How Much Oxalate Is in Vegetable Juice?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1 cup (250 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 9 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
Here's the takeaway: Vegetable Juice earns a Safe rating (🟢) at 23 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 Vegetable Juice poses no special concern.
Putting Vegetable Juice in context: it lands 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 Vegetable Juice runs 15% below that baseline. That places it near the middle of the pack 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?
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. For context, Vegetable Juice measures 23 mg per 1 cup, rated Safe.
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. Applied to Vegetable Juice: 23 mg oxalate per 1 cup — Safe per Harvard (2024).
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. For context, Vegetable Juice measures 23 mg per 1 cup, rated Safe.