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 3101–3150 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3101 Beans, pinto, canned, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3102 Date, medjool Fruits and fruit juices 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3103 Candies, bars, Almond Joy Sweets 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3104 Snacks, potato chips, dried potatoes, sour cream and onion Snacks 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3105 Pie, pumpkin, commercial Baked Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3106 Cookie, fig bar Baked Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3107 Cake, pound, commercial, made with other than butter Baked Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3108 Bread, white with raisins, commercial, toasted Baked Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3109 Seeds, sunflower seed butter, salted Nuts and Seeds 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3110 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), dried, peeled Nuts and Seeds 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3111 Seeds, sunflower seed butter Nuts and Seeds 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3112 Cereal, ready to eat, Muslix: various flavours, Kellogg's Breakfast cereals 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3113 Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw Dairy and Egg Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3114 Egg, duck, whole, fresh, raw Dairy and Egg Products 64.00 mg 5% CNF
3115 Beans, navy, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 63.91 mg 5% USDA_FF
3116 Mustard, prepared, yellow Spices and Herbs 63.00 mg 5% USDA_FF
3117 Beans, french, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3118 Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3119 Sausage, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3120 Beans, french, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3121 Macaroni and cheese, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk and 80% stick margarine from dry mix Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3122 Muffins, oat bran Baked Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3123 Mustard, prepared, yellow Spices and Herbs 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3124 Ice cream cone, chocolate covered, with nuts, flavors other than chocolate Dairy and Egg Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3125 Ice cream bar, stick or nugget, with crunch coating Dairy and Egg Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3126 Sweeteners, for baking, brown, contains sugar and sucralose Sweets 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3127 TACO BELL, Nachos Fast Foods 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3128 Fast foods, nachos, with cheese Fast Foods 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3129 Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3130 Edamame, frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3131 Jujube, Chinese, fresh, dried Fruits and Fruit Juices 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3132 Keikitos (muffins), Latino bakery item Baked Products 63.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3133 Dessert, frozen, ice cream bar, stick or nugget, with crunch coating Sweets 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3134 Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3135 Dessert, frozen, ice cream cone, chocolate covered, with nuts, flavours other than chocolate Sweets 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3136 Sweets, sugars, brown, contains sugar and sucralose Sweets 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3137 Soybeans, green (edamame), frozen, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3138 Sauce, mustard, yellow, ready-to-serve Spices and Herbs 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3139 Fast foods, mexican, nachos with cheese Fast Foods 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3140 Muffin, oat bran (wheat free-product) Baked Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3141 Beans, french, mature seeds, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3142 Meatless, sausage Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3143 Beans, french, mature seeds, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3144 Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3145 Cereal, hot, oats, porridge, (with added oat bran, wheat bran, and flax seed), dry, Rogers Breakfast cereals 63.00 mg 5% CNF
3146 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 62.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3147 Archway Home Style Cookies, Reduced Fat Ginger Snaps Baked Products 62.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3148 Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with vanilla frosting Baked Products 62.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3149 Rolls, dinner, sweet Baked Products 62.00 mg 5% USDA_SR
3150 Beans, yellow, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 62.00 mg 5% USDA_SR

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