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 3401–3450 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3401 Pie, lemon meringue, commercial Baked Products 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3402 Beans, baked, canned, with pork and tomato sauce Legumes and Legume Products 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3403 Broccoli, frozen, chopped, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3404 Prickly pear, raw Fruits and fruit juices 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3405 Cereal, ready to eat, Selects: Date and Raisin Pecan Crunch, Post Breakfast cereals 56.00 mg 4% CNF
3406 Flour, chestnut Nut and Seed Products 55.81 mg 4% USDA_FF
3407 Beans, pinto, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 55.23 mg 4% USDA_FF
3408 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_FF
3409 Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3410 Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3411 Peanuts, all types, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3412 Currants, european black, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3413 Apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked Fruits and Fruit Juices 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3414 Cereals ready-to-eat, NATURE'S PATH, Organic FLAX PLUS flakes Breakfast Cereals 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3415 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, For Spit Up, ready-to-feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3416 Babyfood, dessert, custard pudding, vanilla, strained Baby Foods 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3417 Egg, whole, raw, frozen, salted, pasteurized Dairy and Egg Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3418 KFC, biscuit Fast Foods 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3419 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, without salt Nut and Seed Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3420 Beans, snap, green, microwaved Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3421 Vermicelli, made from soy Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3422 Oat flour, partially debranned Cereal Grains and Pasta 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3423 Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3424 Babyfood, cereal, brown rice, dry, instant Baby Foods 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3425 Pasta mix, Italian four cheese lasagna, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3426 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3427 Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3428 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), fresh, microwaved Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3429 Granola bar, All Bran, bars and snack bites, all flavours, Kellogg's Baked Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3430 Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3431 Grains, oat flour, whole-grain Cereals, Grains and Pasta 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3432 Yam, flour Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3433 Lentils, flour Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3434 Vermicelli, made from soy, dry Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3435 Grains, oat flour, partially debranned Cereals, Grains and Pasta 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3436 Peanuts, all types, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3437 Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3438 Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3439 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted Nuts and Seeds 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3440 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3441 Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3442 Currant, european black, raw Fruits and fruit juices 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3443 Apricot, dried, sulphured, uncooked Fruits and fruit juices 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3444 Cereal, hot, 9 grain, dry, Rogers Breakfast cereals 55.00 mg 4% CNF
3445 Nuts, pecans, halves, raw Nut and Seed Products 54.83 mg 4% USDA_FF
3446 Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_FF
3447 Cake, coffeecake, cinnamon with crumb topping, commercially prepared, unenriched Baked Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3448 Peanut Butter, smooth (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3449 Peanuts, valencia, oil-roasted, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3450 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Gentlease, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR

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