Nondairy sources of calcium include dry beans and fish with edible bones such as sardines and canned salmon. Buy fish packed in water to save calories. Most canned fish is quite high in salt. Rinse it well with water if you're monitoring salt intake. Tofu or soybean curd also may be a good calcium source if made from a calcium coagulant such as calcium sulfate.
Many people view butter, cream and cream cheese as calcium-rich.
Actually, they are mostly fat and contain little if any calcium. Turnip greens, cooked 126 Med. It's important to note that calcium values given for foods don't reflect the factors such as fiber and oxalate, which may impair the absorption of calcium. Unfortunately, there is little current information on how much of the calcium in foods high in fiber or oxalates actually is available. We do know that only a small percentage of the calcium in such greens as spinach, which are high in oxalates, is available to the body.