Del Monte
No Sugar Added Diced Pear Cups
Mostly one food: pear
Fruit bowls
CModerate GoutMarket grade · #12 of 21 on the canned fruit shelf
Is Dole Fruit bowls OK for gout?
In moderation. It rates C (Moderate), held there by ultra-processing. Its purine is low, at most 7 mg a serving, so processing, not purine, sets the grade.
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 7 mgGoutSafe ↗
- No added sugar
Better-rated on this shelf
- BGood Del Monte No Sugar Added Diced Pear Cups
- BGood Dole Pineapple
- BGood Del Monte Pineapple Chunks
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 cup (113 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 4 mg, at most 7 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 6 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 22 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | pineapple |
| Fructose per serving | 6.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 0 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pineapple | pineapple (B) | 19 mg | up to 50% | 11 mg | 3 mg |
| peaches | peach (A) | 21 mg | up to 33% | 8 mg | 2 mg |
| cherries | sweet cherries (B) | 17 mg | up to 17% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
| pears | pear (B) | 12 mg | up to 25% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
| white grape juice from concentrate | unsweetened grape juice (D) | 5 mg | up to 100% | 6 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%. Plain yeast and hops count at no more than 2% and yeast extract at no more than 5% wherever they sit, since recipes use them in small amounts. 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 C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 4 mg of purine per serving, and at most 7 mg (2% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from pineapple. 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: WHITE GRAPE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, WHITE GRAPE JUICE CONCENTRATE), PINEAPPLE, PEACHES, PEARS, ACEROLA JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, ACEROLA JUICE CONCENTRATE), CHERRIES (RED #3 COLOR), NATURAL FLAVORS, AND LEMON JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE).
Same recipe also sold as Cherry Mixed Fruit in 100% Fruit Juice. Serving: 1 cup (113 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2672049), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 038900720605. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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