, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4533 Feijoa, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4534 Prunes, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4535 Mouse nuts, seedlings (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4536 Sage Valley, Gluten Free Vanilla Sandwich Cookies Baked Products 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4537 Candies, sweet chocolate coated fondant Sweets 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4538 Mango nectar, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 17.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
4539 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, mixed vegetables, all stages Babyfoods 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4540 Salad, garden, with Italian dressing, homemade Mixed Dishes 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4541 Blueberry, wild, frozen Fruits and fruit juices 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4542 Succotash, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4543 Squash, winter, hubbard, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4544 Squash, summer, zucchini, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4545 Radish, oriental (daikon), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4546 Cauliflower, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4547 Cereal, ready-to-eat, amaranth flakes Breakfast cereals 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4548 Mango, nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4549 Cloudberry (bakeapple), native Fruits and fruit juices 17.00 mg 1% CNF
4550 Grains, quinoa, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 17.00 mg 1% CNF

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