How Much Oxalate Is in Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1 medium fruit (100 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 20 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
The bottom line for Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw: Safe (🟢), with 20 mg oxalate per serving — comfortably below the 25 mg safe cutoff. There's no need to limit it. Just keep your usual kidney stone basics in place: water throughout the day and calcium-rich foods at meals.
Putting Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw in context: it lands below the category average of 27 mg. In the database, 80% of vegetables (219 of 271) fall in the 🟢 Safe group (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The typical vegetables here averages 27 mg oxalate per serving, so Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw runs 26% below that baseline. That places it near the middle of the pack in its category. Why this matters: the gap between two Safe foods can be wide — one may hold 5 mg oxalate while another sits at 24 mg. The lower one leaves more room in your day. See all vegetables rated Safe for a full side-by-side.
Why does oxalate per 100g matter?
Normalizing to 100 grams removes serving-size differences, so you can judge which food is genuinely denser in oxalate. It matters most when you eat a bigger or smaller portion than the listed serving. Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw comes in at 20 mg oxalate per 1 medium fruit (Safe) in the measured database.
How accurate is the oxalate measurement?
The measurements use ion chromatography, the accepted reference method for oxalate. That means real lab values for each food rather than inferred numbers. Some natural variation exists between samples, but this is the strongest published data set. For context, Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw measures 20 mg per 1 medium fruit, rated Safe.
How does this compare to other foods?
Foods under 25 mg per serving are rated Safe. Foods between 25-99 mg are Caution. 100+ mg is Avoid. Check the food's category page on OxalateWatch to see how it compares to similar foods. Applied to Tamarillo (tree tomato) raw: 20 mg oxalate per 1 medium fruit — Safe per Harvard (2024).