How Much Oxalate Is in Mung?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1/2 cup (101 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 3 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
The bottom line for Mung: Safe (🟢), with 3 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 Mung in context: it lands well below the category average of 20 mg. In the database, 73% of legumes (44 of 60) fall in the 🟢 Safe group (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The typical legumes here averages 20 mg oxalate per serving, so Mung runs 85% below that baseline. That places it among the lower-oxalate options 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 legumes rated Safe for a full side-by-side.
Why does oxalate per 100g matter?
The per-100g number lets you compare foods on an equal-weight basis, regardless of serving size. It's useful when two foods have very different typical serving sizes, or when you eat more or less than a standard serving. For context, Mung measures 3 mg per 1/2 cup, rated Safe.
How accurate is the oxalate measurement?
These values come from Harvard's 2024 ion-chromatography analysis — the gold-standard method for oxalate. Real measured data rather than estimates. Sample-to-sample variation exists, but no published source is more dependable for food oxalate. For context, Mung measures 3 mg per 1/2 cup, rated Safe.
How does this compare to other foods?
Anything under 25 mg per serving is Safe; 25-99 mg is Caution; 100 mg or more is Avoid. The category pages on OxalateWatch list foods side by side, so you can see where this one ranks. Applied to Mung: 3 mg oxalate per 1/2 cup — Safe per Harvard (2024).