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 8051–8100 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
8051 Candies, fondant, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 3.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
8052 Cranberry sauce, jellied, canned, OCEAN SPRAY Fruits and Fruit Juices 3.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
8053 Cranberry sauce, whole, canned, OCEAN SPRAY Fruits and Fruit Juices 3.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
8054 Babyfood, banana apple dessert, strained Baby Foods 3.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
8055 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, cones, plain Snacks 3.00 mg 0% USDA_SR
8056 Babyfood, fruit, jarred, prunes Babyfoods 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8057 Energy drink, sugar free/low calorie Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8058 Juice drink, fruit, ready-to-drink Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8059 Drink, fruit flavour, vitamin C added, ready-to-drink Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8060 Alcohol, cocktail, margarita Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8061 Corn, sweet, canned, cream style, unsalted Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8062 Mushroom, portabella (portobello), grilled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8063 Whipped cream substitute, dietetic, powder, prepared Dairy and Egg Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8064 Peach, canned, heavy syrup, drained Fruits and fruit juices 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8065 Juice drink, mixed vegetable and fruit Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8066 Carbonated drinks, cola with aspartame, decaffeinated Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8067 Mushroom, portabella (portobello), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8068 Tea, iced, lemon flavour, ready-to-drink Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8069 Snacks, RICE KRISPIES SQUARES Snacks 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8070 Mushroom, oyster, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8071 Fast foods, side dish, corn on the cob with butter Fast Foods 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8072 Grains, millet, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8073 Grains, rice, white, short-grain, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8074 Grains, rice, white, medium-grain, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8075 Grains, cornmeal (yellow), degermed Cereals, Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8076 Grains, rice, wild, cooked Cereals, Grains and Pasta 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8077 Icing (frosting), vanilla (white), creamy, ready-to-eat Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8078 Icing (frosting), cream cheese flavour, ready to eat Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8079 Sweets, topping, marshmallow cream Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8080 Icing (frosting), vanilla (white), creamy, dry mix, unprepared Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8081 Sweets, syrup, table blend, pancake Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8082 Candies, marshmallow Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8083 Candies, jellybeans Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8084 Candies, hard Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8085 Candies, gumdrops (jujubes) Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8086 Candies, fondant, homemade Sweets 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8087 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, cones, plain Snacks 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8088 Moth beans, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8089 Moth beans, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8090 Juice, cocktail, cranberry, vitamin C added, bottled Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8091 Juice drink, cranberry-apple, vitamin C added, bottled Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8092 Alcohol, cocktail, scotch and soda Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8093 Water, municipal Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8094 Carbonated drinks, cola with aspartame Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8095 Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, water added Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8096 Carbonated drinks, pepper type Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8097 Carbonated drinks, grape soda Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8098 Carbonated drinks, ginger ale Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8099 Alcohol, cocktail, daiquiri (rum), homemade Beverages 3.00 mg 0% CNF
8100 Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off the cob, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 3.00 mg 0% CNF

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