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 1551–1600 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
1551 CARRABBA'S ITALIAN GRILL, cheese ravioli with marinara sauce Restaurant Foods 135.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1552 Bread, cornbread (also corn muffin mix), dry mix, prepared Baked Products 135.00 mg 10% CNF
1553 Dessert, frozen, light ice cream, soft serve, blended with milk chocolate candies Sweets 135.00 mg 10% CNF
1554 Nuts, hazelnuts or filberts, raw Nut and Seed Products 134.70 mg 10% USDA_FF
1555 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, ISOMIL, with iron, liquid concentrate Baby Foods 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1556 Egg, yolk, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1557 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, ISOMIL, ADVANCE with iron, liquid concentrate Baby Foods 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1558 Ice cream, light, soft serve, chocolate Dairy and Egg Products 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1559 Milk, goat, fluid, with added vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1560 Soup, cream of vegetable, dry, powder Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1561 Peppers, sweet, red, freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1562 Lemon peel, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1563 Snacks, tortilla chips, ranch-flavor Snacks 134.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1564 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, soft serve, chocolate, light Sweets 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1565 Pepper, sweet, red, freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1566 Milk, fluid, goat, unenriched, whole Dairy and Egg Products 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1567 Snacks, tortilla chips, ranch Snacks 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1568 Pepper, sweet, green, freeze-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1569 Lemon peel, raw Fruits and fruit juices 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1570 Soup, cream, vegetable, dehydrated Soups, Sauces and Gravies 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1571 Milk, fluid, goat, enriched, whole Dairy and Egg Products 134.00 mg 10% CNF
1572 Cake, pudding-type, chocolate, dry mix Baked Products 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1573 Beverages, Cocoa mix, powder Beverages 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1574 Cream, half and half, lowfat Dairy and Egg Products 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1575 Toddler formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAGROW PREMIUM (formerly ENFAMIL, LIPIL, NEXT STEP), ready-to-feed Baby Foods 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1576 Ice cream, lowfat, no sugar added, cone, added peanuts and chocolate sauce Dairy and Egg Products 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1577 Ice creams, BREYERS, No Sugar Added, Vanilla Sweets 133.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1578 Sweets, butter, maple Sweets 133.00 mg 10% CNF
1579 Cake mix, chocolate, pudding-type, dry, unprepared Baked Products 133.00 mg 10% CNF
1580 Coffee, instant, with sugar, cappucino flavour, powder Beverages 133.00 mg 10% CNF
1581 Hot chocolate, mix, powder Beverages 133.00 mg 10% CNF
1582 Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) Dairy and Egg Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_FF
1583 Milk, nonfat, fluid, with added vitamin A and vitamin D (fat free or skim) Dairy and Egg Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_FF
1584 SILK Plain soy yogurt Legumes and Legume Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1585 SILK Vanilla soy yogurt (family size) Legumes and Legume Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1586 Mung beans, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1587 Cereals, QUAKER, oatmeal, REAL MEDLEYS, cherry pistachio, dry Breakfast Cereals 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1588 Gravy, brown, dry Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1589 Milk shakes, thick chocolate Dairy and Egg Products 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1590 Ice creams, BREYERS, No Sugar Added, Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Sweets 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1591 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS Almond bar Sweets 132.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1592 Yogourt, plain, rich/Mediterranean style (6-9% M.F.), Vitamin D added Dairy and Egg Products 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1593 Yogourt, plain, rich/Mediterranean style (6-9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1594 Candies, SNICKERS Almond bar Sweets 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1595 Beans, legumes, mung (green gram), raw Legumes and Legume Products 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1596 Kale, scotch, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1597 Milk shake, chocolate, thick Beverages 132.00 mg 10% CNF
1598 Beans, kidney, royal red, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1599 Sauce, white, thin, prepared-from-recipe, with butter Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1600 Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate Dairy and Egg Products 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR

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