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 3851–3900 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
3851 Cookie, raisin, soft-type Baked Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3852 Cookie, marshmallow (includes pies), chocolate-coated Baked Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3853 Cookie, graham cracker, chocolate-coated Baked Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3854 Beans, pinto, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3855 Tofu, fuyu, salted and fermented (prepared with magnesium chloride) Legumes and Legume Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3856 Beans, pinto, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3857 Alcohol, cocktail, whisky sour mix, powder, water and whisky added Beverages 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3858 Nuts, European chestnuts (sweet), boiled and steamed Nuts and Seeds 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3859 Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried Nuts and Seeds 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3860 Potato, skin, cooked in skin, microwaved Vegetables and Vegetable Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3861 Onion rings, breaded, par-fried, frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3862 Soup, tomato vegetable, dehydrated Soups, Sauces and Gravies 46.00 mg 4% CNF
3863 Oats, whole grain, rolled, old fashioned Cereal Grains and Pasta 45.53 mg 4% USDA_FF
3864 Beans, baked, canned, with beef Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3865 Cake, coffeecake, fruit Baked Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3866 Chickpea flour (besan) Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3867 Peanut butter, chunk style, with salt Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3868 Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat germ, toasted, plain Breakfast Cereals 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3869 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, canned, drained solids Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3870 Cereals ready-to-eat, RALSTON Enriched Wheat Bran flakes Breakfast Cereals 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3871 Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, Shredded Wheat, bagged cereal Breakfast Cereals 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3872 Peanut butter with omega-3, creamy Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3873 Peanut butter, chunk style, without salt Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3874 Peanut butter, chunky, vitamin and mineral fortified Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3875 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added Nut and Seed Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3876 Potatoes, boiled, cooked in skin, skin, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3877 Potatoes, boiled, cooked in skin, skin, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3878 Onions, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3879 Cabbage, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3880 Longans, dried Fruits and Fruit Juices 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3881 Candies, fudge, chocolate marshmallow, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3882 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, with salt added Nut and Seed Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3883 Lotus root, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3884 Peppers, hot chile, sun-dried Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
3885 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, drained solids Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3886 Cereal, ready to eat, Pomegran Plus Cherry Granola, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3887 Artichoke, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3888 Muffin bar, all flavours Baked Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3889 Potato, boiled with skin, skin only, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3890 Candies, fudge, chocolate marshmallow, homemade Sweets 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3891 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: Cookies and Cream, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3892 Chickpea flour (besan) Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3893 Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, steak sandwich Fast Foods 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3894 Coffee cake, fruit Baked Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3895 Peanut butter, chunk type, fat and sugar added Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3896 Peanut butter, chunk type, fat, sugar and salt added Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3897 Beans, baked, canned, with beef Legumes and Legume Products 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3898 Nuts, macadamia (bushnuts, queensland), oil roasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3899 Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, salted Nuts and Seeds 45.00 mg 3% CNF
3900 Nuts, macadamia (bushnuts, queensland), oil roasted Nuts and Seeds 45.00 mg 3% CNF

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