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 6651–6700 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
6651 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, Honeycomb Cereal Breakfast Cereals 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6652 Cranberry juice cocktail, frozen concentrate Beverages 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6653 Vanilla extract Spices and Herbs 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6654 Pie, apple, commercially prepared, unenriched flour Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6655 Beverages, tea, black, ready to drink, decaffeinated Beverages 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6656 Beverages, tea, black, ready to drink, decaffeinated, diet Beverages 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6657 Snacks, brown rice chips Snacks 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6658 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6659 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6660 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries Cereal Breakfast Cereals 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6661 Cereals, Oat Bran, QUAKER, QUAKER/MOTHER'S Oat Bran, prepared with water, salt Breakfast Cereals 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6662 Soup, tomato rice, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6663 Phyllo dough Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6664 Soy sauce, reduced sodium, made from hydrolyzed vegetable protein Legumes and Legume Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6665 Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat-free Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6666 Babyfood, vegetables, mix vegetables junior Baby Foods 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6667 Pasta, whole grain, 51% whole wheat, remaining enriched semolina, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6668 Sauce, barbecue, SWEET BABY RAY'S, original Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6669 Apricot nectar, canned, with added ascorbic acid Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6670 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, CAP'N CRUNCH with CRUNCHBERRIES Breakfast Cereals 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6671 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, CAP'N CRUNCH Breakfast Cereals 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6672 Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6673 Salad dressing, french dressing, reduced fat, without salt Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6674 Babyfood, dessert, peach melba, junior Baby Foods 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6675 Nuts, coconut cream, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat) Nut and Seed Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6676 Nuts, coconut meat, dried (desiccated), sweetened, flaked, packaged Nut and Seed Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6677 Potatoes, microwaved, cooked, in skin, flesh and skin, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6678 Beets, pickled, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6679 Beets, harvard, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6680 Potatoes, french fried, shoestring, salt added in processing, frozen, as purchased Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6681 Barley, pearled, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6682 Jams, preserves, marmalades, sweetened with fruit juice Sweets 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6683 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat, unsalted Snacks 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6684 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, plain, unsalted Snacks 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6685 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6686 Tomatoes, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6687 Potatoes, microwaved, cooked in skin, flesh and skin, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6688 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6689 Waterchestnuts, chinese, (matai), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6690 Tomatoes, red, ripe, cooked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6691 Mangos, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6692 Mammy-apple, (mamey), raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6693 Babyfood, dessert, banana pudding, strained Baby Foods 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6694 OLIVE GARDEN, spaghetti with pomodoro sauce Restaurant Foods 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6695 Plums, wild (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6696 Potatoes, yellow fleshed, roasted, salt added in processing, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6697 Frostings, chocolate, creamy, dry mix Sweets 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6698 Peppers, serrano, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6699 Peppers, sweet, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6700 Yambean (jicama), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% USDA_SR

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