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 6851–6900 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
6851 Cherries, sour, red, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6852 Avocados, raw, Florida Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6853 Apricots, frozen, sweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6854 Acerola juice, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6855 Babyfood, dessert, tropical fruit, junior Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6856 Babyfood, juice, orange and apple Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6857 Babyfood, fruit, pears and pineapple, junior Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6858 Babyfood, pears, dices, toddler Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6859 Soup, mushroom barley, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6860 Babyfood, dessert, peach melba, strained Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6861 Babyfood, fruit, pears and pineapple, strained Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6862 Tomato juice, canned, without salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6863 Squash, winter, hubbard, cooked, boiled, mashed, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6864 Tomato products, canned, sauce, with tomato tidbits Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6865 Tomato juice, canned, with salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6866 Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6867 Potatoes, white, flesh and skin, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6868 Peppers, sweet, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6869 Bulgur, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6870 Snacks, popcorn, oil-popped, white popcorn, salt added Snacks 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6871 Snacks, popcorn, air-popped (Unsalted) Snacks 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6872 Potatoes, frozen, french fried, par fried, cottage-cut, prepared, heated in oven, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6873 Potatoes, hash brown, frozen, plain, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6874 Potatoes, red, flesh and skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6875 Plums, canned, purple, juice pack, solids and liquids Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6876 Melon balls, frozen Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6877 Fluid replacement, electrolyte solution (include PEDIALYTE) Baby Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6878 Snacks, popcorn, home-prepared, oil-popped, unsalted Snacks 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6879 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, unenriched, cooked without salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6880 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, enriched, with salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6881 Hominy, canned, yellow Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6882 Spelt, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6883 Rice flour, white, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6884 Hominy, canned, white Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6885 Syrups, table blends, pancake, reduced-calorie Sweets 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6886 Squash, winter, hubbard, cooked, boiled, mashed, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6887 Potatoes, french fried, cottage-cut, salt not added in processing, frozen, oven-heated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6888 Arrowhead, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6889 Pomegranates, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6890 Papaya nectar, canned Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6891 Orange juice, canned, unsweetened Fruits and Fruit Juices 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6892 Restaurant, family style, sirloin steak Restaurant Foods 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6893 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked, unenriched, with salt Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6894 Spaghetti, protein-fortified, cooked, enriched (n x 6.25) Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6895 Pasta, homemade, made with egg, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6896 Rice, white, long-grain, regular, enriched, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6897 Rice, brown, medium-grain, cooked (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6898 Oat bran, cooked Cereal Grains and Pasta 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6899 Candies, YORK BITES Sweets 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR
6900 Mushrooms, straw, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 10.00 mg 1% USDA_SR

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