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 4101–4150 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4101 Infant formula, PBM PRODUCTS, store brand, ready-to-feed Baby Foods 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4102 Rolls, gluten-free, white, made with brown rice flour, tapioca starch, and sorghum flour Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4103 Wasabi Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4104 Soup, broccoli cheese, canned, condensed, commercial Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4105 Babyfood, crackers, vegetable Baby Foods 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4106 Buckwheat flour, whole-groat Cereal Grains and Pasta 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4107 Pigeonpeas, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4108 Pigeonpeas, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4109 Peppers, sweet, green, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4110 Nuts, acorns, raw Nut and Seed Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4111 Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4112 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, granules without milk, dry form Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4113 Chicory roots, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4114 Burdock root, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4115 Broccoli, frozen, spears, unprepared (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program) Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4116 Peanut butter, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4117 Snacks, granola bars, hard, peanut butter Snacks 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4118 Snacks, granola bars, soft, uncoated, chocolate chip Snacks 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4119 Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4120 Hyacinth-beans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4121 Luncheon slices, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4122 Peppers, sweet, red, canned, solids and liquids Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4123 Hyacinth-beans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4124 Breakfast bar, corn flake crust with fruit Snacks 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4125 Andrea's, Gluten Free Soft Dinner Roll Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4126 Babyfood, cereal, wheat, prepared with formula or breast milk Babyfoods 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4127 Cereal, ready to eat, Acai Plus Granola, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4128 Cereal, ready to eat, Peanut Butter Granola, Nature's Path Breakfast cereals 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4129 Snacks, SUNCHIPS, Harvest Cheddar flavour Snacks 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4130 Butter tart, with raisins, homemade Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4131 Squash, winter, butternut, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4132 Peas, pigeon, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4133 Pepper, sweet, red, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4134 Beans, hyacinth, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4135 Artichoke, marinated Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4136 Cereal, ready to eat, Morning Crisp Wild Berries, Jordans Breakfast cereals 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4137 Breakfast bar, corn flake crust with fruit Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4138 Meatless, luncheon slices Legumes and Legume Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4139 Peanut butter, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4140 Soup, broccoli cheese, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces and Gravies 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4141 Grains, buckwheat flour, whole-groat Cereals, Grains and Pasta 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4142 Cookie, peanut butter, commercial Baked Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4143 Nuts, acorns, raw Nuts and Seeds 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4144 Squash, winter, butternut, baked Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4145 Potato, mashed, dehydrated, granules without milk, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4146 Peas, pigeon, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4147 Pepper, sweet, green, canned, solids and liquid Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4148 Beans, hyacinth, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4149 Chicory roots (cichorium intybus), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF
4150 Burdock root, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 41.00 mg 3% CNF

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