Beecher's
Beechers mac & cheese world's best
- Purine: up to 12 mgGoutSafe ↗
- No added sugar
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 cup (225 g) Per serving (225 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 4 mg, at most 12 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 5 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 41 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | whole-grain wheat flour |
| Fructose per serving | 2.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 0 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 5 g |
The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semolina | whole-grain wheat flour (A) | 12 mg | up to 50% | 13 mg | 4 mg |
| rice starch | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 17% | 12 mg | 4 mg |
| rice flour | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 10% | 7 mg | 2 mg |
| durum wheat flour | whole-grain wheat flour (A) | 12 mg | up to 33% | 9 mg | 2 mg |
| sunflower seed oil | chia seeds (A) | 59 mg | up to 2% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
| milk | 2% milk (A) | 1 mg | up to 50% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| flagship cheese | cheddar cheese (A) | 7 mg | up to 33% | 5 mg | under 1 mg |
| just jack cheese | cheddar cheese (A) | 7 mg | up to 25% | 4 mg | under 1 mg |
| chipotle peppers | red and green bell peppers (A) | 1 mg | up to 13% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| tomato paste | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 4.2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| chili pepper and other spices | green pepper (A) | 2 mg | up to 9.1% | under 1 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 A
- About 4 mg of purine per serving, and at most 12 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from whole-grain wheat flour. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 0 g of added sugar per serving.
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: COOKED ENRICHED PENNE RIGATE (WATER, SEMOLINA [WHEAT], DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MILK (VITAMIN D3 ADDED), FLAGSHIP CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURE, ENZYMES), JUST JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURE, ENZYMES), WATER, RICE STARCH, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CHIPOTLE PUREE (CHIPOTLE PEPPERS, WATER, TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS SUNFLOWER SEED OIL, ONION, CORNSTARCH, VINEGAR, SALT, PAPRIKA, GARLIC, SPICES), SALT, RICE FLOUR, CHILI POWDER (CHILI PEPPER AND OTHER SPICES, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), DEHYDRATED GARLIC
Serving: 1 cup (225 g) Per serving (225 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2603605), dated 2023-07-13. UPC 782045112015. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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