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Oxalate Content in Food, Patient Information for Calcium Oxalate Stone Formers

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The following table lists the oxalate content of food for patients with calcium oxalate kidney stones who need to manage dietary oxalate.

Data for vegetables, fruit, cereal, soy, nuts and seeds, and more are included. The information is searchable and presented in tabular format. Additional notes are presented after the table.

Conversion Table for Amounts:

1/2 cup equals 125 ml, 1 ounce equals 28 grams, 1 cup equals 250 ml, 1 tablespoon equals 15 ml.

How much Oxalate is in a “low Oxalate” food?

  • Good choices (low Oxalate): 1 to 4 mg of Oxalate.
  • Moderate choices: 5 to 10 mg of Oxalate.
  • Not Good choices (high Oxalate): greater than 10 mg of Oxalate.
  • Notes:
  • Cereal:
    • Cornmeal, soy flour, buckwheat, bulgar, brown rice flour, and wheat berries are all high in oxalate.
  • Most soy products are high in oxalate.
  • Beverages
    • Good choices: Kool-Aid, Gatorade, diet lemonade, wine, beer, liquor, sweetened instant ice tea, coffee, decaffeinated coffee are low in oxalate.
    • Poor choices: Lemonade made from frozen concentrate and brewed tea are high in oxalate.
  • Other important information about oxalate in food:
    • Fish, meat, and chicken are not sources of oxalate.
    • Chocolate milk has 7 mg of oxalate in 1 cup. This is a moderate amount of oxalate.
    • Milk, ice cream, yogurt, hard cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, buttermilk, custard, and pudding do not contain oxalate.

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