Calcium Calculator

Are you and your children getting enough calcium?
Our easy-to-use calcium calculator calculates just how much you've had.

Select the correct age group for you or your child:
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50+ Breastfeeding

How much calcium did you or your child eat yesterday?

Have a look at the list below, some foods contain a lot of calcium and some very little.
Select the foods/drinks you or your child ate yesterday by clicking on the arrow and selecting the quantity.
Once you have finished – simply Click the "Calculate" button at the bottom to see your results.

Petits Filous

Petits Filous Fromage Frais (small pot 60g)

Petits Filous Fromage Frais (2 small pot 120g)

Petits Filous Fromage Frais (standard 100g)

Milk & Alternatives

Milk extra large (glass 250g)

Milk large (glass 200g)

Milk medium (glass 150g)

Milk small (glass 100g)

Soya Milk, plain, fortified with calcium (glass 150g)

Cheese

Blue Cheese (medium 30g)

Brie (medium 45g)

Camembert (medium 45g)

Cheddar type Cheese (matchbox 30g)

Edam (small serving 30g)

Feta (small serving 30g)

Goat's Cheese (small serving 45g)

Grated Cheddar Cheese (tbsp 10g)

Mozzarella (small serving 50g)

Other hard cheese (small 30g)

Plain Cottage Cheese (small pot 112g)

Processed Cheese Triangle (large triangle 25g)

Yogurt & Fromage Frais

Fromage Frais with fruit (baby size 60g)

Fromage Frais, plain (standard pot 100g)

Soya Yogurt alternative, with added calcium (standard 125g)

Whole milk/Low-fat fruit Yogurt (standard pot 125g)

Whole milk/Low-fat plain Yogurt (standard pot 125g)

Breads

Crumpets (average each 40g)

English Muffins (average each 70g)

White or brown bread large (slice 44g)

White or brown bread medium (slice 36g)

White or brown bread small (slice 25g)

Breakfast Cereals

Children’s cereal fortified with calcium (Frosties, Cheerios, Cocoa Pops, Rice Krispies) (small 20g)

Ready Brek (small 20g)

Buns & Cakes

Plain Scone (medium 48g)

Vegetables, Beans & Pulses

Baked beans (small can 115g)

Broadbeans, frozen and boiled (2 tbsp 120g)

Canned Kidney Beans (2 tbsp 70g)

Cooked broccoli (average 85g)

Curly Kale, boiled in unsalted water (small serving 60g)

Lentils, dried, boiled in salted water (tbsp 40g)

Okra, stir-fried (10 medium 50g)

Serving of raw watercress (small 20g)

Soya Beans, dried and boiled (2 tbsp 50g)

Fruit

Blackberries, stewed with sugar (average bowl 140g)

Dried Apricots (7 dried 56g)

Dried Figs (2 dried 40g)

Orange (small 110g)

Nuts and seeds

Almond Butter thickly spread on a slice of bread (spread thickly 20g)

Almonds, handful (10 whole 22g)

Brazil nuts (7 whole 23g)

Hazelnuts (10 whole 15g)

Mixed Nuts (mixed bag 40g)

Peanut butter, thickly spread (spread thickly 20g)

Peanuts (10 whole 13g)

Pistachio nuts (15 whole 15g)

Sesame Seeds (tbsp 12g)

Sunflower seeds (tbsp 16g)

Walnuts (6 whole 20g)

Fish

Canned Sardines in tomato sauce, with bones (2 average 50g)

Fish Fingers (2 grilled 56g)

Pilchards in tomato sauce (2 average 110g)

Scampi in breadcrumbs (average 170g)

Meals

Cauliflower Cheese (average-small 90g)

Cheese and Egg Quiche (medium slice 95g)

Cheese and Tomato Pizza, thin base (small slice 100g)

Cheese and Tomato Pizza, thin base, frozen (small slice 100g)

Cheese Omelette (2 eggs 120g)

Crepe Pancake ( 60g)

Lasagne (average-small 200g)

Macaroni Cheese, small serving (small 210g)

Moussaka (average 330g)

Desserts - Dairy

Crème Caramel (average 90g)

Dairy Ice Cream, 1 scoop ( 60g)

Milk Pudding, 1 serving ( 200g)

Serving of Custard, made with semi-skimmed milk ( 120g)

Soya alternative Custard with calcium (standard 120g)

Miscellaneous

Tofu, steamed (small serving 50g)

Food calcium values have been taken from "McCance and Widdowson’s The Composition of Foods. 6th Summary Ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, MAFF, 1991. With the exception of Petits Filous products."

UK Calcium Dietary Recommendations have been taken from "Panel on Dietary Reference Values of COMA. Dietary reference values for food energy and nutrients for the UK. DoH Report on Health and Social Subjects 41: TSO, London, 1991"