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 7251–7300 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
7251 Soup, mushroom barley, ready-to-serve, low sodium Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7252 Soup, cream, mushroom, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7253 Turnover, fruit (apple, berry, cherry, peach) Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7254 Cereal, ready-to-eat, Krave, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7255 Orange pineapple juice Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7256 Cereal, ready to eat, Spelt Flakes, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7257 Egg, chicken, white, fresh or frozen, cooked Dairy and Egg Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7258 Potato, boiled without skin, flesh, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7259 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7260 Pepper, sweet, red, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7261 Pepper, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7262 Cereal, millet, puffed Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7263 Drink, fruit punch, frozen concentrate Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7264 Jam type spread, Double Fruit, apricot Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7265 Candies, taffy, homemade Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7266 Cereal, hot, oats, Quick: Robin Hood, prepared, Robin Hood Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7267 Candies, TWIZZLERS NIBS CHERRY BITS Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7268 Cranberry juice, unsweetened Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7269 Orange-strawberry-banana juice Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7270 Pepper, sweet, green, sauteed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7271 Soup, tomato, low sodium, water added Soups, Sauces and Gravies 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7272 Abiyuch, raw Fruits and fruit juices 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7273 Cereal, hot, Red River, prepared, Robin Hood Breakfast cereals 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7274 Grains, millet, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7275 Grains, couscous, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7276 Grains, rice, white, long-grain, pre-cooked or instant, enriched, prepared Cereals, Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7277 Pasta, Japanese noodles, somen, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7278 Grains, rice, white with pasta and seasonings, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7279 Icing (frosting), chocolate, creamy, ready-to-eat Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7280 Dessert, pudding, lemon, dry mix, regular, prepared Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7281 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, regular, unprepared Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7282 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, instant, unprepared Sweets 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7283 Pie, peach, 2 crust Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7284 Pie, blueberry, commercial, 2 crust Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7285 Leavening agent, cream of tartar Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7286 Cookie, sugar, refrigerated dough Baked Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7287 Drink, fruit punch, vitamin C added, ready-to-drink Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7288 Juice drink, cranberry-grape, vitamin C added, bottled Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7289 Lemonade, pink, frozen concentrate Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7290 Alcohol, dessert wine, dry (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7291 Alcohol, table wine, rosé (11.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7292 Alcohol, table wine, red (11.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7293 Alcohol, table wine, all (11.5% alcohol by volume) Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7294 Alcohol, dessert wine, sweet (18.8% alcohol by volume) Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7295 Alcohol, cocktail, pina colada (rum), homemade Beverages 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7296 Nuts, pine nuts, pinyon, dried Nuts and Seeds 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7297 Potato, boiled without skin, flesh Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7298 Pepper, sweet, green, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7299 Bamboo shoots, canned, drained solids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF
7300 Potato, whole, peeled, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 8.00 mg 1% CNF

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