Chicken of the sea
Sardines in mustard sauce
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 portion (106 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 235 mg, at most 423 mg (106% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 399 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 423 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | canned sardines |
| Fructose per serving | 0 g |
| Added sugar per serving | not on the label |
| Total sugar per serving | not on the label |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sardines | canned sardines (E) | 399 mg | up to 100% | 423 mg | 423 mg |
| mustard sauce | mustard (A) | 25 mg | up to 50% | 13 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 E
- Its main ingredient, canned sardines, is graded E on GoutSafe, and a product never rates safer than its main ingredient. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 235 mg of purine per serving, and at most 423 mg (106% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from canned sardines. 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. The label we read has no sugar line, so sugar is not part of this grade. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: sardines, mustard sauce (water, mustard powder, vinegar, maltodextrin, modified starch, citric acid, guar gum, spices, monosodium glutamate, turmeric oleoresin, xanthan gum, chili powder), salt
Serving: 1 portion (106 g). Label from Open Food Facts, dated 2022-02-10. UPC 048000007087. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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