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 5401–5450 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
5401	Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, COCOA PEBBLES	Breakfast Cereals	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5402	Beans, adzuki, mature seeds, canned, sweetened	Legumes and Legume Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5403	Babyfood, dinner, mixed vegetable, strained	Baby Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5404	Babyfood, vegetables, carrots, strained	Baby Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5405	Pie, fried pies, cherry	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5406	Pie, fried pies, fruit	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5407	Soup, ramen noodle, dry, any flavor, reduced fat, reduced sodium	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5408	Soup, onion, canned, condensed	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5409	SMART SOUP, Indian Bean Masala	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5410	Turnips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5411	Squash, winter, all varieties, cooked, baked, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5412	Cauliflower, frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5413	Broadbeans, immature seeds, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5414	CHICK-FIL-A, hash browns	Fast Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5415	Squash, winter, all varieties, cooked, baked, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5416	Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5417	Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5418	Peas, green, frozen, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5419	Onions, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5420	Cauliflower, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5421	DENNY'S, onion rings	Restaurant Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5422	APPLEBEE'S, crunchy onion rings	Restaurant Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5423	Wheat, KAMUT khorasan, uncooked	Cereal Grains and Pasta	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5424	Rice, white, long-grain, precooked or instant, enriched, dry	Cereal Grains and Pasta	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5425	Nuts, formulated, wheat-based, all flavors except macadamia, without salt	Nut and Seed Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5426	Sesbania flower, cooked, steamed, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5427	Sesbania flower, cooked, steamed, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5428	Beans, snap, canned, all styles, seasoned, solids and liquids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5429	Sweet potato, canned, vacuum pack	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5430	Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5431	Rambutan, canned, syrup pack	Fruits and Fruit Juices	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5432	Salad dressing, peppercorn dressing, commercial, regular	Fats and Oils	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5433	Restaurant, Latino, tripe soup	Restaurant Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5434	Mouse nuts, roots (Alaska Native)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5435	Stew, steamed corn (Navajo)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	22.00 mg	2%	USDA_SR
5436	Soup, broccoli cheese, canned, condensed, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5437	Sauce, peanut (made from peanut butter, water, soy sauce)	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5438	Turnip, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5439	Squash, winter, all varieties, baked, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5440	Sesbania flowers, steamed, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5441	Grains, wheat, kamut khorasan, uncooked	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5442	Salad dressing, peppercorn dressing, commercial, regular	Fats and Oils	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5443	Potato, mashed, homemade, prepared with 2% M.F. milk	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5444	Rambutan, canned, syrup pack	Fruits and fruit juices	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5445	Grains, rice, white, long-grain, pre-cooked or instant, enriched, dry	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5446	Candied foods, cherries	Sweets	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5447	Pie, fried, lemon	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5448	Pie, fried, cherry	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5449	Pie, pecan, commercial	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF
5450	Pie, mincemeat, homemade, 2 crust	Baked Products	22.00 mg	2%	CNF

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