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Beef and broccoli

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #13 of 38 frozen dinners and entrees we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 meal (255 g)
Purine per servingabout 87 mg, at most 157 mg (39% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 62 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 167 mg per serving
Main purine sourcebeef roast
Fructose per serving1.5 g
Added sugar per serving0 g
Total sugar per serving3 g

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
seasoned braised beef beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 33% 106 mg 106 mg
chicken broth chicken bone broth (B) 30 mg up to 50% 38 mg 36 mg
soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 20% 26 mg 15 mg
broccoli broccoli (A) 70 mg up to 100% 179 mg under 1 mg
carrots carrots (A) 2 mg up to 25% 1 mg under 1 mg
sesame seed oil tahini (A) 37 mg up to 2% 2 mg under 1 mg
white wine white wine (D) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cochin ginger ginger root (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
white pepper red and green bell peppers (A) 1 mg up to 2% 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 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 87 mg of purine per serving, and at most 157 mg (39% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from beef roast. 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: BROCCOLI, CHICKEN BROTH, SEASONED BRAISED BEEF (BEEF, WATER, SEA SALT, SEASONING [ONION, GARLIC, SPICES], FLAVORINGS, OLIVE OIL, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN), CARROTS, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, ALCOHOL, VINEGAR, LACTIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORN STARCH, SESAME SEED OIL, COOKING WINE (WHITE WINE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT), RICE VINEGAR, CANOLA OIL, GARLIC POWDER, COCHIN GINGER, LOCUST BEAN GUM, WHITE PEPPER.

Serving: 1 meal (255 g). Added sugar: 0 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2623389), dated 2023-08-31. UPC 072655900004. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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