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Chickpeas (dried)

Also listed as: Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), dried, raw

Chickpeas (dried) are low risk in a normal serving and a good everyday choice for most people with gout. A typical 130 g serving has about 14 mg of purines, about 4% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

General information, not a substitute for advice from your doctor or dietitian.

Across forms of chickpeas:A· 14–34 mg per serving

Value is per 100g of dry, uncooked chickpeas. Cooking rehydrates them and roughly doubles-to-triples their weight, so cooked chickpeas contain well under half this per 100g. Judge a normal cooked serving, not the dry weight.

How much can I eat?

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A typical serving is about 130 g, which delivers 14 mg of purines, or about 4% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

This serving
¾ cup
130 g
Purine / serving
14 mg
% daily purine
4%
Purines in this serving14 mg · 4% of a day
0 mg~400 mg daily limit
¼ cup3 cups

Even a large serving stays well within a ~400 mg working daily purine target.

These are plant purines, which research links far more weakly to flares: the 14 mg here counts as roughly 4 mg toward your gout risk.

Figures use the as-eaten (cooked or reconstituted) concentration.

Chickpeas (dried) are an easy choice to keep on hand.

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Why grade A

Low risk in a typical serving. A great everyday choice for a gout-friendly diet.

Per 100 g (for comparison)

Purines Moderate confidence
56 mg/100g
LowModerateHighVery high

Moderate for gout (50–150 mg/100g).

Fructose Moderate confidence (estimated)
0.3 g/100g
LowModerateHighVery high

Low for gout (< 3 g/100g).

Fructose here is a category-level estimate, not a direct measurement for this food.

Processing: NOVA 1 of 4 (unprocessed or minimally processed). How processing affects the grade.

The 56 mg/100g above is the dried product. As eaten (cooked and drained) it is about 10.8 mg/100g; the per-serving figure and grade use that.

These are plant purines. Research links purines from vegetables, legumes, and mushrooms far more weakly to gout flares than purines from meat and seafood, so the per-100g figure overstates the real risk here.

Eating chickpeas (dried) as part of a bigger dish? The Dish Decoder grades the whole plate, ingredient by ingredient.

Other forms of chickpeas

Different cuts, species, or preparations vary in purines. The most common form of "chickpeas" is shown first below.

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