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 5651–5700 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
5651 Candies, chewing gum, sugarless Sweets 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5652 Onion, sweet, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5653 Sauce, tomato chili sauce, bottled, salted Soups, Sauces and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5654 Soup, cream, mushroom, canned, condensed, reduced sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5655 Soup, minestrone, ready-to-serve, reduced sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5656 Pasta, Chinese noodles, chow mein Cereals, Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5657 Grains, tapioca, pearl, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5658 Sweets, jams and preserves, apricot Sweets 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5659 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, regular, unprepared Sweets 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5660 Sweets, jams and preserves Sweets 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5661 Pie crust, cookie-type, graham cracker, homemade, chilled Baked Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5662 Bagel, cinnamon-raisin, toasted Baked Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5663 Soy sauce (made from soy), tamari Legumes and Legume Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5664 Black-eyed peas (cowpeas, crowder, southern), common, mature seeds, canned, plain, solids and liquid Legumes and Legume Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5665 Lemonade with artificial sweetener, powder Beverages 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5666 Juice drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate Beverages 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5667 Nuts, ginkgo nuts, dried Nuts and Seeds 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5668 Drumstick (horseradish-tree), pods, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5669 Tomato, red, ripe, canned with green chilies Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5670 Squash, summer, crookneck, frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5671 Potato, O'brien, frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5672 Peas, green, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5673 Gourd, dishcloth (towelgourd), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5674 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, undiluted, added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5675 Papaya, raw Fruits and fruit juices 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5676 Apple juice, frozen concentrate, undiluted, without vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 20.00 mg 2% CNF
5677 Tomatoes, whole, canned, solids and liquids, with salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 19.83 mg 2% USDA_FF
5678 Flour, semolina, fine Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.76 mg 2% USDA_FF
5679 Tomatoes, crushed, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 19.20 mg 1% USDA_FF
5680 Flour, bread, white, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.00 mg 1% USDA_FF
5681 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.00 mg 1% USDA_FF
5682 Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5683 Leavening agents, yeast, baker's, compressed Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5684 Pie crust, standard-type, frozen, ready-to-bake, enriched Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5685 Muffins, corn, toaster-type Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5686 Cookies, brownies, dry mix, regular Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5687 Biscuits, plain or buttermilk, refrigerated dough, lower fat, baked Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5688 Soup, hot and sour, Chinese restaurant Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5689 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS, pecan bunches Breakfast Cereals 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5690 Cookie, butter or sugar, with chocolate icing or filling Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5691 Apricots, dried, sulfured, stewed, without added sugar Fruits and Fruit Juices 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5692 Apples, dehydrated (low moisture), sulfured, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5693 McDONALD'S, Hash Brown Fast Foods 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5694 Fast foods, potatoes, hash browns, round pieces or patty Fast Foods 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5695 Pillsbury, Crusty French Loaf, refrigerated dough Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5696 Beverages, Acai berry drink, fortified Beverages 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5697 Soup, black bean, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5698 Bagels, cinnamon-raisin Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5699 Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
5700 Cookies, gluten-free, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling Baked Products 19.00 mg 1% USDA_SR

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