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 8251–8300 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
8251	Oil, industrial, palm and palm kernel, filling fat (non-hydrogenated)	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8252	Oil, industrial, coconut (hydrogenated), used for whipped toppings and coffee whiteners	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8253	Oil, industrial, palm kernel (hydrogenated) , used for whipped toppings, non-dairy	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8254	Beverages, Energy drink, ROCKSTAR	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8255	Water, non-carbonated, bottles, natural fruit flavors, sweetened with low calorie sweetener	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8256	Beverages, tea, green, ready to drink, unsweetened	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8257	Beverages, OCEAN SPRAY, Diet Cran Cherry	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8258	Beverages, tea, green, ready-to-drink, diet	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8259	Beverages, carbonated, tonic water	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8260	Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular, quick, enriched, cooked with water, with salt	Breakfast Cereals	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8261	Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt	Breakfast Cereals	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8262	Cereals, corn grits, white, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, with salt	Breakfast Cereals	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8263	Cereals, corn grits, white, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt	Breakfast Cereals	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8264	Oil, olive, salad or cooking	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8265	Oil, coconut	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8266	Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and cherries, junior	Baby Foods	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8267	Babyfood, fruit, applesauce and cherries, strained	Baby Foods	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8268	Sweeteners, for baking, contains sugar and sucralose	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8269	Sweetener, syrup, agave	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8270	Nuts, beechnuts, dried	Nut and Seed Products	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8271	Sugars, powdered	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8272	Sugars, granulated	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8273	Mushrooms, maitake, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8274	Longans, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8275	Rice, white, short-grain, cooked, unenriched	Cereal Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8276	Pasta, gluten-free, corn, cooked	Cereal Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8277	Rice, white, short-grain, enriched, cooked	Cereal Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8278	Frozen novelties, ice type, italian, restaurant-prepared	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8279	Alcoholic beverage, pina colada, canned	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8280	Sweeteners, tabletop, fructose, liquid	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8281	Cream substitute, liquid, light	Dairy and Egg Products	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8282	Oil, flaxseed, cold pressed	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8283	Cream substitute, powdered, light	Dairy and Egg Products	1.00 mg	0%	USDA_SR
8284	Vitamin water, flavours not lemon/orange, sweetened	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8285	Vitamin water, tropical citrus flavour, sweetened, with caffeine	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8286	Sweetener, syrup, agave	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8287	Tea, hibiscus	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8288	Water, fruit flavour, sweetened with artificial sweetener	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8289	Mushroom, Maitake, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8290	Sweets, sugars, fructose, liquid	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8291	Sports drink, lemon-lime flavour, ready-to-drink	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8292	Sports drink, fruit flavour, ready-to-drink	Beverages	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8293	Animal fat, native, beluga oil	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8294	Vegetable oil, flaxseed (linseed), cold pressed	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8295	Coffee whitener, liquid, light	Dairy and Egg Products	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8296	Coffee whitener (non dairy), powdered, light	Dairy and Egg Products	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8297	Shortening, household, composite	Fats and Oils	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8298	Dessert, frozen, ice, Italian, restaurant prepared	Sweets	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8299	Grains, rice, white, short-grain, cooked	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%	CNF
8300	Pasta, corn, cooked	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	1.00 mg	0%	CNF

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