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 3701–3750 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3701 Dessert, pudding, all flavours except chocolate, dry mix, regular, low calorie, unprepared Sweets 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3702 Fast foods, mexican, burrito with beans and chili peppers Fast Foods 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3703 Sweets, syrups, chocolate, fudge-type Sweets 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3704 Candies, fudge, chocolate marshmallow with nuts, homemade Sweets 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3705 Dessert, pudding, vanilla, ready to eat Sweets 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3706 Candies, fudge, chocolate, homemade Sweets 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3707 Biscuit, plain/buttermilk, frozen, baked Baked Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3708 Cracker, wheat, low sodium Baked Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3709 Peanut butter, smooth type, fat and sugar added Legumes and Legume Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3710 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3711 Peanut butter, smooth type, fat, sugar and salt added Legumes and Legume Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3712 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), boiled Legumes and Legume Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3713 Hummus, homemade Legumes and Legume Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3714 Fennel, bulb, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3715 Beans, snap, yellow, frozen, boiled, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3716 Burdock root, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3717 Cereal, ready to eat, Oatmeal Crisp. various flavours, (almond, maple nut, raisin, triple berry, vanilla almond), General Mills Breakfast cereals 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3718 Egg, chicken, whole, cooked, fried Dairy and Egg Products 49.00 mg 4% CNF
3719 Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_FF
3720 Beans, baked, canned, with franks Legumes and Legume Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3721 Beverages, cocoa mix, with aspartame, powder, prepared with water Beverages 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3722 Cookies, vanilla wafers, lower fat Baked Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3723 Cake, cherry fudge with chocolate frosting Baked Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3724 Lentils, pink or red, raw Legumes and Legume Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3725 Butter, light, stick, with salt Fats and Oils 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3726 Butter, light, stick, without salt Fats and Oils 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3727 Egg, whole, cooked, omelet Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3728 New zealand spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3729 Cabbage, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3730 Cabbage, japanese style, fresh, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3731 Broccoli, stalks, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3732 Broccoli, flower clusters, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3733 Broccoli, leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3734 Squash, winter, butternut, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3735 Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular Fats and Oils 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3736 Cabbage, common, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3737 New Zealand spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3738 Van's, Gluten Free, Totally Original Waffles Baked Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3739 Heinz, Weight Watcher, Chocolate Eclair, frozen Baked Products 48.00 mg 4% USDA_SR
3740 Cereal, ready to eat, Oatmeal Squares, Maple & Brown Sugar, Quaker Breakfast cereals 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3741 New Zealand spinach, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3742 Broccoli, leaves, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3743 Broccoli, stalks, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3744 Broccoli, flower clusters, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3745 Cabbage, japanese style, fresh, pickled Vegetables and Vegetable Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3746 Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular Fats and Oils 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3747 Butter, light, unsalted Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3748 Butter, light, salted Dairy and Egg Products 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3749 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Wild Berry Medley, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 48.00 mg 4% CNF
3750 Cereal, ready to eat, Muesli: organic, Jordans Breakfast cereals 48.00 mg 4% CNF

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