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 751–800 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
751	Pancake, plain (includes buttermilk), dry mix, complete, unprepared	Baked Products	244.00 mg	19%	CNF
752	Soy meal, defatted, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	244.00 mg	19%	CNF
753	Cereals, QUAKER, Weight Control Instant Oatmeal, banana bread	Breakfast Cereals	243.00 mg	19%	USDA_SR
754	Peppermint, fresh	Spices and Herbs	243.00 mg	19%	USDA_SR
755	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, apples and cinnamon, dry	Breakfast Cereals	243.00 mg	19%	USDA_SR
756	Peppermint, fresh	Spices and Herbs	243.00 mg	19%	CNF
757	Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Toasted Multigrain Crisps	Breakfast Cereals	242.00 mg	19%	USDA_SR
758	Soy flour, defatted	Legumes and Legume Products	241.00 mg	19%	USDA_SR
759	Cereal, ready to eat, Fibre 1: Honey Clusters, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	241.00 mg	19%	CNF
760	Soy flour, defatted	Legumes and Legume Products	241.00 mg	19%	CNF
761	Beans, white, mature seeds, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	240.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
762	Beans, white, raw	Legumes and Legume Products	240.00 mg	18%	CNF
763	Vitasoy USA Organic Nasoya Sprouted, Tofu Plus Super Firm	Legumes and Legume Products	239.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
764	Crackers, gluten-free, multi-seeded and multigrain	Baked Products	238.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
765	PAPA JOHN'S 14" Cheese Pizza, Thin Crust	Fast Foods	238.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
766	PIZZA HUT 14" Cheese Pizza, Stuffed Crust	Fast Foods	238.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
767	Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, stuffed crust	Fast Foods	238.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
768	Vitasoy USA Organic Nasoya, Tofu Plus Firm	Legumes and Legume Products	237.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
769	Beans, Dry, Small White (0% moisture)	Legumes and Legume Products	236.00 mg	18%	USDA_FF
770	Beans, Dry, Small White (0% moisture)	Legumes and Legume Products	236.00 mg	18%	USDA_FF
771	Nuts, almonds, blanched	Nut and Seed Products	236.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
772	Nuts, almonds, dried, blanched, unroasted	Nuts and Seeds	236.00 mg	18%	CNF
773	Egg, chicken, dried, whole	Dairy and Egg Products	236.00 mg	18%	CNF
774	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, Raisin and Spice, dry	Breakfast Cereals	235.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
775	Biscuits, plain or buttermilk, prepared from recipe	Baked Products	235.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
776	DIGIORNO Pizza, cheese topping, cheese stuffed crust, frozen, baked	Fast Foods	235.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
777	Biscuit, plain/buttermilk, homemade	Baked Products	235.00 mg	18%	CNF
778	Beverages, chocolate malt, powder, prepared with fat free milk	Beverages	234.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
779	Cereals, oats, instant, fortified, with cinnamon and spice, dry	Breakfast Cereals	234.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
780	LITTLE CAESARS 14" Original Round Cheese Pizza, Regular Crust	Fast Foods	233.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
781	Flour, almond	Nut and Seed Products	232.30 mg	18%	USDA_FF
782	Collards, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	232.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
783	Collards, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	232.00 mg	18%	CNF
784	BURGER KING, CROISSAN'WICH with Egg and Cheese	Fast Foods	231.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
785	Frozen novelties, No Sugar Added, FUDGSICLE pops	Sweets	231.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
786	Candies, bars, Alpine White bar with almonds	Sweets	231.00 mg	18%	CNF
787	Gravy, mushroom, dry, powder	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	230.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
788	Gravy, mushroom, dehydrated	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	230.00 mg	18%	CNF
789	Flaxseed, ground	Nut and Seed Products	229.90 mg	18%	USDA_FF
790	Beans, Dry, Navy (0% moisture)	Legumes and Legume Products	229.00 mg	18%	USDA_FF
791	Beans, Dry, Navy (0% moisture)	Legumes and Legume Products	229.00 mg	18%	USDA_FF
792	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon-Spice, dry	Breakfast Cereals	229.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
793	Spices, paprika	Spices and Herbs	229.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
794	Babyfood, cereal, oat, with milk powder and fruit, prepared with water	Babyfoods	229.00 mg	18%	CNF
795	Spices, paprika	Spices and Herbs	229.00 mg	18%	CNF
796	Pizza, cheese topping, thin crust, frozen, cooked	Fast Foods	228.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
797	Egg custards, dry mix	Sweets	228.00 mg	18%	USDA_SR
798	Pizza, cheese, thin crust, frozen, cooked	Fast Foods	228.00 mg	18%	CNF
799	Granola bar, chewy, fruit flavour, yogourt coated	Baked Products	228.00 mg	18%	CNF
800	Dessert, egg custard, dry mix, unprepared	Sweets	228.00 mg	18%	CNF

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