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    How Much Calcium is in Your Plant Milk? How the Brands Measure Up

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    Last Update in July 2025! When we talk about dairy-free living, concerns of calcium frequently come up. But calcium is abundant in our food supply. It’s naturally found in many foods, and is also added via fortification. In fact, there was a time when doctors waived the red flag over calcium toxicity concerns. Convenience food producers were tossing calcium into nearly everything, and sometimes in high quantities. General Mills was adding over 1000 milligrams of calcium to just 1 cup of Total cereal! Companies have since scaled back, and Total is no longer fortified with calcium. Instead, we’re seeing calcium fortification where we most expect it, like in our dairy-free milk alternatives.

    How Much Calcium is in Your Plant Milk? Comparison of over 100 dairy-free brands. Plus info on calcium fortification vs dairy milk.

    How Much Calcium is in Your Plant Milk? How the Brands Measure Up

    Plant milks aren’t naturally rich in calcium, so fortification is needed if a dairy milk nutrition “experience” is desired. Our chart below includes the calcium levels for over 100 brands, along with the type of calcium. To learn more about the calcium types, see our guide to calcium supplements.

    Calcium and vitamin D fortification often go hand in hand, and vitamin D is beneficial for calcium usage and bone health. So I’ve included a column for vitamin D, too. The amounts listed below are for 1 cup of dairy-free milk beverage, with dairy (cow’s) milk listed at the top for reference. We used the “original” or “plain” varieties for this comparison. Calcium fortification amounts might vary a little between flavors.

    Brand Calcium Type Calcium (mg) Vitamin D (IU)
    Dairy Milk (1%) phosphate 290 127*
    365 Organic Almondmilk phosphate 50 200
    365 Organic Coconut Milk carbonate 140 200
    365 Organic Oatmilk carb, phos 350 144
    365 Organic Soymilk carbonate 300 200
    8th Continent Soymilk phosphate 300 100
    Almond Breeze Almond Milk carbonate 450 200
    Almond Breeze Almond & Oatmilk carbonate 450 200
    Almond Dream phosphate 390 200
    BamNut Milk unknown 480 80
    Banana Wave Bananamilk phosphate 300 160
    Better Than Milk Almond N/A 0 0
    Better Than Milk Hazelnut Rice N/A 0 0
    Better Than Milk Oat N/A 0 0
    Better Than Milk Rice seaweed 290 0
    Califia Farms Almondmilk carbonate 430 0
    Califia Farms Oatmilk carbonate 240 0
    Califia Farms Protein Oat Milk carbonate 595 200
    Chobani Oat Milk carb, phos 325 120
    Coconut Dream phosphate 390 200
    Dream Whole Ricemilk phosphate 320 192
    Earth’s Own Oat Milk phos, carb 300 80
    Earth’s Own Almond Milk carbonate 300 80
    Earth’s Own Cashew Milk carbonate 390 360
    Elmhurst Milked Almonds N/A 7 0
    Elmhurst Milked Cashews N/A 15 0
    Elmhurst Milked Hazelnuts N/A 24 0
    Elmhurst Milked Oats N/A 18 0
    Elmhurst Milked Walnuts N/A 24 0
    Forager Project Cashewmilk N/A 26 0
    Forager Project Oatmilk N/A 26 0
    Forager Project Soymilk carbonate 260 160
    Good & Gather Almond Milk carbonate 450 100
    Good & Gather Coconut Milk phosphate 350 136
    Good & Gather Oatmilk phos, carb 110 116
    Good Karma Flaxmilk phosphate 270 88
    Good Karma Flaxmilk + Protein phosphate 320 92
    Good Karma Plantmilk phosphate 300 96
    Happy Planet Oatmilk phos, carb 300 84
    Hope & Sesame Sesamemilk (old/new) phosphate 130/390 400
    Kiki Mac NutMilk seaweed 310 0
    Kirkland Organic Almond Beverage N/A 26 200
    Kirkland Organic Soy Beverage carbonate 325 240
    Koita Almond Coconut Milk seaweed 290 0
    Koita Almond Milk N/A 10 0
    Koita Coconut Milk N/A 0 0
    Koita Oat Milk phosphate 290 80
    Koita Rice Milk N/A 0 0
    Koita Soy Milk seaweed 380 80
    Lattini Sunflower Milk carbonate 240 44
    Lechia Chia Milk phosphate 130 0
    Malk Almond Milk N/A 39 0
    Malk Cashew Milk N/A 8 0
    Malk Pecan Milk N/A 17 0
    Manitoba Milling Co. Flax Milk carbonate 300 80
    Milkadamia Macadamia Milk phosphate 390 200
    Mooala Almondmilk carbonate 150 0
    Mooala Bananamilk carbonate 300 0
    Mooala Keto Mylk carbonate 140 80
    Mooala Oatmilk carbonate 300 0
    Mooala Simple Almondmilk N/A 30 0
    Mooala Simple Oatmilk N/A 10 0
    Natural Bliss Oat Milk N/A 0 120
    New Barn Organic Almondmilk N/A 16 0
    NotMilk carb, phos 320 184
    Oat Dream carb, phos 300 200
    Oatly Oatmilk carb, phos 350 0
    Oatsome Oat Milk carbonate 289 80
    Orgain Organic Almond Milk phosphate 250 120
    Pacific Foods Almond Milk N/A 0 80
    Pacific Foods Cashew Milk phosphate 44 0
    Pacific Foods Coconut Milk phosphate 62 80
    Pacific Foods Hazelnut Milk phosphate 123 80
    Pacific Foods Hemp Milk phosphate 257 80
    Pacific Foods Oat Milk phosphate 121 80
    Pacific Foods Soy Milk N/A 35 0
    Pacific Foods Ultra Soy Milk phosphate 276 80
    Pecana Pecan Milk N/A 60 0
    Perennial phosphate 390 200
    Planet Oat Oatmilk carbonate 350 160
    Rice Dream phosphate 390 200
    Ripple Kids phosphate 455 240
    Ripple Oatmilk + Protein phosphate 440 200
    Ripple Plant Milk phosphate 440 240
    Rise Oat Milk N/A 0 0
    Silk Almondmilk carbonate 450 100
    Silk Cashewmilk carbonate 450 80
    Silk Coconutmilk carbonate 460 80
    Silk Kids Oatmilk Blend phos, carb 330 160
    Silk Nextmilk carbonate 310 160
    Silk Oatmilk carbonate 460 160
    Silk Organic Soymilk carbonate 210 120
    Silk Protein Milk carbonate 470 100
    Silk Soymilk phos, carb 300 120
    Silk Ultra Protein Milk carbonate 480 160
    Simple Truth Almond Milk carbonate 450 200
    Simple Truth Coconutmilk carbonate 450 100
    Simple Truth Oatmilk carb, phos 350 144
    Simple Truth Soymilk carbonate 310 124
    Simply Oat Milk N/A 0 0
    So Delicious Organic Coconut Milk phos, carb 130 100
    So Delicious Wondermilk carb 300 144
    So Nice Soy Milk phosphate 300 80
    Soy Dream carbonate 390 200
    Sproud Pea Protein Milk carbonate 325 200
    Sprouts Organic Almond Milk phosphate 50 200
    Sprouts Organic Oatmilk carbonate 260 120
    Take Two Barleymilk carbonate 460 200
    Tempt Hempmilk phosphate 390 200
    This PKN Pecanmilk N/A 31 0
    Three Trees Almond Milk N/A 66 0
    Three Trees Black Sesame Almond Milk N/A 78 0
    Three Trees Oat Milk N/A 33 160
    Three Trees Pistachio Nutmilk N/A 45 0
    Trader Joe’s Almond Cashew & Macadamia Beverage carbonate 160 0
    Trader Joe’s Almond Milk phosphate 450 100
    Trader Joe’s Coconut Beverage phosphate 273 200
    Trader Joe’s Hemp Beverage N/A 0 0
    Trader Joe’s Oat Beverage carb, phos 110 116
    Trader Joe’s Soymilk N/A 26 0
    Uproot Oatmilk carbonate 200 64
    Uproot Peamilk carbonate 410 124
    Uproot Soymilk carbonate 360 124
    WestSoy Organic Soymilk N/A 10 0

    *The vitamin D in store-bought milk is actually fortified. How much a milk producer adds via fortification (if any at all) is up to them. So this amount might vary from brand to brand.

    Which Dairy-Free Milk Beverages Have the Most Calcium?

    The hands-down winner, with a whopping 595 milligrams of calcium per cup is Califia Farms Protein Oat Milk. Silk Ultra Protein (soy-base) and Silk Protein (made with almond, cashew, and pea milk) take the number two and three spots, respectively.

    Ripple Kids is actually in the #7 spot, with 455 milligrams of calcium per cup. I mention this as a caution, since children aged 8 and under have lower calcium needs than kids aged 9 and older.

    Is Calcium Fortification as Good as Dairy Calcium?

    It isn’t necessarily about the medium of calcium consumption, but more about the dynamic of how that calcium is absorbed and used in your body. This depends on the type of calcium consumed, other nutrients consumed during the day (for example, magnesium and vitamin D aid in calcium absorption), hormones, and other factors that, some of which can hinder absorption. We’ll discuss those elements soon, in our healthy bone and calcium series (see below for links). But the short answer is yes, research has found that calcium supplementation is at least as good as calcium consumption via milk.

    How Do the Higher Calcium Milk Beverages Taste?

    In many cases, you won’t even notice the fortification. Calcium is a mineral, so it can add a slight powdery finish to creamy milks, but it’s often seamless in manufactured brands. But see our Dairy-Free Milk Alternative Reviews section for the opinions of others! Each post has Amazon-style reviews at the bottom.

    How Much Calcium is in Your Plant Milk? Comparison of over 100 dairy-free brands. Plus info on calcium fortification vs dairy milk.

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    Alisa is the founder of GoDairyFree.org, Food Editor for Allergic Living magazine, and author of the best-selling dairy-free book, Go Dairy Free: The Guide and Cookbook for Milk Allergies, Lactose Intolerance, and Casein-Free Living, and the new cookbook, Eat Dairy Free: Your Essential Cookbook for Everyday Meals, Snacks, and Sweets. Alisa is also a professional recipe creator and product ambassador for the natural food industry.

    6 Comments

    1. Peter K on

      Thank you Very informative
      Can you please recommend a Organic Almond Milk brand fortified with Calcium that doesn’t contain thickeners, emulsifiers, fillers and additives

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    2. Jenny on

      Thank you! I have osteoporosis and was thinking I’d have to back to dairy I’ll check out the nondairy milks you suggested does higher fat content automatically go w the higher calcium levels. A lot of nondairy foods have super high fat content.

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      • Alisa Fleming on

        There are definitely quite a few options in the above with lower fat content. A lot of the non-dairy brands try to mimic 2% dairy nutrient amounts, so they add fat along with the vitamins and minerals. But several of the products above have just 0 to 3 grams of fat per serving.

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      • Alisa Fleming on

        This is a calcium and bone health post. If we get the opportunity in the future, we’ll do a protein one. In general, the ones with “protein” in the title are your best high protein options. Soymilks and peamilks all have relatively high protein. If they aren’t a “protein” specific option, the almond, coconut, rice, and oatmilks will all typically be quite low in protein.

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