Foods highest in Calcium per 100 g (USDA)
USDA food records ranked by calcium per 100 g, with the share of the 1,300 mg Daily Value.
- Unit:
- mg per 100 g
- Daily Value:
- 1300 mg
- Datasets:
- Foundation Foods, SR Legacy and FNDDS
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, almost all of it in bone and teeth. USDA reports total calcium as an element, whether it is native to the food, added as a fortificant or comes from a coagulant such as calcium sulfate in tofu. The Daily Value is 1,300 mg.
Dried herbs, some seaweeds, hard cheeses, whey products and calcium-set tofu head the ranking. Milk and yogurt sit lower per 100 g because they are mostly water, yet a cup of milk supplies close to a quarter of the Daily Value.
Top 100 foods by Calcium per 100 g
13,508 of 13,621 Normal catalog records report this nutrient (Foundation Foods: 369/397 · SR Legacy: 7,708/7,793 · FNDDS: 5,431/5,431). Records without a value are not ranked.
How to read this ranking
Fortified foods and mineral-set foods rank on added calcium, which the record does not distinguish from natural calcium. Absorption varies between foods and is not part of these values.
Values are USDA amounts per 100 g of edible portion, ordered as reported; this is information, not dietary advice. Methodology