Calcium-Rich Foods

Calcium in Nuts and Seeds

Food Serving Calcium (mg)*
Nuts and Nut Products
Acorn flour, full fat 1 oz 12
Acorns, dried 1 oz 15
Almond butter, plain, without salt added 1 tbsp 43
Almond paste 1 oz 49
Almonds 1 oz 70
Almonds, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 75
Almonds, honey roasted, unblanched 1 oz 75
Almonds, oil roasted, without salt added 1 oz 82
Beechnuts, dried 1 oz 0
Brazil nuts, dried, unblanched 1 oz 45
Butternuts, dried 1 oz 15
Cashew butter, plain, without salt added 1 tbsp 7
Cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 13
Cashew nuts, oil roasted, without salt added 1 cup, whole 12
Chestnuts, boiled and steamed 1 oz 13
Chestnuts, dried, peeled 1 oz 18
Chestnuts, roasted 1 oz 8
Coconut cream, canned 1 tbsp 0
Coconut cream, raw 1 tbsp 2
Coconut meat, dried 1 oz 7
Coconut meat, dried, sweetened, shredded 1 oz 4
Coconut meat, dried , toasted 1 oz 8
Coconut meat, raw, shredded 1 cup 11
Coconut milk, canned 1 tbsp 3
Coconut milk, raw 1 tbsp 2
Coconut water (liquid from coconuts) 1 tbsp 4
Hazelnuts or filberts, blanched 1 oz 42
Hazelnuts or filberts, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 35
Hickory nuts, dried 1 oz 17
Macadamia nuts, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 20
Peanuts: See Legumes    
Pecans, chopped 1 cup 77
Pecans, halves 1 cup 69
Pecans, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 20
Pecans, oil roasted, without salt added 1 oz 19
Pilinuts-canary tree, dried 1 oz 41
Pine nuts, dried 1 oz 5
Pine nuts, pinyon, dried 1 oz 2
Pistachio nuts, dry roasted, without salt added 1 oz 31
Walnuts, black, dried 1 cup, chopped 76
Walnuts, english 1 cup, chopped 115
Seeds and Seed Products
Breadfruit seeds, boiled 1 oz 17
Breadfruit seeds, raw 1 oz 10
Breadfruit seeds, roasted 1 oz 24
Bread nut tree seeds, dried 1 oz 27
Bread nut tree seeds, raw 1 oz 28
Chia seeds, dried 1 oz 179
Cottonseed flour, low fat (glandless) 1 oz 134
Cottonseed flour, partially defatted (glandless) 1 tbsp 24
Cottonseed kernels, roasted (glandless) 1 tbsp 10
Cottonseed meal, partially defatted (glandless) 1 oz 143
Flaxseed 1 tbsp, whole 26
Pumpkin and squash seed kernels, dried 1 oz, hulled 12
Pumpkin and squash seed kernels, roasted, without salt 1 oz 12
Pumpkin and squash seeds, whole, roasted, without salt 1 oz 16
Safflower seed kernels, dried 1 oz 22
Safflower seed meal, partially defatted 1 oz 22
Sesame butter, paste 1 tbsp 154
Sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) 1 tbsp 64
Sesame flour, high-fat 1 oz 45
Sesame flour, low-fat 1 oz 42
Sesame flour, partially defatted 1 oz 43
Sesame meal, partially defatted 1 oz 43
Sesame seed kernels, dried (decorticated) 1 tbsp 5
Sesame seed kernels, toasted, without salt added (decorticated) 1 oz 37
Sesame seeds, whole, dried 1 tbsp 88
Sesame seeds, whole, roasted and toasted 1 oz 280
Sunflower seed butter, without salt 1 tbsp 20
Sunflower seed flour, partially defatted 1 tbsp 5
Sunflower seed kernels, dried 1 cup, with hulls 53
Sunflower seed kernels, dry roasted, without salt 1 oz 20
Sunflower seed kernels, oil roasted, without salt 1 oz 25
Sunflower seed kernels, toasted, without salt 1 oz 16
Watermelon seed kernels, dried 1 oz 15

Calcium content data derived from USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19.

Approximation. Actual calcium content is subject to manufacturing, preparation, and natural variation.