How much Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce can I eat with gout?

A typical serving is about 16 g, which delivers 1 mg of purines, or under 1% of a ~400 mg working daily target. Stick to one normal portion and skip seconds, especially during a flare.

Is Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce high in purines?

Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce is low in purines by weight: about 9 mg per 100 g. A typical 16 g serving works out to about 1 mg, or under 1% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

Does Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce cause gout?

No single food causes gout; it develops from high uric acid over time. Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce is graded C: a normal portion is fine, but it counts against your daily total, so it is the second helping and the frequency that matter.

Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce

Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce is fine in moderation. Watch your portion size, especially during a flare. A typical 16 g serving has about 1 mg of purines, under 1% of a ~400 mg working daily target. It also carries about 2.9 g of fructose per serving, which raises uric acid on its own.

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

This is a concentrated source of sugar: high in fructose, which raises uric acid on its own. A small amount is fine, but it is easy to overdo, so we do not rate it as safe to eat freely. The fructose figure counts both free fructose and the fructose released from sucrose.

How much can I eat?

Units

A typical serving is about 16 g, which delivers 1 mg of purines, or under 1% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

This serving

1 tbsp

16 g

Purine / serving

1 mg

% daily purine

<1%

Fructose / serving

2.9 g

Purines in this serving1 mg · <1% of a day

0 mg~400 mg daily limit

Fructose in this serving2.9 g · 23% of our daily reference

0 gour 12.5 g/day reference

Added fructose raises uric acid on its own, so keep sugary foods and drinks small. This is the fructose, not the total sugar: a sucrose-sweetened product carries roughly twice this much sugar overall.

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)

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Purines are not the limit here: even a large serving stays well within a ~400 mg working daily purine target. The sugar is what climbs with the portion.

Only part of these purines counts toward gout: the 1 mg here counts as roughly 1 mg toward your gout risk.

Sweet and Sour / Orange Glaze Sauce fits in moderation, so portion is the thing to get right.

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Why grade C

Fine in moderation. Mind your portion size, especially during a flare.

Added fructose raises uric acid as your body breaks it down, even when the purine number looks low.

Added fructose trigger

Per 100 g (for comparison)

Purines Low confidence

9 mg/100g

LowModerateHighVery high

Low for gout (< 50 mg/100g).

Fructose Low confidence (estimated)

18 g/100g

LowModerateHighVery high

Very high for gout (> 15 g/100g).

This purine value is inferred, not measured directly for this food. See the sources note below for how it was derived.

Processing: NOVA 3 of 4 (processed food). How processing affects the grade.

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Good to know: Composition-inferred: a sugar+vinegar(+tomato/fruit) glaze with negligible nucleic-acid content; the gout-relevant driver is added sugar, so it carries the added-sugar (fructose) flag. Used by the Dish Decoder for sweet-glazed dishes (orange/sesame/general tso/sweet-and-sour) in place of the prior honey proxy.

Sources

1. Purine data: Inferred from food composition Evidence tier: Estimated Replication: sample count not recorded

Source details
Value inferred from food composition or a measured constituent food (for example a related whole food, or USDA FoodData Central sugar data). See the note on this food for the specific basis and figures.
2. Fructose data: Inferred from food composition Evidence tier: Estimated

Values are per 100g unless a note says otherwise, rounded to three significant figures; per-serving figures are calculated from the unrounded measurement, so recomputing from the rounded number can differ by a milligram or so. A single determination is normal in food composition tables, not a defect. Last reviewed July 18, 2026.

How we grade foods

Grades combine purine and fructose data with known gout triggers and benefits. We show our confidence on every food.

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How much can I eat?

Why grade C

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