Oxalate Content: Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1 tbsp (20 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 10 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
The bottom line for Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams: Safe (🟢), with 2 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 Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams in context: it lands well below the category average of 21 mg. In the database, 89% of fruits (101 of 113) fall in the 🟢 Safe group (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The typical fruits here averages 21 mg oxalate per serving, so Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams runs 91% 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 fruits 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. Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams comes in at 2 mg oxalate per 1 tbsp (Safe) in the measured database.
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 Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams, the measured oxalate value is 2 mg per 1 tbsp (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. Jellies, Jams or Preserves, Fig, Jillies Jams comes in at 2 mg oxalate per 1 tbsp (Safe) in the measured database.