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 8201–8250 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
8201	Carbonated drinks, cola, decaffeinated	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8202	Grains, corn flour, degermed, unenriched, yellow	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8203	Coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant prepared	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8204	Grains, rice, white, glutinous, cooked	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8205	Grains, cornstarch	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8206	Icing (frosting), sour cream flavour, ready to eat	Sweets	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8207	Dessert, pudding, lemon, dry mix, instant, unprepared	Sweets	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8208	Dessert, frozen, ices, water, lime	Sweets	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8209	Dessert, frozen, ices, water, fruit, with aspartame	Sweets	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8210	Sweets, syrup, table blend, pancake with butter	Sweets	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8211	Tea, brewed, chamomile	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8212	Carbonated drinks, cola, fast-food cola	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8213	Tea, brewed, herb	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8214	Tea, instant, sweetened, lemon flavour, powder, water added	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8215	Tea, instant, sweetened, lemon flavour, powder	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8216	Limeade, frozen concentrate, water added	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8217	Coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8218	Carbonated drinks, lemon-lime soda	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8219	Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, bottled	Beverages	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8220	Nuts, ginkgo nuts, raw	Nuts and Seeds	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8221	Corn, sweet, yellow, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8222	Peach, canned halves or slices, water pack, solids and liquid	Fruits and fruit juices	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8223	Plantain, cooked	Fruits and fruit juices	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8224	Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, instant: original, prepared	Breakfast cereals	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8225	Cereal, hot, cream of wheat, quick, prepared	Breakfast cereals	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8226	Cereal, hot, corn grits (yellow), dry	Breakfast cereals	2.00 mg	0%	CNF
8227	Mushroom, enoki	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	1.43 mg	0%	USDA_FF
8228	Sugars, granulated	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_FF
8229	Sugars, granulated	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_FF
8230	Oil, coconut	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_FF
8231	Beverages, LIPTON BRISK, tea, black, ready-to-drink, lemon	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8232	Beverages, Propel Zero, fruit-flavored, non-carbonated	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8233	Beverages, COCA-COLA, POWERADE, lemon-lime flavored, ready-to-drink	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8234	Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee, 53 proof	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8235	Beverages, tea, black, ready-to-drink, peach, diet	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8236	Beverages, carbonated, cola, regular	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8237	Alcoholic beverage, whiskey sour, prepared from item 14028	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8238	Beverages, V8 V- FUSION Juices, Acai Berry	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8239	Beverages, tea, green, ready-to-drink, sweetened	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8240	Beverages, tea, green, ready-to-drink, citrus, diet, fortified with vitamin C	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8241	Beverages, tea, Oolong, brewed	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8242	Cereals, CREAM OF RICE, cooked with water, with salt	Breakfast Cereals	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8243	Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee, 63 proof	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8244	Alcoholic beverage, whiskey sour	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8245	Beverages, PEPSICO QUAKER, Gatorade, G performance O 2, ready-to-drink.	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8246	Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated), confection fat, intermediate grade product	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8247	Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated), confection fat, uses similar to 95 degree hard butter	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8248	Oil, industrial, palm kernel, confection fat, uses similar to high quality cocoa butter	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8249	Shortening, vegetable, household, composite	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8250	Beverages, water, bottled, POLAND SPRING	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR

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