The Broken-Bone Epidemic
Surprising Calcium Sources
Food |
Serving Size |
Calcium (mg) |
Percent of RDA* |
Total Raisin Bran |
1 cup | 1000 | 125 |
Honey Nut Cheerios Milk ’n Cereal Bars |
1 bar | 250 | 31 |
Spinach (cooked) |
1 cup | 245 | 31 |
Canned salmon |
1/2 cup | 240 | 30 |
| Tofu (fortified with calcium sulfate) | 1/2 cup | 205 | 26 |
| Wonder Kids Calcium-Fortified Bread | 1 slice | 200 | 25 |
| Kix cereal | 1 1/3 cup | 150 | 19 |
| Edamame (cooked soybeans) | 1/2 cup | 150 | 19 |
| Waffles (calcium-fortified) | 2 | 100 | 13 |
| Sunflower seeds (hulled) | 1/2 cup | 84 | 11 |
| White beans | 1/2 cup | 80 | 10 |
| Almonds | 1 oz. | 75 | 9 |
| Flour tortilla | One 7" round | 60 | 8 |
Broccoli, cooked |
1/2 cup | 50 | 6 |
| * For children ages 4 to 8 |
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