Foods high in Calcium (USDA Foundation)

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.

FDA daily value: 1300 mg

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Showing 201–250 of 415 foods

# Food Category Per 100 g % DV
201 Flour, buckwheat Cereal Grains and Pasta 30.55 mg 2%
202 Carrots, mature, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.48 mg 2%
203 Flour, spelt, whole grain Cereal Grains and Pasta 30.04 mg 2%
204 Tomatoes, canned, red, ripe, diced Vegetables and Vegetable Products 30.00 mg 2%
205 Cookies, oatmeal, soft, with raisins Baked Products 29.00 mg 2%
206 Peas, green, sweet, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed Vegetables and Vegetable Products 28.21 mg 2%
207 Sauce, salsa, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 28.00 mg 2%
208 Onion rings, breaded, par fried, frozen, prepared, heated in oven Vegetables and Vegetable Products 28.00 mg 2%
209 Sauce, salsa, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 28.00 mg 2%
210 Blackeye pea, canned, sodium added, drained and rinsed Legumes and Legume Products 27.78 mg 2%
211 Lettuce, romaine, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 27.56 mg 2%
212 Sauce, pasta, spaghetti/marinara, ready-to-serve Soups, Sauces, and Gravies 27.00 mg 2%
213 Shallots, bulb, peeled, root removed, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 26.06 mg 2%
214 Farro, pearled, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 25.94 mg 2%
215 Squash, winter, acorn, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 24.82 mg 2%
216 Kiwifruit (kiwi), green, peeled, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 24.38 mg 2%
217 Khorasan, grain, dry, raw Cereal Grains and Pasta 24.08 mg 2%
218 Turkey, ground, 93% lean/ 7% fat, raw Poultry Products 23.63 mg 2%
219 Squash, summer, yellow, includes skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 22.69 mg 2%
220 Sweet potatoes, orange flesh, without skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 22.33 mg 2%
221 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 22.00 mg 2%
222 Squash, winter, butternut, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 21.74 mg 2%
223 Radishes, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 21.51 mg 2%
224 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 21.00 mg 2%
225 Butter, stick, salted Dairy and Egg Products 21.00 mg 2%
226 Onions, white, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 21.00 mg 2%
227 Squash, summer, green, zucchini, includes skin, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.85 mg 2%
228 Asparagus, green, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.58 mg 2%
229 Cauliflower, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 20.35 mg 2%
230 Tomatoes, whole, canned, solids and liquids, with salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 19.83 mg 2%
231 Flour, semolina, fine Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.76 mg 2%
232 Tomatoes, crushed, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 19.20 mg 1%
233 Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 19.00 mg 1%
234 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 19.00 mg 1%
235 Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, raw Beef Products 19.00 mg 1%
236 Beef, short loin, t-bone steak, bone-in, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, grilled Beef Products 19.00 mg 1%
237 Flour, wheat, all-purpose, enriched, bleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.00 mg 1%
238 Flour, bread, white, enriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 19.00 mg 1%
239 Flour, 00 Cereal Grains and Pasta 18.68 mg 1%
240 Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids Finfish and Shellfish Products 18.00 mg 1%
241 Tomato, puree, canned Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.64 mg 1%
242 Flour, semolina, coarse and semi-coarse Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.16 mg 1%
243 Tomato, sauce, canned, with salt added Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.10 mg 1%
244 Onions, red, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 17.00 mg 1%
245 Flour, pastry, unenriched, unbleached Cereal Grains and Pasta 17.00 mg 1%
246 Watermelon, seedless, rind only, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 16.93 mg 1%
247 Strawberries, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 16.90 mg 1%
248 Strawberries, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 16.90 mg 1%
249 Squash, spaghetti, peeled, seeded, raw Vegetables and Vegetable Products 16.55 mg 1%
250 Raspberries, raw Fruits and Fruit Juices 16.41 mg 1%

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