How Much Oxalate Is in Almond Nuts?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1/4 cup (29 g)
Verdict: 🔴 Avoid
Per 100g: 369 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
What this means: Almond Nuts is rated Avoid (🔴). At 107 mg oxalate per serving, it exceeds the 100 mg threshold. Kidney stone patients should limit or avoid this food. If you do eat it, keep portions very small, pair it with calcium, and drink extra water. Check the full food page for safer alternatives.
Among nuts & seeds, Almond Nuts sits well above the category average of 34 mg. For context, 29 out of 51 nuts & seeds (56%) are rated 🟢 Safe (under 25 mg oxalate/serving). The average nuts & seeds in our database has 34 mg oxalate per serving — which means Almond Nuts is 210% above the category norm. Within its specific category, Almond Nuts ranks on the higher end for oxalate. 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 nuts & seeds rated Avoid to compare within the same verdict level.
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. For context, Almond Nuts measures 107 mg per 1/4 cup, rated Avoid.
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 Almond Nuts, the measured oxalate value is 107 mg per 1/4 cup (Avoid).
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. Applied to Almond Nuts: 107 mg oxalate per 1/4 cup — Avoid per Harvard (2024).