Vegetarian 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 451–500 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
451	Cheese, gjetost	Dairy and Egg Products	400.00 mg	31%	CNF
452	Beverages, Orange drink, breakfast type, with juice and pulp, frozen concentrate	Beverages	399.00 mg	31%	USDA_SR
453	Babyfood, cereal, oat, prepared with formula or breast milk	Babyfoods	398.00 mg	31%	CNF
454	Cereal, ready to eat, Fibre 1, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	396.00 mg	30%	CNF
455	Vitasoy USA Nasoya, Lite Silken Tofu	Legumes and Legume Products	394.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
456	Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: Oat Clusters Crunch, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	392.00 mg	30%	CNF
457	Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: honey nut, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	392.00 mg	30%	CNF
458	Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Enspire Powder, with ARA and DHA, not reconstituted	Baby Foods	390.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
459	Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, AR, powder, with ARA and DHA	Baby Foods	390.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
460	Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premium, Infant, powder	Baby Foods	390.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
461	Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premium LIPIL, Infant, powder	Baby Foods	390.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
462	Cheese, camembert	Dairy and Egg Products	388.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
463	Cheese, camembert	Dairy and Egg Products	388.00 mg	30%	CNF
464	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, QUAKER OAT CINNAMON LIFE	Breakfast Cereals	387.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
465	Cereal, ready to eat, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	387.00 mg	30%	CNF
466	Beverages, orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, powder	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
467	Drink, fruit flavour, powder, low calorie, vitamin C	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	CNF
468	Drink, orange flavour, vitamin C added, low calorie, powder	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	CNF
469	Drink, fruit flavour, powder, vitamin C, unsweetened	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	CNF
470	Drink, fruit flavour, powder, low calorie, vitamin C, with aspartame	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	CNF
471	Drink, orange flavour, vitamin C added, powder	Beverages	385.00 mg	30%	CNF
472	Spices, onion powder	Spices and Herbs	384.00 mg	30%	USDA_SR
473	Spices, onion powder	Spices and Herbs	384.00 mg	30%	CNF
474	Spices, cardamom	Spices and Herbs	383.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
475	Spices, cardamom, ground	Spices and Herbs	383.00 mg	29%	CNF
476	Cereals ready-to-eat, MOM'S BEST, Honey Nut TOASTY O'S	Breakfast Cereals	380.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
477	Cereal, ready to eat, Lucky Charms, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	380.00 mg	29%	CNF
478	Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: Apple Cinnamon, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	379.00 mg	29%	CNF
479	Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Corn Biscuits	Breakfast Cereals	378.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
480	Cereals, QUAKER, corn grits, instant, plain, dry	Breakfast Cereals	378.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
481	Bread, sprouted wheat with added calcium and vitamin D, commercial	Baked Products	378.00 mg	29%	CNF
482	Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, Farina Hot Wheat Cereal, dry	Breakfast Cereals	377.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
483	Malted milk, natural flavour, enriched powder	Beverages	376.00 mg	29%	CNF
484	Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, chocolate, dry	Breakfast Cereals	375.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
485	Tofu, fried	Legumes and Legume Products	372.00 mg	29%	USDA_SR
486	Tofu, fried	Legumes and Legume Products	372.00 mg	29%	CNF
487	Cheese, feta, whole milk, crumbled	Dairy and Egg Products	371.10 mg	29%	USDA_FF
488	Snacks, CLIF BAR, mixed flavors	Snacks	368.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
489	Snacks, Clif bar, all flavours	Snacks	368.00 mg	28%	CNF
490	Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, HONEY GRAHAM SQUARES	Breakfast Cereals	367.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
491	Cereal, ready to eat, Cheerios: multigrain, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	367.00 mg	28%	CNF
492	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, QUAKER Honey Graham LIFE Cereal	Breakfast Cereals	366.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
493	Babyfood, cereal, barley, with milk powder, prepared with water	Babyfoods	366.00 mg	28%	CNF
494	Beverages, UNILEVER, SLIMFAST Shake Mix, powder, 3-2-1 Plan	Beverages	364.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
495	Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)	Legumes and Legume Products	364.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
496	Tofu, koyadofu, dried-frozen	Legumes and Legume Products	364.00 mg	28%	CNF
497	Soy protein concentrate, produced by acid wash	Legumes and Legume Products	363.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
498	Soy protein concentrate, produced by alcohol extraction	Legumes and Legume Products	363.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
499	Grape leaves, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	363.00 mg	28%	USDA_SR
500	Grape leaves (vine leaves), raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	363.00 mg	28%	CNF

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