Food |
Total Purines (mg uric acid/100g) (Average) |
Nutr. Density (mg/MJ) |
HIGHEST IN PURINES |
|
|
Fish, sardines in oil |
480 |
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 |
|
|
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 |
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 |
191.2 |
Fish, Pike-perch |
110 |
311.3 |
Fish, Redfish (ocean perch) |
241 |
544.1 |
Fish, Saithe (coalfish) |
163 |
473.4 |
Fish, salmon |
170 |
202 |
Fish, sardine, pilchard |
345 |
693.2 |
Fish, Sole |
131 |
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 |
93.8 |
Linseed |
105 |
67.4 |
Liver, chicken |
243 |
426.3 |
Lobster |
118 |
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 |
92.3 |
Pork belly, raw, smoked dried |
127 |
82.6 |
Pork chop with bone |
145 |
260 |
Pork chuck |
140 |
170.4 |
Pork fillet |
150 |
334.8 |
Pork hip bone (hind leg) |
120 |
155 |
Pork leg (hind leg) |
160 |
357.4 |
Pork muscles only |
166 |
374.9 |
Pork shoulder with skin (blade of shoulder) |
150 |
165.2 |
Rabbit meat, average with bone |
132 |
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 |
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 |
353.2 |
Veal, leg of veal with bone |
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 |
son haunch (leg) |
138 |
336.5 |
LOWEST IN PURINES |
|
|
Almond, sweet |
37 |
15.7 |
Apple |
14 |
60.1 |
Apricot |
73 |
71.6 |
Artichoke |
78 |
834.6 |
Asparagus |
23 |
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 |
266.9 |
Beans, French, dried |
45 |
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 |
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 |
350.2 |
Cabbage, savoy |
37 |
342.6 |
Cabbage, white |
22 |
210.3 |
Carrot |
17 |
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 cont |
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 includin |
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 |
139 |
Fig (dried) |
64 |
60.4 |
Fish, eel (smoked) |
78 |
57.2 |
Frankfurter sausages |
89 |
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 |
243.9 |
Leek |
74 |
714.1 |
Lettuce |
13 |
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 |
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 & liqui |
17 |
114.2 |
Nuts, Brazil |
23 |
8.3 |
Nuts, hazelnut (cobnut) |
37 |
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, spagh |
40 |
26.6 |
Pea, pod and seed, green |
84 |
245.7 |
Pea, seed, dry |
95 |
82.7 |
Peach |
21 |
119.6 |
Pear |
12 |
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 |
42.8 |