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 4051–4100 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4051 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4052 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd), leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4053 Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, with added ascorbic acid and calcium Fruits and Fruit Juices 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4054 Restaurant, Latino, black bean soup Restaurant Foods 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4055 Nance, canned, syrup, drained Fruits and Fruit Juices 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4056 Chicken, meatless, breaded, fried Legumes and Legume Products 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4057 Candies, fudge, peanut butter, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 42.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4058 Bread, sprouted wheat, commercial Baked Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4059 Soup, black bean, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4060 Fast foods, sandwiches and burgers, submarine sandwich on white bread, vegetarian, with vegetables only Fast Foods 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4061 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: reduced sugar, brown sugar cinnamon, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4062 Snacks, SUNCHIPS, French Onion flavour Snacks 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4063 Peas, edible-podded (snow peas), boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4064 Fast foods, brownie Fast Foods 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4065 Cabbage, red, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4066 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd, bitter melon), leafy tips, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4067 Candies, fudge, peanut butter, homemade Sweets 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4068 Meatless, chicken, breaded, fried Legumes and Legume Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4069 Grains, corn bran, crude Cereals, Grains and Pasta 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4070 Pie crust, cookie-type, vanilla wafer, homemade, chilled Baked Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4071 Cake, sponge, homemade Baked Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4072 Beans, yardlong, mature seeds, boiled, salted Legumes and Legume Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4073 Beans, yardlong, mature seeds, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4074 Celery, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4075 Celery, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4076 Brussels sprouts, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4077 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), frozen, boiled, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4078 Peas, pigeon, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4079 Peas, edible-podded (snow peas), boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4080 Cabbage, red, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4081 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), frozen, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4082 Beans, snap (Italian, green or yellow), frozen, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4083 Balsam-pear (bitter gourd, bitter melon), leafy tips, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4084 Cereal, hot, oats, instant: apple & cinnamon, prepared, Quaker Breakfast cereals 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4085 Cereal, ready to eat, Shredded Wheat'n Bran: spoon size, Post Breakfast cereals 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4086 Cereal, ready to eat, Grape-nuts, Post Breakfast cereals 42.00 mg 3% CNF
4087 Nuts, cashew nuts, raw Nut and Seed Products 41.95 mg 3% USDA_FF
4088 Cabbage, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.84 mg 3% USDA_FF
4089 Einkorn, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 41.41 mg 3% USDA_FF
4090 Fennel, bulb, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.30 mg 3% USDA_FF
4091 Hummus, commercial Legumes and Legume Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_FF
4092 Beverages, V8 SPLASH Smoothies, Tropical Colada Beverages 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4093 Beverages, V8 SPLASH Smoothies, Strawberry Banana Beverages 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4094 Snacks, FRITOLAY, SUNCHIPS, Multigrain Snack, Harvest Cheddar flavor Snacks 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4095 Bread, roll, Mexican, bollilo Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4096 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST SELECTS Blueberry Morning Breakfast Cereals 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4097 Archway Home Style Cookies, Frosty Lemon Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4098 Beverages, V8 SPLASH Smoothies, Peach Mango Beverages 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4099 Snacks, granola bites, mixed flavors Snacks 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4100 Cookies, peanut butter, commercially prepared, regular Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR

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