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 601–650 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
601 Malted milk, natural flavour, powder Beverages 298.00 mg 23% CNF
602 Cheese, goat, semi-soft, (35% to 55% water, 30% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 298.00 mg 23% CNF
603 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, raisins, dates and walnuts, dry Breakfast Cereals 297.00 mg 23% USDA_SR
604 Pink Himalayan sea salt 296.70 mg 23% CUSTOM
605 Babyfood, cereal, mixed, with honey, prepared with whole milk Baby Foods 294.00 mg 23% USDA_SR
606 Gums, seed gums (includes locust bean, guar) Sweets 294.00 mg 23% USDA_SR
607 Toaster pastries, brown-sugar-cinnamon Baked Products 293.00 mg 23% USDA_SR
608 ON THE BORDER, cheese enchilada Restaurant Foods 293.00 mg 23% USDA_SR
609 DOMINO'S 14" Cheese Pizza, Crunchy Thin Crust Fast Foods 292.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
610 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: regular, dry Breakfast cereals 292.00 mg 22% CNF
611 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with honey, prepared with whole milk Baby Foods 291.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
612 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 291.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
613 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 291.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
614 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, lightly salted Nut and Seed Products 291.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
615 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, lightly salted Nuts and Seeds 291.00 mg 22% CNF
616 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, unblanched, salted Nuts and Seeds 291.00 mg 22% CNF
617 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 291.00 mg 22% CNF
618 Milk, canned, evaporated, nonfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 290.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
619 Babyfood, cereal, rice, with yogourt, with fruit, dry Babyfoods 290.00 mg 22% CNF
620 Milk, evaporated, skim, canned, undiluted, 0.2% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 290.00 mg 22% CNF
621 Egg, yolk, dried Dairy and Egg Products 289.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
622 Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, with honey, prepared with whole milk Baby Foods 289.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
623 Frozen novelties, KLONDIKE, SLIM-A-BEAR, No Sugar Added, Stickless Bar Sweets 289.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
624 Grape leaves, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 289.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
625 Grape leaves, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 289.00 mg 22% CNF
626 Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, thin crust Fast Foods 288.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
627 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, PM 60/40, powder not reconstituted Baby Foods 288.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
628 Fast foods, pizza, cheese, thin crust Fast Foods 288.00 mg 22% CNF
629 English muffin, whole wheat, toasted Baked Products 288.00 mg 22% CNF
630 Snacks, granola bar, GENERAL MILLS, NATURE VALLEY, with yogurt coating Snacks 286.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
631 Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, original, plain, dry Breakfast Cereals 286.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
632 Babyfood, oatmeal cereal with fruit, dry, instant, toddler fortified Baby Foods 286.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
633 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, with salt added, smoke flavor Nut and Seed Products 286.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
634 Nuts, almonds, oil roasted, smoke flavour, salt added Nuts and Seeds 286.00 mg 22% CNF
635 Cereal, ready to eat, Hole n' Oats, Honey Nut, Barbara's Bakery Breakfast cereals 286.00 mg 22% CNF
636 Soy flour, low-fat Legumes and Legume Products 285.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
637 Babyfood, Snack, GERBER, GRADUATES, LIL CRUNCHIES, baked whole grain corn snack Baby Foods 285.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
638 Candies, chocolate covered, low sugar or low calorie Sweets 285.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
639 Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, not reconstituted Dairy and Egg Products 285.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
640 Instant breakfast, powder, chocolate Beverages 285.00 mg 22% CNF
641 Candies, chocolate covered, dietetic or low calorie Sweets 285.00 mg 22% CNF
642 Soy flour, low fat Legumes and Legume Products 285.00 mg 22% CNF
643 PIZZA HUT 14" Cheese Pizza, THIN 'N CRISPY Crust Fast Foods 284.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
644 Milk, canned, condensed, sweetened Dairy and Egg Products 284.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
645 Babyfood, cereal, Oat, with milk powder, prepared with water Babyfoods 284.00 mg 22% CNF
646 Milk, condensed, sweetened, canned Dairy and Egg Products 284.00 mg 22% CNF
647 Yogourt, Greek style, plain, 2% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 283.00 mg 22% CNF
648 Nuts, almonds, toasted, unblanched Nuts and Seeds 283.00 mg 22% CNF
649 Tofu, extra firm, prepared with nigari Legumes and Legume Products 282.00 mg 22% USDA_SR
650 Milk, dry, nonfat, calcium reduced Dairy and Egg Products 280.00 mg 22% USDA_SR

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