Uric Acid Content and pH of Foods and Drinks
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Food & Drink
pH Uric Acid
Average (range)
(mg/100g)
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Abalone 112
Almond, sweet 37
Anchovies
6.5 239
Apple
3.3~4.0 14
Apricot
3.3~4.8 73
Artichoke
5.5~6.0 78
Asparagus
6.0~6.7 23 (20~30)
Aspirin (325 mg in 25 mL water) 5.8
Aubergine (eggplant)
5.5~6.5 21
Avocado 6.3~6.6 19
Bamboo shoots
5.1~6.2 29
Banana
4.5~5.2 57
Baking soda (2.5 mg in 50 mg water)
7.7
Barley, whole grain
5.2~5.3 (cooked) 96
Bean, black
146 (137~146)
Beans, French (string beans)
5.6 37 (20~43)
Beans, French, dried 45
(40~50)
Bean, Indian
83
Bean, kidney
30
Bean, lentil, seed, dry 127 (114~165)
Bean, Mung
94
Bean, mungo, seed, dry 222
Bean, soybean cured (tofu) 68
Bean, soy
141
Bean, soy, seed,
dry 190
Bean, soy sauce 6
(1~10)
Bean sprout, soy 80
Bean, Uzura
71
Bean, white, seed, dry 128
Beef, brain 75
Beef, brain, calf's 92
Beef, chest gland 1032
Beef, chuck
120
Beef, corned 57
Beef, fillet
110
Beef, fore rib 120
Beef, heart
256 (256~408)
Beef, kidney 269 (200~269)
Beef, kidney, calf's 218
(218~240)
Beef, liver
554 (333~554)
Beef, liver, Calf's 460
Beef, lungs (lights) 399
Beef, lungs, calf's 147
Beef, muscles only 133
Beef, roast, sirloin 110
(110~120)
Beef, shoulder 110
Beef, spleen
444
Beef, spleen, calf's 343
Beef, tongue
160
Beef, calf's chop, cutlet with bone 140
Beef, calf's fillet 140
Beef, calf's knuckle with bone 150 (140~160)
Beef, calf's leg, with bone 150
Beef, calf's, liver 233
Beef, calf's lungs 147
Beef, calf's, muscle only 172
Beef, calf's, neck with bone 150
Beef, calf's, shoulder 140
Beer, alcohol free 8
Beer, Lager 4.0~4.7
Beer, regular 3.3~3.7 13
Beer, light
14
Beet root 5.3~6.6 19 (15~21)
Bilberry, blueberry,
huckleberry 22
(15~40)
Blackberry 3.9~4.5
Blueberry 3.1~3.3
Brandy 4.1
Bread, wheat
5.0~6.2 14
Bread, rolls
21
Broccoli
6.3~6.5 (cooked) 81
Brussel sprouts
6.0~6.3 69
Cabbage, red
5.6~6.0 32 (20~37)
Cabbage, savoy 6.3 37 (20~42)
Cabbage, white
6.2 22
Cantelope 33
Carp 6.0 160
Carrot 5.9~6.4 17 (14~25)
Cauliflower 5.6 51
Caviar 5.7~6.0 144
Caviar substitute 18
Celery, root (celeriac)
5.7~6.0 30
Cherry
3.3~4.5
Cheese, Brie
7.1 7
Cheese, Cheddar, 50% fat
5.9 6
Cheese, cottage
4.8~5.0 9
Cheese,
Cheese, Limburger, 20% fat 32
Cherry, Morello 17
Cherry, sweet
4.0~4.5 7
Chicken, breast 137
Chicken (breast with skin) 175
Chicken (for roasting) 115
Chicken, boiling fowl 159
Chicken, leg with skin, without bone 110
Chicken, liver 243
Chicory 12
Chives
5.2~6.3 67
Clams
221
Club soda
5.0
Cocoa powder, part of oil removed 71
Coffee, brewed 5.5
Cod
5.3~6.1 (boiled) 109
Cola & clear soda drinks 2.7
Corn, sweet
5.9~7.3 52
Crab
6.5~7.0 168
Cranberry
2.3~2.5
Crayfish
60
Cress
28
Crispbread
60
Cucumber 5.1~5.8 7
Currant, red
17
Dates, dried
35
Deer, back
105
Deer, leg 138
Deer, meat
111
Duck
138 (138~153)
Duck, heart
147
Egg, Chicken <50
Eggplant (aubergine) 5.5~6.5 21
Eel
115
Eel, smoked
78 (45~115)
Elderberry, black 33
Endive
17
Fennel leaves
5.5~5.9 14 (10~16)
Fig (dried)
64
Fish, anchovy
6.5 239
Fish, avalone 112
Fish, carp
6.0 160
Fish, cod
5.3~6.1 109
Fish, crayfish 60
Fish, eel
115
Fish, eel, smoked 78
(45~115)
Fish, haddock
6.2~6.8 139
Fish, halibut 178
Fish, herring roe 190
Fish, herring, Atlantic
6.1 210
Fish, herring, Matje cured 4.5~5.0 219
Fish, mackerel
6.1~6.5 (boiled) 145 (95~194)
Fish, pike
140
Fish, pike-perch 110
Fish, pedfish (ocean perch) 241
Fish, paithe (coalfish) 163
Fish, salmon 5.4~6.5 170 (110~250)
Fish, sardine 345
Fish, sardines in oil
5.4~5.9 480 (399~560)
Fish, shellfish, shrimp, brown
6.5~7.0 147 (60~234)
Fish, sole
131 (125~137)
Fish, trout
297
Fish, tuna
257
Fish, tuna in oil 290
Frankfurter sausages 89
(69~130)
Goose
165 (165~240)
Gooseberry
2.8~3.1 16
Grape
2.8~3.8 27
Grape, dried, raisin, sultana 107
Grapefruit
3.0~3.8
Grass, viper's (black salsify) 71
Ham, cooked
131
Horse meat 200
Kale
6.4~6.8 48
Kiwi fruit
19
Kohirabi
25 (11~30)
Lamb, muscles only) 182
Lamb, heart
241 (241~408)
Lamb, kidney
195 (195~336)
Lamb, sparerib 125
Lamb, spleen
773
Shrimp, brown
6.5~7.0 147 (60~234)
Leek
5.5~6.2 74
Lentil, seed, dry 127
(114~165)
Lemon, juice
2.0~2.8
Lettuce
5.8~6.5 13 (10~29)
Lettuce, lamb's 38
Lime juice
2.0~2.8
Linseed 105
Liver
6.8
Liver, beef
554 (333~554)
Liver, calf's 460
Liver, chicken 243 (243~645)
Liver, Pork
516 (516~548)
Lobster
7.1~7.4 118 (60~175)
Maize
10
Meat extracts 280
(160~400)
Melon, cantelope 6.1~6.6 33
Milk, cow
6.4~6.8
Millet, shucked corn 62
Morel 30
Mushroom
6.0~6.7 58 (55~215)
Mushrooms, canned, solid & liquid 29
Mushrooms, chanterelle, canned,
solid
& liquid 17
Mushroom, flat, edible boletus, cep 92
Mushroom, flat, edible boletus, dried 488
Mushroom, morel 30
Mushroom, oyster 50
Mussels
6.0~6.9 112
Neck sweet bread, Calf's 1260
Nuts, almond, sweet 37
Nuts,
Nuts, hazelnut (cobnut) 37 (27~42)
Nuts, peanut
79
Nuts, walnut
25
Oat 60
Oats, whole grain 94
Olive, green, marinated 29
Onion
5.3~5.8 13
Orange
3.6~4.3 19
Oyster
90
Oysters
239 (
Parsley, leaf
5.7~6.0 57
Pasta made with egg 40
Pea, pod and seed, green 84
Pea, seed, dry 95
(85~167)
Peach
3.3~4.1 21
Peanut 100
Pear
3.5~4.6 12 (2~17)
Peas, chick (garbanzo), seed, dry
5.2~5.9 109
Peppers, green 55
Pineapple
3.2~4.0 19
Plaice
93
Plum
2.8~4.5 24
Prune
4.0
Poppy seed, dry 170
Pork belly
100 (80~110)
Pork belly, raw, smoked dried 127
Pork brain
83
Pork chop with bone 145 (140~150)
Pork chuck
140 (135~145)
Pork fillet
150 (145~150)
Pork ham, cooked 131
Pork heart 530
(408~530)
Pork kidney
334 (240~336)
Pork leg (hind leg) 160
(150~160)
Pork liver 515 (516~548)
Pork, lungs (lights) 434
Pork muscles only 166
(154~166)
Pork shoulder with skin 150 (145~150)
Pork, sparerib 118
Pork, spleen
516
Pork tongue
136
Potato
5.4~5.9 16
Potato, cooked with skin 18
Pudding, black 55
(37~91)
Pumpkin
4.9~5.5 44
Quince
3.1~3.4 (stewed) 30
Rabbit meat, with bone 112 (95~150)
Rabbit/Hare
105
Radish
15
Radishes
5.5~6.1 13
Raspberry
3.2~4.0 18
Rhubarb
3.1~3.4 12
Sauerkraut, dripped off 16 (12~20)
Sausage
"Bierschinchen" 85
Sausage
"Fleischwurst" 78
Sausage "Jagdwurst" 112
Sausage, Franfurter 89
(69~130)
Sausage "Mortadella" 96 (79~130)
Sausage "Munich
Weisswurst"
73
Sausage salami, German 104
Sausage, liver (liverwurst) 165
Sausage,
Sausage, frying, from pork 101
Sausage, fryuing, from veal 91
Sausage, German (Mettwurst) 74
Scallop
6.0 136
Scallop, dried 390
Seaweeds
274
Seltzer
3.6
Sesame seed, Asian, dry 62
Sheep's heart 241 (241~408)
Sheep's kidney 195
(195~336)
Sheep's, sparerib 125
Sheep's spleen 773
Shellfish, avalone 112
Shellfish, crab
6.5~7.0 168
Shellfish, mussels 6.0~6.9 112
Shellfish, oyster 90
Shellfish, oysters 239
Shellfish, shrimp, brown
6.5~7.0 147 (60~234)
Soybean
141
Soy, bean sprouts 80
Soy, Tofu 68
Soy, seed,
dry 190
Soy, sauce
6 (1~10)
Spinach
5.5~6.8 57 (57~70)
Sprat, smoked 804
Squash, summer
5.2~6.5 (cooked) 24
Strawberry
3.0~3.9 21 (12~26)
Sunflower seed, dry 143
Sweetbreads 825
Sweetbread, calf's neck 1260
Tea, brewed
4.0~6.5
Tench
80
Theobromine 2300
Tofu
7.2 68
Tomato
4.0~4.6
Tonic water
2.5
Trout
297
Tuna 257
Tuna, in oil
290
Tomato
4.3~4.9 11
Turkey, young, average, with skin 150
Veal chop, cutlet with bone 140
Veal fillet
140
Veal knuckle with bone 150
(140~160)
Veal, leg, with bone 150
Veal, muscle only 172
Veal, neck with bone 150
Veal, shoulder 140
Venison back
105
Venison haunch (leg) 138
(105~154)
Vinegar
2.4~3.4
Vodka
4.5
Wheat, whole grain 51
(40~83)
Whisky
4.0
Wine
2.8~3.5
Yeast, baker's 680
(589~680)
Yeast, brewer's 1810
Yogurt, min 3.5% fat 8