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 801–850 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
801	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, maple and brown sugar, dry	Breakfast Cereals	226.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
802	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Dairy and Egg Products	224.00 mg	17%	USDA_FF
803	Cheese, ricotta, whole milk	Dairy and Egg Products	224.00 mg	17%	USDA_FF
804	LITTLE CAESARS 14" Cheese Pizza, Large Deep Dish Crust	Fast Foods	224.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
805	Winged bean leaves, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	224.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
806	Candies, milk chocolate, with almonds	Sweets	224.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
807	Candies, bars, Hershey's Milk Chocolate with almonds	Sweets	224.00 mg	17%	CNF
808	Winged beans (goa bean) leaves, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	224.00 mg	17%	CNF
809	Babyfood, cereal, high protein, with apple and orange, prepared with whole milk	Baby Foods	223.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
810	Cake, snack cakes, not chocolate, with icing or filling, low-fat, with added fiber	Baked Products	223.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
811	Mary's Gone Crackers, Original Crackers, Organic Gluten Free	Baked Products	223.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
812	Egg, whole, dried, stabilized, glucose reduced	Dairy and Egg Products	222.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
813	Crackers, rye, sandwich-type with cheese filling	Baked Products	222.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
814	Frozen novelties, ice cream type, vanilla ice cream, light, no sugar added, chocolate coated	Sweets	222.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
815	Dessert, frozen, ice cream, vanilla, light, no sugar added, chocolate coated	Sweets	222.00 mg	17%	CNF
816	Cracker, rye, sandwich-type with cheese filling	Baked Products	222.00 mg	17%	CNF
817	Egg, chicken, dried, whole, stabilized	Dairy and Egg Products	222.00 mg	17%	CNF
818	Egg, whole, dried	Dairy and Egg Products	220.00 mg	17%	USDA_FF
819	Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal, DINOSAUR EGGS, Brown Sugar, dry	Breakfast Cereals	220.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
820	Babyfood, cereal, oatmeal, prepared with whole milk	Baby Foods	220.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
821	Babyfood, cereal, mixed, prepared with whole milk	Baby Foods	220.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
822	Yogourt, Greek style, fruit flavoured, 2% M.F.	Fats and Oils	220.00 mg	17%	CNF
823	Pancakes, plain, prepared from recipe	Baked Products	219.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
824	Bagels, plain, enriched, with calcium propionate (includes onion, poppy, sesame)	Baked Products	219.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
825	Pancake, plain, homemade	Baked Products	219.00 mg	17%	CNF
826	Cake, white, regular, dry mix, unprepared	Baked Products	219.00 mg	17%	CNF
827	Bagel, plain (with onion, poppy seed and/or sesame seed)	Baked Products	219.00 mg	17%	CNF
828	Babyfood, cereal, high protein, prepared with whole milk	Baby Foods	218.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
829	School Lunch, pizza, cheese topping, thin crust, whole grain, frozen, cooked	Fast Foods	218.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
830	Babyfood, cereal, wheat, with milk powder and fruit, dry	Babyfoods	218.00 mg	17%	CNF
831	Natto	Legumes and Legume Products	217.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
832	Pancake, buckwheat, dry mix, incomplete, prepared (with egg, oil, milk)	Baked Products	217.00 mg	17%	CNF
833	Soybean, fermented products, natto	Legumes and Legume Products	217.00 mg	17%	CNF
834	Pancakes, plain, dry mix, incomplete, prepared	Baked Products	215.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
835	Amaranth leaves, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	215.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
836	Roselle, raw	Fruits and Fruit Juices	215.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
837	Restaurant, Latino, bunuelos (fried yeast bread)	Restaurant Foods	215.00 mg	17%	USDA_SR
838	Pancake, plain (includes buttermilk), dry mix, incomplete, prepared with egg, oil, milk	Baked Products	215.00 mg	17%	CNF
839	Amaranth leaves, fresh	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	215.00 mg	17%	CNF
840	Roselle, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	215.00 mg	17%	CNF
841	Babyfood, cereal, Rice, with milk powder, prepared with water	Babyfoods	214.00 mg	16%	CNF
842	Doughnuts, cake-type, chocolate, sugared or glazed	Baked Products	213.00 mg	16%	USDA_SR
843	Candies, CARAMELLO Candy Bar	Sweets	213.00 mg	16%	USDA_SR
844	Doughnut (donut), cake-type, chocolate, sugared or glazed	Baked Products	213.00 mg	16%	CNF
845	English muffin, multigrain (also granola), toasted	Baked Products	213.00 mg	16%	CNF
846	Carrot, dehydrated	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	212.00 mg	16%	USDA_SR
847	Yogourt, fruit flavoured, fresh cheese-type, miniature size, with added Vitamin D	Dairy and Egg Products	212.00 mg	16%	CNF
848	Carrot, dehydrated	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	212.00 mg	16%	CNF
849	Bread, white, commercially prepared	Baked Products	211.00 mg	16%	USDA_FF
850	Cake, yellow, enriched, dry mix	Baked Products	211.00 mg	16%	USDA_SR

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