Vegetables

Are bamboo shoots high in oxalate?

Lower-oxalate swap: Mushrooms, grade A, about <1 mg per 1 cup sliced.

Bamboo shoots are high in oxalate: about 39 mg per 1/2 cup, cooked or canned, which is 78% of the 50 mg a day many stone clinics aim for, or 39% of the 100 mg others allow.

If your doctor has put you on a low-oxalate diet, eat it with something high in calcium, like milk, yogurt or cheese. Calcium in the same meal binds oxalate in the gut, so less of it reaches your urine. How much calcium, and what if you don't eat dairy.

50 or 100 mg a day: which target is yours

Boiling and draining lowers oxalate, because the soluble part leaches into the water. Compare the raw and boiled rows below.

Why sources disagree on bamboo shoots

The 2 studies here run from 7.3 to 71 mg per 1/2 cup, cooked or canned, measured between 2006 and 2023. They tested 3 preparations, and growing conditions, variety and lab method all move the number.

Where this number comes from

Each row is one published measurement, converted to a 76 g serving (1/2 cup, cooked or canned). The grade and the range use the rows prepared the way the serving is eaten, and take the middle. How the grades work.

By Oliver Silen · Data checked November 2, 2026 · Not medical advice