How Much Oxalate Is in Honey Toasted Oats Cereal?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1 cup (40 g)
Verdict: 🟡 Caution
Per 100g: 63 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
Here's the takeaway: Honey Toasted Oats Cereal falls in the Caution band (🟡) at 25 mg oxalate per serving. Not off-limits, but not free — moderate portions, a few times a week at most, and preferably with dairy or another calcium source at the same meal.
Putting Honey Toasted Oats Cereal in context: it lands well above the category average of 14 mg. In the database, 84% of grains & pasta (170 of 201) fall in the 🟢 Safe group (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The typical grains & pasta here averages 14 mg oxalate per serving, so Honey Toasted Oats Cereal runs 80% above that baseline. That places it on the higher end for oxalate 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 grains & pasta rated Caution 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 Honey Toasted Oats Cereal, the measured oxalate value is 25 mg per 1 cup (Caution).
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 Honey Toasted Oats Cereal, the measured oxalate value is 25 mg per 1 cup (Caution).
How does this compare to other foods?
The ratings split at 25 mg (Safe) and 100 mg (Avoid), with 25-99 mg in the Caution band. For context against similar foods, the category pages on OxalateWatch rank every item in that group by oxalate. For Honey Toasted Oats Cereal, the measured oxalate value is 25 mg per 1 cup (Caution).