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Calcium in Foods Other Than Milk

Vegetables Calcium (mg)
Broccoli (1 cup) 178
Brussels sprouts (8 sprouts) 56
Collards (1 cup) 336
Kale (1 cup) 206
Onions (1 cup) 58
Squash, butternut (1 cup) 84
Sweet potato (1 cup) 70
Spinach (1 cup) 168
Turnip greens 268

Legumes

Chickpeas (1 cup) 78
Great northern beans (1 cup) 121
Green beans (1 cup) 58
Kidney beans (1 cup) 50
Lentils (1 cup) 37
Lima beans (1 cup) 52
Navy beans (1 cup) 128
Peas, green (1 cup) 44
Pinto beans (1 cup) 82
Soybeans (1 cup) 175
Turtle beans, black (1 cup) 103
Tofu (1/2 cup) 258
Vegetarian baked beans (1 cup) 128
Wax beans (1 cup) 174
White beans (1 cup) 161

Grains
Corn bread (2-ounce piece) 133
Corn tortilla (1 medium) 42
English muffin (1 medium) 92
Pancake mix (1/4 cup, or 3 pancakes) 140
Wheat bread (1 slice) 30
Wheat flour, calcium-enriched (1 cup) 238
Whole-wheat flour (1 cup) 49
Calcium fortified cereal, Total (1 cup) 300

Fruit
Figs, dried (10 medium)
Orange, navel (1 medium) 269
Orange juice, calcium-fortified (1 cup) 56
Pear (medium) 300

Protein Group 53
Salmon, canned with bones (3 ounces) 372
Tofu, processed with calcium (4 ounces) 165

See Calcium Requirements

This is the latest recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the calcium needs of children. For very active children involved in high impact sports activities use the higher end of each recommendation.

Age
1997 NAS
1994 NIH
0 to 6 months
210
400
6 mo to 1 year
270
600
1 through 3 years
500
800
4 through 8 years
800
800 (4-5 y)
   
800-1200 (6-8 y)
9 through 18 years
1300
800-1200 (9-10 y)
   
1200-1500 (11-18 y)

February 2002