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 3451–3500 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3451 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil Reguline, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3452 Sauce, pizza, canned, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3453 Cookies, oatmeal, commercially prepared, special dietary Baked Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3454 Cake, coffeecake, cinnamon with crumb topping, commercially prepared, enriched Baked Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3455 Falafel, home-prepared Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3456 Peanuts, valencia, oil-roasted, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3457 Infant formula, MEAD JOHNSON, Enfamil for Supplementing, ready to feed, with ARA and DHA Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3458 Babyfood, ravioli, cheese filled, with tomato sauce Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3459 Fast foods, miniature cinnamon rolls Fast Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3460 Infant Formula, MEAD JOHNSON, ENFAMIL GENTLEASE, with iron, prepared from powder Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3461 Babyfood, dessert, custard pudding, vanilla, junior Baby Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3462 Nuts, acorns, dried Nut and Seed Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3463 Water convolvulus, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3464 Oats (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Cereal Grains and Pasta 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3465 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SNICKERS MUNCH bar Sweets 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3466 Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried Nut and Seed Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3467 Water convolvulus, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3468 Seaweed, agar, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3469 Cattail, Narrow Leaf Shoots (Northern Plains Indians) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3470 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, 3 MUSKETEERS Bar Sweets 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3471 Snacks, oriental mix, rice-based Snacks 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3472 Maraschino cherries, canned, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3473 Sherbet, orange Sweets 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3474 Baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid Sweets 54.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3475 Babyfood, dinner, jarred, pasta with cheese and vegetables Babyfoods 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3476 Egg, chicken, Western omelet, with peppers, onion and ham Dairy and Egg Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3477 Swamp cabbage (skunk cabbage, water convulvolus), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3478 Cattail, narrow leaf shoots, native Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3479 Peanut butter, natural Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3480 Fast foods, Miniature cinnamon rolls Fast Foods 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3481 Sauce, pizza, canned, ready-to-serve Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3482 Candied, maraschino cherries, jar, drained Sweets 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3483 Fast foods, breakfast, french toast with butter Fast Foods 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3484 Grains, oats Cereals, Grains and Pasta 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3485 Candies, bars, 3 Musketeers Sweets 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3486 Dessert, frozen, sherbet, orange Sweets 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3487 Sweets, baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid Sweets 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3488 Snacks, oriental mix, rice-based Snacks 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3489 Coffee cake, cinnamon with crumb topping, commercial Baked Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3490 Peanuts, Valencia, oil-roasted Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3491 Falafel, homemade Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3492 Peanuts, Valencia, oil-roasted, salted Legumes and Legume Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3493 Seeds, watermelon seed kernels, dried Nuts and Seeds 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3494 Nuts, acorns, dried Nuts and Seeds 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3495 Swamp cabbage (skunk cabbage, water convulvolus), boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3496 Seaweed, agar, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3497 Cereal, ready to eat, Flax plus Raisin Bran, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 54.00 mg 4% CNF
3498 Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3499 Beans, great northern, mature seeds, canned Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3500 Beans, baked, canned, with pork Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR

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