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Age Girl Scout Level Daily Calcium Recommendation* High-Calcium Servings
4-8 Daisy/Brownie 800mg 2-3 servings
9-13 Junior/Cadette 1300mg 3-4 servings
14-18 Cadette/Senior 1300mg 3-4 servings
*First Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorous, magnesium, Vitamin D, and Flouride. National Academy of Sciences, 1997.

Eat Bone-Building Foods!
It's easy to get the calcium you need every day. You have many calcium-containing foods to choose from:

~Milk Group~ milligrams of calcium
Yogurt, plain, nonfat (1 cup) 452
Yogurt, plain, lowfat (1 cup) 415
Cheese, Swiss (1 1/2 oz) 408
Milkshake, chocolate (10 fl oz.) 319
Yogurt, fruit-flavored, lowfat (1 cup) 314
Cheese, cheddar (1 1/2 oz) 306
Milk, skim (1 Cup) 302
Milk, 1% lowfat (1 cup) 300
Milk, 2% lowfat (1 cup) 297
Milk, whole (1 cup) 291
Buttermilk (1 cup) 285
Milk, chocolate, 2% lowfat (1 cup) 284
Milk, chocolate, whole (1 cup) 280
Cheese, mozzarella, part skim (1 1/2 oz.) 275
Cheese, American (1 1/2 oz.) 261
Pudding, cooked (1/2 cup) 152
Ice Cream, soft serve (1/2 cup) 113
Yogurt, frozen, vanilla (1/2 cup) 103
Ice Cream, hardened (1/2 cup) 85
Cheese, cottage 2% lowfat (1/2 cup) 77

~Meat Group~
Your Calcium Options
milligrams of calcium
Tofu, with calcium sulfate (1/2 cup) 434
Sardines, canned, with bones (3 oz.) 321
Salmon, canned, with bones (3 oz.) 203
Tofu, without calcium sulfate (1/2 cup) 130
Refried beans (1 cup) 118
Baked beans (1 cup) 100
Almonds (1 cup) 114

~Vegetable Group~ milligrams of calcium
Rhubarb, cooked (1/2 cup) 174
Spinach, fresh, cooked (1/2 cup) 122
Turnip greens, fresh, cooked (1/2 cup) 99
Okra, frozen, cooked (1/2 cup) 88
Mustard greens (1/2 cup) 75
Kale, fresh (1/2 cup) 47
Broccoli, fresh, cooked (1/2 cup) 40

~Fruit Group~ milligrams of calcium
Figs, dried (5) 135
Raisins, seedless (2/3 cup) 49

~Grain Group~ milligrams of calcium
Waffle, homemade (7" waffle) 154
Cornbread, from mix (1 piece) 133
Biscuit, from mix (1 biscuit) 105
Pancake, from mix (1) 96
English muffin (1) 92
Corn tortillas (2) 84
French toast (1 slice) 72

Combination Foods/
Fast Foods

Your Calcium Options
milligrams of calcium
Lasagna (2 1/2" x 2 1/4") 460
Macaroni and cheese, homemade (1 cup) 462
Ravioli, cheese (1 cup) 340
Enchilada, cheese (1 enchlada) 281
McDonald's Big Mac® (1 sandwich) 256
McDonald's Egg McMuffin® (1 sandwich) 256
Chef's salad, without dressing (1 1/2 cups) 235
Burrito, bean & cheese 214
Quiche (1/8 pie) 211
Taco (1) 203
Pizza, meat and veg., thin crust (1/4 of 12") 201
Cheeseburger, regular (1 sandwich) 199
Submarine sandwich (3"-4" sub) 189
Tomato soup, with milk (1 cup) 159
Spaghetti with meat balls (1 cup) 124
Corndog (1) 101
Broccoli and cheese potato (1) 100
Source: Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used, 16th edition, 1994.



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