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 3501–3550 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3501 Croissants, cheese Baked Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3502 Cookies, peanut butter sandwich, regular Baked Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3503 Beans, great northern, mature seeds, canned, low sodium Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3504 Infant formula, ABBOTT NUTRITION, SIMILAC, ADVANCE, with iron, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3505 Mungo beans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3506 Cheese, cottage, creamed, with fruit Dairy and Egg Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3507 BURGER KING, french toast sticks Fast Foods 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3508 Fast foods, french toast sticks Fast Foods 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3509 Nuts, butternuts, dried Nut and Seed Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3510 Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3511 Pokeberry shoots, (poke), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3512 Pokeberry shoots, (poke), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3513 Puddings, chocolate, dry mix, regular Sweets 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3514 Snacks, corn-based, extruded, puffs or twists, cheese-flavor Snacks 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3515 Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 1% milkfat, lactose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3516 Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, MILKY WAY Midnight Bar Sweets 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3517 Mayonnaise, made with tofu Fats and Oils 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3518 Oopah (tunicate), whole animal (Alaska Native) American Indian/Alaska Native Foods 53.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3519 Babyfood, vegetables, jarred, green beans, all stages Babyfoods 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3520 Beans, great northern, canned, solids and liquid, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3521 Cereal, ready to eat, Hemp Plus Granola, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3522 Pokeberry shoots, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3523 Cheese, cottage, 1% M.F., lactose reduced Dairy and Egg Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3524 Candies, bars, MILKY WAY Dark Bar Sweets 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3525 Salad dressing, mayonnaise, made with tofu Fats and Oils 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3526 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Dinosaur Eggs, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3527 Cereal, ready to eat, Morning Crisp: chocolate, Jordans Breakfast cereals 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3528 Fast foods, breakfast, french toast sticks Fast Foods 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3529 Sweets, topping (spread), butterscotch or caramel Sweets 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3530 Dessert, pudding, chocolate, dry mix, regular, unprepared Sweets 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3531 Croissant, cheese, commercial Baked Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3532 Cookie, peanut butter sandwich Baked Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3533 Beans, baked, canned, with pork Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3534 Beans, mungo, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3535 Beans, mungo, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3536 Beans, great northern, canned, solids and liquid, no salt added Legumes and Legume Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3537 Nuts, butternuts (long walnuts), dried Nuts and Seeds 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3538 Pokeberry shoots, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3539 Pokeberry shoots, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3540 Raisin, golden seedless Fruits and fruit juices 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3541 Cereal, hot, oats, large flakes, dry, Rogers Breakfast cereals 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3542 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: raisins and spice, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3543 Cheese, cottage, creamed with fruit Dairy and Egg Products 53.00 mg 4% CNF
3544 Nuts, macadamia nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 52.71 mg 4% USDA_FF
3545 Beans, pink, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3546 English muffins, plain, enriched, without calcium propionate(includes sourdough) Baked Products 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3547 Snacks, vegetable chips, made from garden vegetables Snacks 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3548 Cereals, QUAKER, Instant Oatmeal Organic, Regular Breakfast Cereals 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3549 Beverages, coffee, ready to drink, iced, mocha, milk based Beverages 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3550 Cereals, oats, regular and quick, not fortified, dry Breakfast Cereals 52.00 mg 4% USDA_SR

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