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 1601–1650 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
1601 Fast foods, sundae, hot fudge Fast Foods 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1602 Cereals, CREAM OF WHEAT, 2 1/2 minute cook time, cooked with water, microwaved, without salt Breakfast Cereals 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1603 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue-flavor, made with enriched masa flour Snacks 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1604 Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, without salt added (decorticated) Nut and Seed Products 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1605 Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, with salt added (decorticated) Nut and Seed Products 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1606 Ice creams, french vanilla, soft-serve Sweets 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1607 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue-flavor Snacks 131.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1608 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, soft serve, chocolate Sweets 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1609 Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, shelled, with salt Nuts and Seeds 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1610 Beans, black, flour Legumes and Legume Products 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1611 Fast foods, dessert, sundae, hot fudge Fast Foods 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1612 Dessert, frozen, ice cream, French vanilla, soft serve Sweets 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1613 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, barbecue Snacks 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1614 Seeds, sesame seed kernels, toasted, shelled Nuts and Seeds 131.00 mg 10% CNF
1615 Hyacinth beans, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1616 Vitasoy USA Organic Nasoya, Soft Tofu Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1617 Beans, pink, mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1618 Beverages, Orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, with pulp, frozen concentrate. Beverages 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1619 Beverages, SLIMFAST, Meal replacement, High Protein Shake, Ready-To-Drink, 3-2-1 plan Beverages 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1620 Cake, white, prepared from recipe without frosting Baked Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1621 Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared, toasted Baked Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1622 Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1623 Peanut flour, low fat Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1624 Eggnog Dairy and Egg Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1625 Kefir, lowfat, plain, LIFEWAY Dairy and Egg Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1626 Ice creams, BREYERS, No Sugar Added, Butter Pecan Sweets 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1627 Prairie Turnips, raw (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1628 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, lightly salted Nut and Seed Products 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1629 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, TWIX chocolate fudge cookie bars Sweets 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1630 Willow, young leaves, chopped (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 130.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1631 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted without peanuts, lightly salted Nuts and Seeds 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1632 Yogourt, plain, low fat, lactose reduced (0.5-1.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1633 Cream, 5% Dairy and Egg Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1634 Turnip, Prairie, native, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1635 Candies, bars, Twix, chocolate fudge cookie Sweets 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1636 Candies, bars, Skor Sweets 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1637 Cake, white, homemade, without icing (frosting) Baked Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1638 Peas, pigeon (red gram), raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1639 Peanut flour, low-fat Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1640 Beans, hyacinth, raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1641 Beans, pink, raw Legumes and Legume Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1642 Drink, orange, with pulp, vitamin C added, frozen concentrate Beverages 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1643 Eggnog, 7% M.F., Canadian product, 4% to 8% M.F. Dairy and Egg Products 130.00 mg 10% CNF
1644 McDONALD'S, McFLURRY with OREO cookies Fast Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1645 PIZZA HUT 12" Super Supreme Pizza, Hand-Tossed Crust Fast Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1646 Fast foods, vanilla, light, soft-serve ice cream, with cone Fast Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1647 Egg, yolk, raw, fresh Dairy and Egg Products 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1648 Light Ice Cream, soft serve, blended with cookie pieces Fast Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1649 McDONALD'S, Vanilla Reduced Fat Ice Cream Cone Fast Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR
1650 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL, Premature, with iron, 24 calories, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 129.00 mg 10% USDA_SR

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