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 5601–5650 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
5601 Sauce, tomato chili sauce, bottled, with salt Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5602 Zwieback Baby Foods 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5603 Sauce, hot chile, sriracha, TUONG OT SRIRACHA Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5604 Sauce, sofrito, prepared from recipe Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5605 Babyfood, mashed cheddar potatoes and broccoli, toddlers Baby Foods 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5606 Fast foods, strawberry banana smoothie made with ice and low-fat yogurt Fast Foods 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5607 Jams and preserves, apricot Sweets 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5608 Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5609 Drumstick pods, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5610 Potatoes, o'brien, frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5611 Peas, green, canned, regular pack, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5612 Puddings, banana, dry mix, regular, with added oil Sweets 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5613 Nuts, ginkgo nuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5614 Peas, green, canned, no salt added, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5615 Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, with green chilies Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5616 Onions, sweet, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5617 Onions, yellow, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5618 Papayas, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5619 Chewing gum, sugarless Sweets 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5620 Cranberries, wild, bush, raw (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5621 Tapioca, pearl, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5622 Puddings, banana, dry mix, regular Sweets 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5623 Jams and preserves Sweets 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5624 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, unbleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5625 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, bleached, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5626 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 11.5% protein, bleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5627 Wheat flour, white (industrial), 10% protein, unbleached, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5628 Snacks, potato chips, made from dried potatoes, fat-free, made with olestra Snacks 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5629 Drumstick pods, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5630 Squash, summer, crookneck and straightneck, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5631 Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5632 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, unsweetened, undiluted, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5633 Restaurant, Mexican, spanish rice Restaurant Foods 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5634 Bagels, wheat Baked Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5635 Pie crust, deep dish, frozen, unbaked, made with enriched flour Baked Products 20.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
5636 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, sweet potato, all stages Babyfoods 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5637 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, squash, all stages Babyfoods 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5638 Rice, Spanish rice Mixed Dishes 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5639 Soup, tomato noodle, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5640 Soup, lentil, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5641 Bagel, whole-wheat (multigrain) Baked Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5642 Kiwi fruit, gold, raw Fruits and fruit juices 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5643 Shepherd's pie with corn Mixed Dishes 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5644 Zwieback Babyfoods 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5645 Peas, green, canned, drained solids, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5646 Drumstick (horseradish-tree), pods, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5647 Cranberry (lingonberry), wild, raw Fruits and fruit juices 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5648 Snacks, popcorn, microwave, butter flavour Snacks 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5649 Snacks, multigrain chips, plain Snacks 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5650 Onion, yellow, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF

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