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Calcium Calculator

How much calcium does your daughter get? Remember, she needs 130% DV or 1,300 milligrams each day. Add it up by checking off foods on the list that she ate yesterday and selecting the number of portions.

Item Portion Select your portion amount Calcium
Milligrams %DV
Almonds, dry roasted 1 ounce 0 0
American cheese 2 ounces 0 0
Bok Choy ½ cup 0 0
Broccoli, cooked or fresh 1 cup 0 0
Cereal with added calcium 1 ounce 0 0
Cheddar cheese 1½ ounces 0 0
Cheese pizza 1 slice 0 0
Collards, boiled ½ cup 0 0
Cottage cheese, 1% fat ½ cup 0 0
Cottage cheese, 2% fat ½ cup 0 0
English muffin, whole wheat 1 0 0
Grilled cheese sandwich 1 sandwich 0 0
Ice cream ½ cup 0 0
Kale, boiled, frozen ½ cup 0 0
Macaroni and cheese ½ cup 0 0
Milk (fat free or low fat) 1 cup 0 0
Milk, Lactose Reduced 1 cup 0 0
Mozzarella cheese, part skim, low moisture 1 ounce 0 0
Oatmeal, instant with added calcium 1 packet 0 0
Orange juice with added calcium 1 cup 0 0
Pudding, made with milk – chocolate, vanilla, lemon, banana ½ cup 0 0
Rice beverage, with added calcium 1 cup 0 0
Ricotta cheese, part skim ½ cup 0 0
Sesame seeds, whole, dried 1 tablespoon 0 0
Soy beverage with added calcium 1 cup 0 0
Tofu (with calcium sulfate on ingredient list) ½ cup 0 0
Waffle, homemade with milk, 7-inch 1 0 0
White bread 2 slices 0 0
Yogurt, plain, fat-free 1 cup 0 0
Yogurt, frozen (fat free or low fat) ½ cup 0 0
Yogurt, fruit 1 cup 0 0
Total: 0 0

 

Content last updated August 7, 2008

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