How Much Oxalate Is in Chocolate Syrup?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1/4 cup (60 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 2 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
What this means: Chocolate Syrup is rated Safe (🟢). At 1 mg oxalate per serving, it's well under the 25 mg safety threshold. You can include it regularly in a kidney stone diet. Pair it with calcium-rich foods (dairy, fortified plant milks) for additional protection, and drink plenty of water throughout the day.
Among beverages, Chocolate Syrup sits well below the category average of 40 mg. For context, 82 out of 92 beverages (89%) are rated 🟢 Safe (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The average beverages in our database has 40 mg oxalate per serving — which means Chocolate Syrup is 98% below the category norm. Within its specific category, Chocolate Syrup ranks among the lower-oxalate options. This context matters because two 'Safe' foods can have very different oxalate levels — one might have 5 mg while another has 24 mg. Both are Safe, but the first gives you more dietary flexibility. Browse all beverages rated Safe to compare within the same verdict level.
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. Applied to Chocolate Syrup: 1 mg oxalate per 1/4 cup — Safe per Harvard (2024).
How accurate is the oxalate measurement?
Harvard's 2024 analysis used ion chromatography — the gold standard for oxalate measurement. These are direct lab values, not estimates or database calculations. Variability exists between samples, but this is the most reliable reference available. For Chocolate Syrup, the measured oxalate value is 1 mg per 1/4 cup (Safe).
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. Chocolate Syrup comes in at 1 mg oxalate per 1/4 cup (Safe) in the measured database.