Oxalate Content: Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: (4 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 75 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
Here's the takeaway: Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried earns a Safe rating (🟢) at 3 mg oxalate per serving. Being under 25 mg means it fits comfortably in everyday eating. Keep your usual habits — adequate fluids and calcium in meals — and Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried poses no special concern.
Putting Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried in context: it lands well 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 Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried runs 89% 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 vegetables rated Safe for a full side-by-side.
Why does oxalate per 100g matter?
Per-100g values put every food on the same scale, which is handy when serving sizes differ a lot between foods — or when your portion doesn't match the standard serving. It lets you compare apples to apples on oxalate density. Applied to Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried: 3 mg oxalate per — Safe per Harvard (2024).
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 Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried, the measured oxalate value is 3 mg per (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. Herbs and Spices, Pepper, Red, Cayenne, Dried comes in at 3 mg oxalate per (Safe) in the measured database.