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 4451–4500 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4451 Archway Home Style Cookies, Peanut Butter Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4452 Figs, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4453 Soup, bean with frankfurters, canned, prepared with equal volume water Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4454 Danish pastry, cheese Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4455 Cookies, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling, regular, chocolate-coated Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4456 Peanut butter, smooth, reduced fat Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4457 Lentils, raw Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4458 Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4459 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, ALPHA-BITS Breakfast Cereals 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4460 Soup, black bean, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4461 BURGER KING, DOUBLE WHOPPER, no cheese Fast Foods 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4462 Bulgur, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4463 Sweet potato, frozen, cooked, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4464 Cabbage, savoy, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4465 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, prepared from granules with milk, water and margarine added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4466 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, prepared from granules without milk, whole milk and butter added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4467 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4468 Lima beans, immature seeds, frozen, baby, unprepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4469 Chicken, meatless Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4470 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS, with almonds Breakfast Cereals 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4471 Dumpling, potato- or cheese-filled, frozen Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4472 Noodles, egg, dry, unenriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4473 Noodles, egg, dry, enriched Cereal Grains and Pasta 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4474 Snacks, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S Low Fat Granola Bar, Crunchy Almond/Brown Sugar Snacks 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4475 Snacks, potato chips, fat free, salted Snacks 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4476 Snacks, potato chips, fat-free, made with olestra Snacks 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4477 Toppings, nuts in syrup Sweets 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4478 Desserts, apple crisp, prepared-from-recipe Sweets 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4479 Sweet potato, frozen, cooked, baked, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4480 Rice mix, white and wild, flavored, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4481 Yellow rice with seasoning, dry packet mix, unprepared Meals, Entrees, and Side Dishes 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4482 Noodles, japanese, soba, dry Cereal Grains and Pasta 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4483 Triticale flour, whole-grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4484 Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, roasted Nut and Seed Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4485 Potatoes, mashed, prepared from granules, without milk, whole milk and margarine Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4486 Carrots, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4487 Lettuce, butterhead (includes boston and bibb types), raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4488 Focaccia, Italian flatbread, plain Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4489 Muffin, blueberry, commercially prepared, low-fat Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4490 Candies, NESTLE, BIT-O'-HONEY Candy Chews Sweets 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4491 Cream puff, eclair, custard or cream filled, iced Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% USDA_SR
4492 Cookie, sandwich with peanut butter filling, chocolate coated Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4493 Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), canned, solids and liquid, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4494 Beans, black, mature seeds, canned, solids and liquid, reduced sodium Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4495 Bread, focaccia, Italian flatbread, plain Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4496 Cream puff, eclair, custard or cream filled, with icing (frosting) Baked Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4497 Refried beans, canned, vegetarian Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4498 Sweet potato, frozen, baked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4499 Carrot, frozen, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF
4500 Beans, kidney, all types, boiled Legumes and Legume Products 35.00 mg 3% CNF

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