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 2801–2850 of 8,316 foods

#	Food	Category	Per 100 g	% DV	Source
2801	Bread, whole grain (whole-wheat), with added fibre, commercial	Baked Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2802	Tea, chai latte, prepared with whole milk	Beverages	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2803	Okra (gumbo), frozen, boiled, drained, with salt	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2804	Soup, cream, onion, canned, condensed, 2% M.F. milk added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2805	Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, cheeseburger, regular, double patty and bun, with condiments and vegetables	Fast Foods	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2806	Snacks, crisped rice bar, almond	Snacks	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2807	Muffin, corn, commercial	Baked Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2808	Cookie, molasses	Baked Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2809	Okra (gumbo), frozen, boiled, drained	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2810	Tamarind, raw	Fruits and fruit juices	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2811	Corn fritter	Baked Products	74.00 mg	6%	CNF
2812	Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2813	Beans, white, mature seeds, canned	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2814	Pie, banana cream, prepared from mix, no-bake type	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2815	Beans, small white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2816	Egg substitute, liquid or frozen, fat free	Dairy and Egg Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2817	Bread, rye	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2818	Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Pregestimil 24 Calories, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA	Baby Foods	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2819	Ice cream cookie sandwich	Dairy and Egg Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2820	Fast foods, cheeseburger; single, large patty; with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaise	Fast Foods	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2821	WENDY'S, Double Stack, with cheese	Fast Foods	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2822	WENDY'S, DAVE'S Hot 'N Juicy 1/4 LB, single	Fast Foods	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2823	Chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2824	Wheat bran, crude	Cereal Grains and Pasta	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2825	Candies, 5TH AVENUE Candy Bar	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2826	Bread, salvadoran sweet cheese (quesadilla salvadorena)	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2827	Seeds, hemp seeds, hulled	Nuts and Seeds	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2828	Soup, cream, broccoli, canned, condensed, reduced fat, 2% M.F. milk added	Soups, Sauces and Gravies	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2829	Dessert, frozen, ice cream cookie sandwich	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2830	Bread, garlic, toasted	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2831	Coffee latte, prepared with whole milk	Beverages	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2832	Candies, chocolate, dark, 70-85% cacao solids	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2833	Lettuce, spring mix (mesclun)	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2834	Egg substitute, liquid, fat free	Dairy and Egg Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2835	Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, cheeseburger, large, single patty, with condiments, vegetables and mayonnaise	Fast Foods	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2836	sweets, syrups, maple, prepackaged	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2837	Grains, wheat bran, crude	Cereals, Grains and Pasta	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2838	Candies, bars, 5th Avenue	Sweets	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2839	Bread, whole wheat, commercial	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2840	Pie, banana cream, prepared from mix, no-bake type	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2841	Cookie, sugar, homemade, made with margarine	Baked Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2842	Beans, small white, boiled, salted	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2843	Beans, white, canned, solids and liquid, no salt added	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2844	Beans, small white, boiled	Legumes and Legume Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2845	Cereal, ready to eat, Count Chocula, General Mills	Breakfast cereals	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2846	Egg substitute, frozen (yolk replaced)	Dairy and Egg Products	73.00 mg	6%	CNF
2847	Beet greens, raw	Vegetables and Vegetable Products	72.80 mg	6%	USDA_FF
2848	Sweet rolls, cinnamon, commercially prepared with raisins	Baked Products	72.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2849	Pie, coconut cream, prepared from mix, no-bake type	Baked Products	72.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR
2850	Soup, cream of onion, canned, prepared with equal volume milk	Soups, Sauces, and Gravies	72.00 mg	6%	USDA_SR

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