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 6001–6050 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
6001	Snacks, corn nuts, barbecue	Snacks	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6002	Icing (frosting), glaze, homemade	Sweets	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6003	Candies, fondant, sweet chocolate coated	Sweets	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6004	Pie, tourtiere, commercial	Baked Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6005	Cookie, chocolate chip, soft type, commercial	Baked Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6006	Biscuit, multigrain, refrigerated dough	Baked Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6007	Beans, lima, dry, large, boiled, salted	Legumes and Legume Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6008	Soy sauce (made with hydrolyzed vegetable protein)	Legumes and Legume Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6009	Beans, lima, dry, large, boiled	Legumes and Legume Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6010	Black-eyed peas (cowpeas, crowder, southern), common, mature seeds, canned with pork	Legumes and Legume Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6011	Squash, winter, hubbard, baked	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6012	Potato, hashed brown, frozen, plain, prepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6013	Tomato products, canned, sauce, spanish style	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6014	Sweet potato, canned, syrup pack, drained solids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6015	Yam, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6016	Tomato products, canned, sauce, with onions	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6017	Succotash, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6018	Squash, summer, zucchini in tomato juice, canned	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6019	Squash, summer, zucchini, frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6020	Radish, oriental (daikon), boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6021	Peas and onions, canned, solids and liquid	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6022	Onion, frozen, chopped, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6023	Chayote, fruit, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6024	Cauliflower, frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6025	Beans, kidney, sprouted, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6026	Feijoa, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6027	Prune, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquid	Fruits and fruit juices	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6028	Breadfruit, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6029	Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: maple and brown sugar, dry	Breakfast cereals	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6030	Cereal, ready to eat, Sugar Crisp, Post	Breakfast cereals	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6031	Cereal, ready to eat, Froot Loops, Kellogg's	Breakfast cereals	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6032	Cereal, ready to eat, Crispix, Kellogg's	Breakfast cereals	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6033	Soup, cream, potato, canned, condensed	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6034	Salad dressing, thousand island, commercial, regular	Fats and Oils	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6035	Dessert topping (non dairy), powdered	Dairy and Egg Products	17.00 mg	1%	CNF
6036	Watermelon, seedless, rind only, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.93 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6037	Strawberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.90 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6038	Strawberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.90 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6039	Squash, spaghetti, peeled, seeded, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.55 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6040	Raspberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.41 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6041	Raspberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.41 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6042	Squash, pie pumpkin, peeled, seeded, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.36 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6043	Cucumber, with peel, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.34 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6044	Juice, prune, shelf-stable	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.23 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6045	Juice, tart cherry, from concentrate, shelf-stable	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.20 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6046	Grapefruit juice, white, canned or bottled, unsweetened	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6047	Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee with cream, 34 proof	Beverages	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6048	Toaster pastries, fruit (includes apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry)	Baked Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6049	Grapefruit juice, white, canned or bottled, unsweetened	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6050	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S COCOA BUMPERS	Breakfast Cereals	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR

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