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 6051–6100 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
6051	Sauce, sweet and sour, prepared-from-recipe	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6052	Cherries, sour, red, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6053	SILK Nog, soymilk	Legumes and Legume Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6054	Gooseberries, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquids	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6055	Soup, cream of celery, canned, prepared with equal volume water	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6056	Soup, HEALTHY CHOICE Garden Vegetable Soup, canned	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6057	Cookies, chocolate sandwich, with extra creme filling	Baked Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6058	Babyfood, vegetables, sweet potatoes, junior	Baby Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6059	Babyfood, vegetables, sweet potatoes strained	Baby Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6060	Soup, tomato bisque, canned, prepared with equal volume water	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6061	WENDY'S, french fries	Fast Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6062	Nuts, pine nuts, dried	Nut and Seed Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6063	Poi	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6064	Onions, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6065	Cauliflower, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6066	Nuts, coconut milk, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)	Nut and Seed Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6067	Onions, frozen, chopped, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6068	Cassava, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6069	Peaches, dehydrated (low-moisture), sulfured, stewed	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6070	Loquats, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6071	APPLEBEE'S, 9 oz house sirloin steak	Restaurant Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6072	Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6073	Jew's ear, (pepeao), raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6074	Ginger root, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6075	Asparagus, canned, drained solids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6076	Beets, cooked, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6077	Beets, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6078	Beans, navy, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6079	Pears, dried, sulfured, stewed, without added sugar	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6080	Babyfood, juice, orange-carrot	Baby Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6081	Cauliflower, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6082	Beets, cooked, boiled. drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6083	Beans, navy, mature seeds, sprouted, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6084	Succotash, (corn and limas), frozen, unprepared	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6085	Cucumber, with peel, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6086	Strawberries, frozen, unsweetened (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6087	Pineapple, canned, juice pack, drained	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6088	Strawberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6089	Owl, horned, flesh, raw (Alaska Native)	American Indian/Alaska Native Foods	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6090	Crackers, snack, Goya Crackers	Baked Products	16.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6091	Margarine, tub, non-hydrogenated, mixed vegetable oil, Calorie-reduced	Fats and Oils	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6092	Soup, split pea, ready-to-serve	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6093	Soup, cream, broccoli, canned, condensed, reduced fat, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6094	Babyfood, mixed fruit with oatmeal cereal, all stages	Babyfoods	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6095	Vitamin water, lemon/orange flavours, sweetened	Beverages	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6096	Onion, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6097	Cauliflower, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6098	Beets, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6099	Beans, navy, mature seeds, sprouted, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	16.00 mg	1%	CNF
6100	Sauce, sweet and sour, homemade	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	16.00 mg	1%	CNF

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