224 Foods (alphabetically) |
Total Purines
in mg uric acid/100 g (Average) |
Min |
Max |
Nutr. Density in
mg/MJ |
|
|
HIGHEST IN PURINES (400 mg. uric acid/100 g and higher) |
|
Fish, sardines in oil |
480 |
399 |
560 |
519.5 |
|
Liver, Calf's |
460 |
|
|
837.5 |
|
Mushroom,
flat, edible Boletus, dried |
488 |
|
|
932.8 |
|
Neck sweet
bread, Calf's |
1260 |
|
|
3012.9 |
|
Ox liver |
554 |
|
|
1013.3 |
|
Ox spleen |
444 |
|
|
1052.6 |
|
Pig's heart |
530 |
|
|
1382 |
|
Pig's liver |
515 |
|
|
937.9 |
|
Pig's lungs
(lights) |
434 |
|
|
911.2 |
|
Pig's spleen |
516 |
|
|
1208.2 |
|
Sheep's spleen |
773 |
|
|
1702.6 |
|
Sprat, smoked |
804 |
|
|
795.6 |
|
Theobromine |
2300 |
|
|
1611.3 |
|
Yeast, Baker's |
680 |
|
|
2071.3 |
|
Yeast,
Brewer's |
1810 |
|
|
1866.6 |
|
MODERATELY HIGH IN PURINES (100 to 400 mg. uric acid/100g) |
|
Bean, seed,
white, dry |
128 |
|
|
127.1 |
|
Bean, Soya,
seed, dry |
190 |
|
|
139.1 |
|
Beef, chuck |
120 |
|
|
192 |
|
Beef, fillet |
110 |
|
|
216.4 |
|
Beef, fore
rib, entrecote |
120 |
|
|
185.4 |
|
Beef, muscles
only |
133 |
|
|
292.1 |
|
Beef, roast
beef, sirloin |
110 |
110 |
120 |
201.4 |
|
Beef, shoulder |
110 |
|
|
203.9 |
|
Black gram
(mungo bean), seed, dry |
222 |
|
|
194.3 |
|
Caviar (real) |
144 |
|
|
141.6 |
|
Chicken
(breast with skin) |
175 |
|
|
288.4 |
|
Chicken
(chicken for roasting), average |
115 |
|
|
165.8 |
|
Chicken,
boiling fowl, average |
159 |
|
|
149.2 |
|
Chicken, leg
with skin, without bone |
110 |
|
|
152.2 |
|
Duck, average |
138 |
|
|
146.2 |
|
Fish, Anchovy |
239 |
|
|
560 |
|
Fish, Carp |
160 |
|
|
330.9 |
|
Fish, Cod |
109 |
|
|
335.9 |
|
Fish, Haddock |
139 |
|
|
425.2 |
|
Fish, Halibut |
178 |
|
|
439.9 |
|
Fish, Herring
roe |
190 |
|
|
342.4 |
|
Fish, Herring,
Atlantic |
210 |
|
|
216.9 |
|
Fish, Herring,
Matje cured |
219 |
|
|
197.6 |
|
Fish, Mackerel |
145 |
95 |
194 |
191.2 |
|
Fish,
Pike-perch |
110 |
|
|
311.3 |
|
Fish, Redfish
(ocean perch) |
241 |
|
|
544.1 |
|
Fish, Saithe
(coalfish) |
163 |
|
|
473.4 |
|
Fish, salmon |
170 |
110 |
250 |
202 |
|
Fish, sardine,
pilchard |
345 |
|
|
693.2 |
|
Fish, Sole |
131 |
125 |
137 |
376.2 |
|
Fish, trout |
297 |
|
|
686.7 |
|
Fish, Tuna |
257 |
|
|
273.7 |
|
Fish, Tuna in
oil |
290 |
|
|
246.2 |
|
Goose |
165 |
|
|
116.7 |
|
Grape, dried,
raisin, sultana |
107 |
|
|
86.4 |
|
Ham, cooked |
131 |
|
|
248.1 |
|
Heart, Sheep's |
241 |
|
|
367.6 |
|
Horse meat |
200 |
|
|
438.8 |
|
Kidney, Calf's |
218 |
|
|
419.6 |
|
Lamb (muscles
only) |
182 |
|
|
371 |
|
Lentil, seed,
dry |
127 |
114.45 |
164.65 |
93.8 |
|
Linseed |
105 |
|
|
67.4 |
|
Liver, chicken |
243 |
|
|
426.3 |
|
Lobster |
118 |
60 |
175 |
346.4 |
|
Lungs, Calf's |
147 |
|
|
389.1 |
|
Mussel |
112 |
|
|
391.5 |
|
Ox heart |
256 |
|
|
504.3 |
|
Ox kidney |
269 |
|
|
569.5 |
|
Ox lungs
(lights) |
399 |
|
|
961.4 |
|
Ox tongue |
160 |
|
|
186 |
|
Peas, chick
(garbanzo), seed, dry |
109 |
|
|
84.2 |
|
Pig's kidney |
334 |
|
|
784.5 |
|
Pig's tongue |
136 |
|
|
208.2 |
|
Pike |
140 |
|
|
406.7 |
|
Poppy seed,
seed, dry |
170 |
|
|
86 |
|
Pork belly |
100 |
80 |
110 |
92.3 |
|
Pork belly,
raw, smoked dried |
127 |
|
|
82.6 |
|
Pork chop with
bone |
145 |
140 |
150 |
260 |
|
Pork chuck |
140 |
135 |
145 |
170.4 |
|
Pork fillet |
150 |
145 |
150 |
334.8 |
|
Pork hip bone
(hind leg) |
120 |
115 |
130 |
155 |
|
Pork leg (hind
leg) |
160 |
150 |
160 |
357.4 |
|
Pork muscles
only |
166 |
|
|
374.9 |
|
Pork shoulder
with skin (blade of shoulder) |
150 |
145 |
150 |
165.2 |
|
Rabbit meat,
average with bone |
132 |
95 |
150 |
207.7 |
|
Rabbit/Hare
(average) |
105 |
|
|
219.4 |
|
Sausage
"Jagdwurst" |
112 |
|
|
127.8 |
|
Sausage
salami, German |
104 |
|
|
65.9 |
|
Sausage, liver
(liverwurst) |
165 |
|
|
122.2 |
|
Sausages,
frying, from pork |
101 |
|
|
80.2 |
|
Scallop |
136 |
|
|
505.8 |
|
Shrimp, brown |
147 |
60 |
234 |
397.9 |
|
Spleen, Calf's |
343 |
|
|
815.9 |
|
Sunflower
seed, dry |
143 |
|
|
59.5 |
|
Turkey, young animal,
average, with skin |
150 |
|
|
237.3 |
|
Veal chop,
cutlet with bone |
140 |
|
|
309.6 |
|
Veal fillet |
140 |
|
|
347.3 |
|
Veal knuckle
with bone |
150 |
140 |
160 |
353.2 |
|
Veal, leg of
veal with bone |
150 |
140 |
150 |
310.2 |
|
Veal, muscles
only |
172 |
|
|
438.7 |
|
Veal, neck
with bone |
150 |
|
|
326.9 |
|
Veal, shoulder |
140 |
|
|
309.3 |
|
Venison back |
105 |
|
|
205 |
|
Venison haunch
(leg) |
138 |
105 |
154 |
336.5 |
|
LOWEST IN PURINES (100 mg. uric acid/100 g and less) |
|
Almond, sweet |
37 |
|
|
15.7 |
|
Apple |
14 |
|
|
60.1 |
|
Apricot |
73 |
|
|
71.6 |
|
Artichoke |
78 |
|
|
834.6 |
|
Asparagus |
23 |
19.71 |
29.57 |
310.9 |
|
Aubergine |
21 |
|
|
290 |
|
Avocado |
19 |
|
|
20.9 |
|
Bamboo Shoots |
29 |
|
|
402.1 |
|
Banana |
57 |
|
|
152.4 |
|
Barley without
husk, whole grain |
96 |
|
|
71.1 |
|
Bean sprouts,
Soya |
80 |
|
|
378.3 |
|
Beans, French (string beans,
haricot) |
37 |
20 |
43 |
266.9 |
|
Beans, French,
dried |
45 |
40 |
50 |
39.4 |
|
Beef, corned
(German) |
57 |
|
|
96.5 |
|
Beer, alcohol
free |
8.1 |
|
|
75.4 |
|
Beer, Pilsner
lager beer, regular beer, German |
13 |
|
|
75.2 |
|
Beer, real,
light |
14 |
|
|
86 |
|
Beet root |
19 |
15 |
21 |
108.5 |
|
Bilberry,
blueberry, huckleberry |
22 |
|
|
143.7 |
|
Brain, Calf's |
92 |
|
|
203.1 |
|
Bread, wheat
(flour) or (white bread) |
14 |
|
|
13.9 |
|
Broccoli |
81 |
|
|
691.6 |
|
Brussel
sprouts |
69 |
|
|
456 |
|
Cabbage, red |
32 |
19.79 |
36.62 |
350.2 |
|
Cabbage, savoy |
37 |
19.87 |
42.71 |
342.6 |
|
Cabbage, white |
22 |
|
|
210.3 |
|
Carrot |
17 |
14 |
25 |
155.9 |
|
Cauliflower |
51 |
|
|
537.9 |
|
Caviar
substitute |
18 |
|
|
37.8 |
|
Celeriac |
30 |
|
|
390.6 |
|
Cheese, Brie |
7.1 |
|
|
5 |
|
Cheese,
Cheddar/Cheshire cheese, 50% fat content in dry
matter |
6 |
|
|
4.3 |
|
Cheese,
cottage |
9.4 |
|
|
22 |
|
Cheese, edam,
30% fat content in dry matter |
7.1 |
|
|
6.8 |
|
Cheese, edam,
40% fat content in dry matter |
7.1 |
|
|
5.4 |
|
Cheese, edam,
45% fat content in dry matter |
7.1 |
|
|
4.8 |
|
Cheese,
Limburger, 20% fat content in dry matter |
32 |
|
|
41.7 |
|
Cherry,
Morello |
17 |
|
|
75.5 |
|
Cherry, sweet |
7.1 |
|
|
64.2 |
|
Chicory |
12 |
|
|
171.8 |
|
Chinese leaves |
21 |
|
|
412.4 |
|
Chives |
67 |
|
|
581.2 |
|
Cocoa powder,
oil partially removed, not including theobromine |
71 |
|
|
49.7 |
|
Corn, sweet |
52 |
|
|
140.9 |
|
Fish, Crayfish |
60 |
|
|
220.3 |
|
Cress |
28 |
|
|
200.8 |
|
Crispbread |
60 |
|
|
44.9 |
|
Cucumber |
7.3 |
|
|
141.7 |
|
Currant, red |
17 |
|
|
122.6 |
|
Date, dried |
35 |
|
|
29.9 |
|
Elderberry,
black |
33 |
|
|
144.4 |
|
Endive |
17 |
|
|
297.7 |
|
Fennel leaves |
14 |
10 |
16 |
139 |
|
Fig (dried) |
64 |
|
|
60.4 |
|
Fish, eel
(smoked) |
78 |
45 |
110 |
57.2 |
|
Frankfurter
sausages |
89 |
68.74 |
129.52 |
80.2 |
|
Gooseberry |
16 |
|
|
101.3 |
|
Grape |
27 |
|
|
94.6 |
|
Grass, Viper's
(black salsify) |
71 |
|
|
939.4 |
|
Kale |
48 |
|
|
309.1 |
|
Kiwi fruit
(Chinese gooseberry, strawberry peach) |
19 |
|
|
88.5 |
|
Kohlrabi |
25 |
10.86 |
29.61 |
243.9 |
|
Leek |
74 |
|
|
714.1 |
|
Lettuce |
13 |
9.75 |
29.25 |
274.4 |
|
Lettuce,
Lamb's |
38 |
|
|
645.3 |
|
Meat, luncheon |
70 |
|
|
58.8 |
|
Melon,
Cantelope |
33 |
|
|
143 |
|
Millet,
shucked corn |
62 |
|
|
41.9 |
|
Morel |
30 |
|
|
748.9 |
|
Mushroom |
58 |
55.48 |
60.52 |
858.2 |
|
Mushroom,
flat, edible Boletus, cep |
92 |
|
|
1011.6 |
|
Mushrooms,
canned, solid and liquid |
29 |
|
|
488.5 |
|
Mushrooms,
Chanterelle |
17 |
|
|
356.2 |
|
Mushrooms,
Chanterelles, canned, solids & liquids |
17 |
|
|
114.2 |
|
Nuts, Brazil |
23 |
|
|
8.3 |
|
Nuts, hazelnut
(cobnut) |
37 |
27 |
42 |
13.9 |
|
Nuts, peanut |
79 |
|
|
33.8 |
|
Oats, without
husk, whole grain |
94 |
|
|
63.6 |
|
Olive, green,
marinated |
29 |
|
|
51.1 |
|
Onion |
13 |
|
|
112.4 |
|
Orange |
19 |
|
|
105.9 |
|
Ox brain |
75 |
|
|
140.7 |
|
Oyster |
90 |
|
|
322.6 |
|
Oyster,
mushroom |
50 |
|
|
1054.6 |
|
Parsley, leaf |
57 |
|
|
266.2 |
|
Pasta made
with egg (noodles, macaroni, spaghetti, etc. |
40 |
|
|
26.6 |
|
Pea, pod and
seed, green |
84 |
|
|
245.7 |
|
Pea, seed, dry |
95 |
84.78 |
166.56 |
82.7 |
|
Peach |
21 |
|
|
119.6 |
|
Pear |
12 |
2 |
17 |
51.5 |
|
Peppers, green |
55 |
|
|
681 |
|
Pig's brain |
83 |
|
|
161.71 |
|
Pineapple |
19 |
|
|
81.4 |
|
Plaice |
93 |
|
|
257.6 |
|
Plum |
24 |
|
|
116.8 |
|
Plum, dried |
64 |
|
|
67.9 |
|
Potato |
16 |
|
|
53.6 |
|
Potato, cooked
with skin |
18 |
|
|
60.3 |
|
Pudding, black |
55 |
37.23 |
90.55 |
42.8 |
|
Pumpkin |
44 |
|
|
422 |
|
Quince |
30 |
|
|
185 |
|
Radish |
15 |
|
|
234.3 |
|
Radishes |
13 |
|
|
210.6 |
|
Raspberry |
18 |
|
|
126.3 |
|
Rhubarb |
12 |
|
|
212.6 |
|
Rolls, bread |
21 |
|
|
18.2 |
|
Rye, whole
grain |
51 |
47 |
63 |
41 |
|
Sauerkraut,
dripped off |
16 |
12 |
20 |
224.7 |
|
Sausage
"Bierschincken" |
85 |
|
|
117.3 |
|
Sausage
"Fleischwurst" |
78 |
|
|
66.8 |
|
Sausage
"Mortadella" |
96 |
79 |
130 |
67.4 |
|
Sausage
"Munich Weisswurst" |
73 |
|
|
65.7 |
|
Sausage,
Vienna |
78 |
|
|
65.7 |
|
Sausages,
frying, from veal |
91 |
|
|
81.5 |
|
Sausages,
German (Mettwurst) |
74 |
|
|
45.9 |
|
Sesame
(gingelly) seed, Oriental, dry |
62 |
|
|
26.5 |
|
Spinach |
57 |
|
|
844.7 |
|
Squash, summer |
24 |
|
|
296.2 |
|
Strawberry |
21 |
11.81 |
25.59 |
156.8 |
|
Tench
|
80 |
|
|
243.8 |
|
Tofu |
68 |
|
|
196.4 |
|
Tomato |
11 |
|
|
145.7 |
|
Nuts, Walnut |
25 |
|
|
9.1 |
|
Wheat, whole
grain |
51 |
40.2 |
83.41 |
39.4 |
|
Yogurt, min.
3.5% fat content |
8.1 |
|
|
27.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|