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Purine content of vegetables

Almost all vegetables are low-purine. The handful that are not — dried mushrooms, some sprouts, seaweed — are the ones worth knowing. 171 measurements across 99 foods, in milligrams per 100 g, each with its source.

Median in this category
17 mg
Lowest measured
0.4 mg
Highest measured
415 mg

Low

Low· under 30 mg68 foods

Generally treated as unrestricted on a low-purine diet — these are the foods most gout diets build around.

Fairly low

Fairly low· 30–75 mg26 foods

Usually eaten in normal portions without much concern, though they add up across a day.

Fairly high

Fairly high· 75–150 mg2 foods

Commonly limited rather than avoided — portion size is what makes the difference here. Most English-language charts call this whole range moderate.

High

High· 150–200 mg1 food

Above the top NHC threshold, but still below the point at which the Japanese guideline calls a food high. Many everyday meats and fish live here.

Very high

Very high· 200–300 mg1 food

High by every published scheme at once. Organ meats, most shellfish and oily fish cluster in this band.

Extremely high

Extremely high· over 300 mg1 food

The concentrated end of the database: dried seafood, yeast, stock powders and liver. Almost everything here is eaten in grams rather than portions.

Reference information only. Purine values describe foods, not people: they cannot tell you what is safe for you to eat, and nothing here diagnoses or treats gout. Talk to your doctor or dietitian about your own diet and medication.

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