Food Sources
The USDA web site has a very complete table of calcium content (in mg) of common foods per common measures (link below).
Calcium amount in foods, 100 g:
- parmesan (cheese) = 1140 mg
- milk powder = 909 mg
- Cheddar (cheese) = 720 mg
- tahini paste = 427 mg
- molasses = 273 mg
- hazelnuts = 114 mg
- almonds = 234 mg
- sesame seeds (unhulled) = 125 mg
- nonfat cow milk = 122 mg
- plain whole-milk yogurt = 121 mg
- ricotta (skimmed milk cheese) = 90 mg
- brown sugar = 85 mg
- lentils = 79 mg
- wheat germs = 72 mg
- pigeon peas = 62.7 mg
- eggs, boiled = 50 mg
- chickpeas = 53.1
- flour = 41 mg
- orange = 40 mg
- human milk = 33 mg
- Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked = 19 mg
- trout = 19 mg
- beef = 12 mg
- cod = 11 mg
- horse meat = 10 mg
- honey = 5 mg
- white sugar = 0 mg
Read more about this topic: Calcium In Biology
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