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 6601–6650 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
6601	Potato, french-fried, frozen, extruded, heated in oven	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6602	Potato, french-fried, frozen, all types, salt added in processing, home-prepared, heated in oven	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6603	Potato, flesh, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6604	Seaweed, spirulina, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6605	Yambean (jimaca), tuber, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6606	Taro shoots, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6607	Squash, summer, crookneck, canned, drained solids	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6608	Beans, mung, mature seeds, sprouted, bean sprouts, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6609	Bamboo shoots, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6610	Orange juice, frozen concentrate, diluted	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6611	Grapefruit, white, all areas, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6612	Grapefruit, pink, red or white, all areas, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6613	Prune juice, canned	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6614	Passion fruit, purple, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6615	Lime juice, canned or bottled	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6616	Grapefruit, white, california, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6617	Cherry, sweet, frozen, sweetened	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6618	Avocado, raw, all commercial varieties	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6619	Apricot, canned halves with skin, juice pack, solids and liquid	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6620	Acerola (West Indian cherry), raw	Fruits and fruit juices	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6621	Soup, pea, green, canned, condensed, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6622	Soup, cream, vegetable, dehydrated, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6623	Soup, leek, dehydrated, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6624	Soup, onion, canned, condensed, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6625	Soup, cream, asparagus, canned, condensed, water added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6626	Sauce, pepper, TABASCO, ready-to-serve	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6627	Soup, scotch broth, canned, condensed	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	12.00 mg	1%	CNF
6628	Blueberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.69 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6629	Blueberries, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.69 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6630	Fonio, grain, dry, raw	Cereal Grains and Pasta	11.65 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6631	Apricot, with skin, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.59 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6632	Flour, sorghum	Cereal Grains and Pasta	11.41 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6633	Eggplant, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	11.06 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6634	Juice, pomegranate, from concentrate, shelf-stable	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.03 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6635	Tomatoes, grape, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_FF
6636	Pie, apple, commercially prepared, enriched flour	Baked Products	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6637	Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder	Beverages	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6638	Snacks, popcorn, microwave, low fat	Snacks	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6639	Grapefruit, raw, pink and red, California and Arizona	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6640	Fruit salad, (peach and pear and apricot and pineapple and cherry), canned, juice pack, solids and liquids	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6641	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, CAP'N CRUNCH'S Halloween Crunch	Breakfast Cereals	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6642	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Christmas Crunch	Breakfast Cereals	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6643	Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, GOLDEN PUFFS	Breakfast Cereals	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6644	Cereals, QUAKER, Oat Bran, QUAKER/MOTHER'S Oat Bran, prepared with water, no salt	Breakfast Cereals	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6645	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, HONEY GRAHAM OH!S	Breakfast Cereals	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6646	Cranberry-orange relish, canned	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6647	Cherries, sweet, canned, water pack, solids and liquids	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6648	Cherries, sour, red, canned, water pack, solids and liquids	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6649	Carissa, (natal-plum), raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR
6650	Apricots, canned, light syrup pack, with skin, solids and liquids	Fruits and Fruit Juices	11.00 mg	1%	USDA_SR

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