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 6751–6800 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
6751 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added vitamin C Fruits and fruit juices 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6752 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6753 Chocolate syrup, thin type, Calorie-reduced Sweets 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6754 Potato, flesh and skin, cooked in skin, microwaved, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6755 Potato, french-fried, frozen, shoestring, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6756 Drink, breakfast type, orange, reduced sugar Beverages 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6757 Toaster pastry, fruit, toasted (apple, blueberry, cherry, strawberry) Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6758 Guava, nectar, canned Fruits and fruit juices 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6759 Grains, rice, white, glutinous, flour Cereals, Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6760 Snacks, popcorn, microwave, low fat and sodium Snacks 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6761 Juice, tomato and vegetable, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6762 Sweets, pie fillings, cherry, low calorie Sweets 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6763 Snacks, rice cakes, crackers (include mini rice cakes) Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6764 Salad dressing, french, calorie-reduced Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6765 Salad dressing, thousand island dressing, fat free Fats and Oils 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6766 Pepper, serrano, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6767 Tomato, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6768 Pasta, macaroni (spirals), vegetable, enriched, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6769 Grains, barley, pearled, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6770 Grains, rice flour, brown Cereals, Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6771 Grains, rice, white, glutinous, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6772 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat, unsalted Snacks 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6773 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, plain, unsalted Snacks 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6774 Sweets, pie fillings, canned, cherry Sweets 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6775 Icing (frosting), chocolate, creamy, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6776 Candies, peppermint, chocolate coated, mint taste Sweets 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6777 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat Snacks 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6778 Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, plain Snacks 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6779 Phyllo dough Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6780 Pie, apple, commercial, 2 crust Baked Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6781 Drink, lemonade flavour, powder Beverages 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6782 Juice, cocktail, cranberry, vitamin C added, frozen concentrate Beverages 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6783 Nuts, Japanese chestnuts, boiled and steamed Nuts and Seeds 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6784 Nuts, coconut cream (liquid from grated meat), raw Nuts and Seeds 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6785 Nuts, coconut meat, desiccated, sweetened, flaked, packaged Nuts and Seeds 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6786 Tomato, red, ripe, boiled, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6787 Potato, flesh and skin, cooked in skin, microwaved Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6788 Beets, pickled, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6789 Beets, harvard, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6790 Tomato, red, ripe, boiled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6791 Mushroom, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6792 Pepper, sweet, yellow, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6793 Yambean (jimaca), tuber, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6794 Waterchestnuts, Chinese, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6795 Succotash, canned with whole kernel corn, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6796 Succotash, canned with cream style corn Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6797 Mushroom, shiitake, dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6798 Tangerine (mandarin), canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6799 Fruit salad (peach, pear, apricot, pineapple, cherry), canned, juice pack, solids and liquid Fruits and fruit juices 11.00 mg 1% CNF
6800 Strawberry, frozen, sweetened, sliced Fruits and fruit juices 11.00 mg 1% CNF

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