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 4651–4700 of 8,316 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV Source
4651 Broccoli, frozen, chopped, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4652 Cauliflower, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4653 Turnip, boiled, drained Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4654 Sweet potato leaves, steamed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4655 Potato, hashed brown, frozen, with butter sauce, prepared Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4656 Lettuce, cos or romaine Vegetables and Vegetable Products 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4657 Currant, red and white, raw Fruits and fruit juices 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4658 Lychee, dried Fruits and fruit juices 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4659 Lime, raw Fruits and fruit juices 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4660 Cereal, ready to eat, Shreddies, honey, Post Breakfast cereals 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4661 Cereal, ready to eat, Granola: Blueberry, light, Rogers Breakfast cereals 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4662 Sauce, barbecue, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces and Gravies 33.00 mg 3% CNF
4663 Turnips, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.70 mg 3% USDA_FF
4664 Flour, rye Cereal Grains and Pasta 32.24 mg 2% USDA_FF
4665 Archway Home Style Cookies, Iced Oatmeal Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4666 Popovers, dry mix, unenriched Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4667 Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with chocolate frosting, in-store bakery Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4668 Bread, white, prepared from recipe, made with nonfat dry milk Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4669 Beverages, Carob-flavor beverage mix, powder Beverages 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4670 Cookies, chocolate, made with rice cereal Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4671 Babyfood, vegetable, butternut squash and corn Baby Foods 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4672 Archway Home Style Cookies, Old Fashioned Molasses Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4673 Sauce, hoisin, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4674 Popovers, dry mix, enriched Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4675 Pie, pecan, prepared from recipe Baked Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4676 MORI-NU, Tofu, silken, firm Legumes and Legume Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4677 Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, GRAPE-NUTS Cereal Breakfast Cereals 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4678 Soup, cream of celery, canned, condensed Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4679 Babyfood, dessert, fruit pudding, orange, strained Baby Foods 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4680 Babyfood, cookies, arrowroot Baby Foods 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4681 Milk, human, mature, fluid Dairy and Egg Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4682 Turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4683 Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, prepared from flakes without milk, whole milk and butter added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4684 Potato pancakes Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4685 Turnips, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4686 Cabbage, chinese (pe-tsai), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4687 Barley flour or meal Cereal Grains and Pasta 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4688 Wheat, hard white Cereal Grains and Pasta 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4689 Candies, semisweet chocolate, made with butter Sweets 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4690 Fiddlehead ferns, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4691 Cauliflower, green, cooked, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4692 Cauliflower, green, cooked, no salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4693 Cabbage, chinese (pe-tsai), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4694 Lima beans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4695 Lima beans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4696 Candies, nougat, with almonds Sweets 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4697 DENNY'S, coleslaw Restaurant Foods 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4698 Frostings, glaze, chocolate, prepared-from-recipe, with butter, NFSMI Recipe No. C-32 Sweets 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4699 Carrots, baby, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR
4700 Alfalfa seeds, sprouted, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 32.00 mg 2% USDA_SR

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