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 2151–2200 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
2151 Yogurt, Greek, nonfat, vanilla, CHOBANI Dairy and Egg Products 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2152 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2153 Nuts, mixed nuts, dry roasted, with peanuts, salt added, CHOSEN ROASTER Nut and Seed Products 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2154 Puddings, chocolate, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2155 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted, without peanuts, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2156 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, TWIX Caramel Cookie Bars Sweets 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2157 Snacks, tortilla chips, plain, white corn, salted Snacks 106.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2158 Bread, made with milk, commercial Baked Products 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2159 Yogourt, plain, Balkan style (4-6% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2160 Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, cheeseburger, large, double patty, with condiments Fast Foods 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2161 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2162 Dessert, pudding, rice, dry mix, prepared with whole milk Sweets 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2163 Candies, bars, Twix, caramel cookie Sweets 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2164 Snacks, tortilla chips, plain Snacks 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2165 Roll, dinner, whole wheat Baked Products 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2166 Peanuts, Spanish, raw Legumes and Legume Products 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2167 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted without peanuts, salted Nuts and Seeds 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2168 Nuts, mixed nuts, oil roasted without peanuts Nuts and Seeds 106.00 mg 8% CNF
2169 Bread, Italian Baked Products 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2170 Snack, Mixed Berry Bar Snacks 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2171 Cereals, QUAKER, oatmeal, REAL MEDLEYS, peach almond, dry Breakfast Cereals 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2172 Cookies, oatmeal, prepared from recipe, without raisins Baked Products 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2173 Fast foods, sundae, strawberry Fast Foods 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2174 Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2175 Yogurt parfait, lowfat, with fruit and granola Fast Foods 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2176 Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2177 Puddings, tapioca, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2178 Puddings, rice, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2179 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, M&M's Milk Chocolate Candies Sweets 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2180 Broccoli, chinese, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2181 Snacks, granola bars, soft, uncoated, plain Snacks 105.00 mg 8% USDA_SR
2182 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, with milk powder, prepared with water Babyfoods 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2183 Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, calcium and Vitamin C and D added Fruits and fruit juices 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2184 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, with added fibre (2-3.9% M.F.) Dairy and Egg Products 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2185 Yogourt, fruit flavoured, artificially sweetened, fat free (0-0.5% M.F.), with added Vitamin D Dairy and Egg Products 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2186 Yogourt parfait, with fruit and granola, reduced fat yogourt Dairy and Egg Products 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2187 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2188 Dessert, pudding, chocolate, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2189 Fast foods, side dish, potato, baked, topped with cheese sauce Fast Foods 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2190 Fast foods, dessert, sundae, strawberry Fast Foods 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2191 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2192 Dessert, pudding, coconut, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2193 Dessert, pudding, banana, dry mix, instant, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2194 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, dry mix, regular, prepared with whole milk Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2195 Candies, M&M's, plain chocolate candies Sweets 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2196 Cookie, oatmeal, homemade, without raisins Baked Products 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2197 Nuts, pistachio nuts, raw Nuts and Seeds 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2198 Bok choy, pak-choi, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2199 Cereal, ready to eat, Reese Puffs (Peanut butter), General Mills Breakfast cereals 105.00 mg 8% CNF
2200 Egg, white, dried Dairy and Egg Products 104.00 mg 8% USDA_FF

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