White meat chicken nuggets
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 6 nuggets (84 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 66 mg, at most 147 mg (37% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 175 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 147 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | cooked chicken breast |
| Fructose per serving | 0.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 1 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 1 g |
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| white meat chicken | cooked chicken breast (C) | 175 mg | up to 100% | 147 mg | 147 mg |
| rice flour | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 50% | 14 mg | under 1 mg |
| rice starch | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| raisin juice concentrate | unsweetened grape juice (D) | 5 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| chicken never administered antibiotics or fed animal by-products | cooked chicken breast (C) | 175 mg | up to 2% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated D
- About 66 mg of purine per serving, and at most 147 mg (37% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken breast (cooked). Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 1 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: WHITE MEAT CHICKEN**, RICE FLOUR, WATER, TAPIOCA STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN STARCH, SEA SALT, RICE STARCH, CANE SUGAR, LEAVENING (CREAM OF TARTAR, SODIUM BICARBONATE), RAISIN JUICE CONCENTRATE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC, CELERY SEED, BLACK PEPPER, BREADING SET IN EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, **CHICKEN NEVER ADMINISTERED ANTIBIOTICS OR FED ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS
Serving: 6 nuggets (84 g). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2562025), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 025317055192. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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