How Much Oxalate Is in Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1/2 cup (86 g)
Verdict: 🟢 Safe
Per 100g: 3 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
The bottom line for Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned: Safe (🟢), with 3 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 Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned in context: it lands well below the category average of 20 mg. In the database, 73% of legumes (44 of 60) fall in the 🟢 Safe group (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The typical legumes here averages 20 mg oxalate per serving, so Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned runs 85% 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 legumes 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 Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned: 3 mg oxalate per 1/2 cup — 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. Applied to Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned: 3 mg oxalate per 1/2 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. Legumes, Peas, Black-eyed Peas, canned comes in at 3 mg oxalate per 1/2 cup (Safe) in the measured database.