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Calcium content of selected foods
Food |
Serving size |
Amount of
calcium (in milligrams) |
Whole-grain
Total breakfast cereal |
3/4 cup |
1,000 |
Ricotta cheese |
1 cup |
509 |
Plain skim-milk
yogurt |
8 ounces |
452 |
Skim milk with
added vitamin A |
1 cup |
301 |
Spinach, frozen
and cooked |
1 cup |
277 |
Fast-food,
double-patty cheeseburger |
1 sandwich |
233 |
Collards, boiled
and drained |
1 cup |
226 |
Hot-fudge sundae |
1 sundae |
207 |
Canned clam
chowder |
1 cup |
186 |
Kale, frozen
and cooked |
1 cup |
179 |
Beet greens,
cooked |
1 cup |
164 |
Trail mix with
chocolate chips, slated nuts, seeds |
1 cup |
159 |
Low-fat cottage
cheese |
1 cup |
156 |
Feta cheese |
1 ounce |
140 |
Pizza |
1 slice |
117 |
Ocean perch |
3 ounces |
116 |
Instant Quaker
oatmeal, prepared with water |
1 packet |
105 |
Iceberg lettuce |
1 head |
102 |
Cheerios breakfast
cereal |
1 cup |
100 |
Ice cream,
vanilla |
1/2 cup |
84 |
Oranges |
1 cup |
72 |
Almonds |
1 ounce
(24 nuts) |
70 |
Kit Kat Wafer
bar |
1 bar
(1.5 ounces) |
57 |
Snickers bar |
1 bar
(2 ounces) |
54 |
Celery |
1 cup |
48 |
Cream of mushroom
soup |
1 cup |
46 |
Blackberries |
1 cup |
46 |
Egg, scrambled |
1 large egg |
43 |
Cucumber, peeled |
1 large cucumber |
39 |
Oat bran muffin |
1 muffin |
36 |
Cabbage, raw |
1 cup |
33 |
Potato, baked with the
skin |
1 potato |
30 |
Carrots, raw |
1 cup |
30 |
Spinach, raw |
1 cup |
30 |
Orange juice |
1 cup |
27 |
Glazed donuts |
1 medium donut |
26 |
Peanuts, roasted
with salt |
1 ounce |
25 |
Watermelon |
1 wedge |
23 |
Root beer |
12 ounces |
19 |
Bulgur, cooked |
1 cup |
18 |
Beer, regular |
12 ounces |
18 |
Cantaloupe |
1 cup |
18 |
Half and half |
1 tablespoon |
16 |
Broccoli, raw |
1 spear |
15 |
Apple, raw
with skin |
1 apple |
10 |
Source: USDA Nutrient Database, Release
15
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