Foods Highest in Calcium

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by calcium content per 100g, sourced from the AFCD.

MineralsUnit: mg per 100g

#	Food	Group	mg/100g
1	Thyme, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	1,890
2	Sage, dried	Miscellaneous	1,652
3	Oregano, dried	Miscellaneous	1,597
4	Seed, poppy	Seed and nut products and dishes	1,438
5	Paste, shrimp	Fish and seafood products and dishes	1,380
6	Rosemary, dried	Miscellaneous	1,280
7	Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	1,100
8	Cinnamon, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	1,002
9	Cheese, parmesan, dried, finely grated	Milk products and dishes	970
10	Beverage base, chocolate flavour, added vitamins & minerals (Milo)	Non-alcoholic beverages	950
11	Cheese, parmesan, fresh, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	948
12	Breakfast cereal, mixed grain (rice & wheat), flakes, added vitamins & minerals (Kellogg's Special K)	Cereals and cereal products	936
13	Cumin (cummin) seed, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	931
14	Cheese, cheddar, processed, reduced fat (~15%), added vitamin D	Milk products and dishes	886
15	Sprat, blue, wild caught, flesh, skin & bones, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	872
16	Sardine, Australian, whole, fried, no added fat	Fish and seafood products and dishes	872
17	Milk, cow, powder, regular fat, added vitamins A & D	Milk products and dishes	850
18	Milk, cow, powder, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	850
19	Milk, cow, powder, regular fat, unfortified	Milk products and dishes	850
20	Cheese, edam	Milk products and dishes	810
21	Cheese, cheddar, natural, reduced fat (~25%)	Milk products and dishes	800
22	Cheese, cheddar, natural, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	760
23	Sprat, blue, wild caught, flesh, skin & bones, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	742
24	Sardine, Australian, whole, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	725
25	Coriander seed, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	709
26	Cheese, haloumi (halloumi)	Milk products and dishes	700
27	Cheese, haloumi (halloumi), reduced salt	Milk products and dishes	700
28	Cheese, mozzarella	Milk products and dishes	685
29	Cloves, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	632
30	Cheese, cheddar, processed, regular fat	Milk products and dishes	588
31	Prawn, school, wild, flesh, raw	Fish and seafood products and dishes	583
32	Seed, chia, dried	Seed and nut products and dishes	530
33	Curry powder	Miscellaneous	525
34	Cheese, camembert	Milk products and dishes	490
35	Cheese, brie	Milk products and dishes	460
36	Pepper, black, ground	Miscellaneous	443
37	Cheese, blue vein	Milk products and dishes	430
38	Protein powder, whey based, protein >70%, unfortified	Special dietary foods	420
39	Wattle seed (acacia), ground	Seed and nut products and dishes	419
40	Breakfast cereal, puffed or popped rice, cocoa coating, added vitamins & minerals (Kellogg's Coco Pops)	Cereals and cereal products	388
41	Cardamom seed, dried, ground	Miscellaneous	383
42	Breakfast cereal, whole wheat, flakes, dried fruit & nuts, added vitamins & minerals (Uncle Toby's Fibre Plus)	Cereals and cereal products	376
43	Coffee mix, with beverage whitener & sugar, dry powder	Non-alcoholic beverages	340
44	Cheese, goat, firm	Milk products and dishes	334
45	Tahini, sesame seed pulp	Seed and nut products and dishes	330
46	Cheese, bocconcini	Milk products and dishes	320
47	Sage, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	317
48	Rosemary, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	317
49	Oregano, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	317
50	Marjoram, fresh, raw	Vegetable products and dishes	317

Top Foods by Nutrient

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Source: Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion. Rankings exclude foods where calcium value is zero or not measured.