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 3351–3400 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3351 Sweet Potato puffs, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3352 Van's, The Perfect 10, Crispy Six Whole Grain + Four Seed Baked Crackers, Gluten Free Baked Products 57.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3353 Candies, fudge, chocolate, with nuts, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 57.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3354 Snacks, trail mix, tropical Snacks 57.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3355 Restaurant, Mexican, refried beans Restaurant Foods 57.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3356 Babyfood, dessert, jarred, custard (includes vanilla custard) Babyfoods 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3357 Refried beans Legumes and Legume Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3358 Sweet potato puff, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3359 Beans, kidney, red, canned, drained solids Legumes and Legume Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3360 Cereal, ready to eat, Vanilla Almond Granola, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3361 Zucchini, battered and fried Mixed Dishes 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3362 Candies, chocolate, dark, not further specified Sweets 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3363 Potato, scalloped, homemade, with margarine Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3364 Cereal, ready to eat, Morning Crisp: four nut, Jordans Breakfast cereals 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3365 Fast foods, egg, scrambled Fast Foods 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3366 Grains, rice bran, crude Cereals, Grains and Pasta 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3367 Candies, fudge, chocolate with nuts, homemade Sweets 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3368 Snacks, trail mix, tropical Snacks 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3369 Cookie, brownie, homemade Baked Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3370 Bread, white, homemade with 2% milk Baked Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3371 Bread, cornbread (also corn muffin mix), dry mix, unprepared Baked Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3372 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), raw Legumes and Legume Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3373 Soybean, fermented products, miso Legumes and Legume Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3374 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3375 Seeds, sunflower seed kernels, toasted Nuts and Seeds 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3376 Pickles, cucumber, dill, low sodium Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3377 Pickles, cucumber, dill (includes Kosher and Polish) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3378 Potato, scalloped, homemade, with butter Vegetables and Vegetable Products 57.00 mg 4% CNF
3379 Beans, kidney, dark red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 56.94 mg 4% USDA_FF
3380 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, Shredded Wheat, original big biscuit Breakfast Cereals 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3381 Cereals, oats, instant, fortified, with raisins and spice, prepared with water Breakfast Cereals 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3382 Beans, baked, canned, with pork and tomato sauce Legumes and Legume Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3383 Horseradish, prepared Spices and Herbs 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3384 Pie, lemon meringue, commercially prepared Baked Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3385 Egg, whole, cooked, poached Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3386 Egg, whole, raw, fresh Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3387 Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids Sweets 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3388 Broccoli, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3389 Noodles, egg, spinach, enriched, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3390 Cheese, cottage, with vegetables Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3391 Prickly pears, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3392 Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 1% milkfat, with vegetables Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3393 Candies, chocolate, dark, 45-59% cacao solids Sweets 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3394 Cereal, hot, oats, large flakes, whole-grain, dry, Cream Hill Estates Breakfast cereals 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3395 Cheese, cottage, low fat, 1% M.F, with vegetables Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3396 Cheese, cottage, with vegetables Dairy and Egg Products 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3397 Horseradish, prepared Spices and Herbs 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3398 Pasta, egg noodles, spinach, enriched, dry Cereals, Grains and Pasta 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3399 Grains, rye flour, dark Cereals, Grains and Pasta 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3400 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, puffs or twists, cheese Snacks 56.00 mg 4% CNF

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