How Much Oxalate Is in Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2)?
mg oxalate
per serving
Serving: 1 tsp (3 g)
Verdict: 🔴 Avoid
Per 100g: 3800 mg
Data: Harvard T.H. Chan SPH (2024)
What this means: Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) is rated Avoid (🔴). At 114 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, Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) 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 Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) is 231% above the category norm. Within its specific category, Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) 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?
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. Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) comes in at 114 mg oxalate per 1 tsp (Avoid) 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. Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) comes in at 114 mg oxalate per 1 tsp (Avoid) in the measured database.
How does this compare to other foods?
Anything under 25 mg per serving is Safe; 25-99 mg is Caution; 100 mg or more is Avoid. The category pages on OxalateWatch list foods side by side, so you can see where this one ranks. For context, Sesame Seeds (Sesame 2) measures 114 mg per 1 tsp, rated Avoid.