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Purines content in food
What is the purine content in food?
The following table shows foods with different amounts (concentration) of purines:
– Foods in the green column are preferred. They are those with a lower content of purines, so we can always eat them.
– Foods in the orange column are those foods that we can be incorporated into our meals whenever we have not spells or attacks of gout. They are those with a moderate-purine content.
– Foods of the column in red should be avoided because they have a very high purine content.
Table of food containing purines, in 100g of food
| Purines in food | ||
| Low content of purines From 0mg to 50mg | Moderate content of purines From 50mg to 150mg | High content of purines Equal o superior to 150mg |
| Eggs Dairy and semi-skimmed or skimmed derivatives: milk, cheese, yogurt,… Tubers and legumes: chickpeas Vegetables: green beans, and vegetables… Without germ and refined cereals, white rice, pasta,… Fruits Nuts Other: olive oil, gelatin | Poultry meat: chicken, turkey, and white meat…: rabbit,… Legumes: lentils, peas, beans,… Vegetables: spinach, cabbage and asparagus. Mushrooms: Mushrooms,… White fish: cod, sea bass,… Seafood: oyster, lobster…… Hunting partridge, duck,… Whole grains or seeds: Oats, oatmeal, wheat germ, bran, | Viscera of animals: liver, kidneys, heart, gizzard,… Red meat (fat): beef, lamb, bacon,… Meat extracts and preparations (broth) or concentrates Pate and Foie Shellfish such as mussels and fish roe Small oily fish: sardines, mackerel, herring, anchovies, anchovies,… Brewer’s yeast, Baker’s yeast,… Alcoholic beverages |
* Related information: Characteristics of purines
More information on uric acid.
