Malt Beverage
Also listed as: Malt beverage, including non-alcoholic beer
Malt Beverage is fine in moderation. Watch your portion size, especially during a flare. A typical 240 g serving has about 7 mg of purines, about 2% of a ~400 mg working daily target.
General information, not a substitute for advice from your doctor or dietitian.
How much can I eat?
A typical serving is about 240 g, which delivers 7 mg of purines, or about 2% of a ~400 mg working daily target.
Fructose raises uric acid whatever it comes from, and this serving carries enough of it to count. The trials that found no effect from fruit tested ordinary portions under controlled energy intake, not large ones.
Evidence: Ayoub-Charette et al., J Nutr 2021 (fructose by food source) · White et al., Am J Clin Nutr 2018 (whole apple vs. a fructose drink, matched dose)
Even a large serving stays well within a ~400 mg working daily purine target.
Only part of these purines counts toward gout: the 7 mg here counts as roughly 3 mg toward your gout risk.
Portion size is what matters most here, and it’s easy to misjudge by eye. A kitchen scale makes it simple.
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Why grade C
Fine in moderation. Mind your portion size, especially during a flare.
Alcohol raises uric acid and slows how your kidneys clear it. It is an independent gout trigger regardless of purine content.
Per 100 g (for comparison)
Low for gout (< 50 mg/100g).
Moderate for gout (3–8 g/100g).
Processing: NOVA 3 of 4 (processed food). How processing affects the grade.
Eating malt beverage as part of a bigger dish? The Dish Decoder grades the whole plate, ingredient by ingredient.
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