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Zesty Italian Dressing Lite

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #8 of 38 salad dressing we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving2 Tbsp (32 g)
Purine per servingunder 1 mg (0% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gunder 1 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingunder 1 mg per serving
Main purine sourceonions
Fructose per serving1 g
Added sugar per serving2 g
Total sugar per serving2 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
onions onions (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
red bell peppers 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.
  • Under 1 mg of purine per serving, well under 1% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 2 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: WATER, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, GARLIC*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF RED BELL PEPPERS*, CITRIC ACID, ONIONS*, XANTHAN GUM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SPICE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), *DRIED

Serving: 2 Tbsp (32 g). Added sugar: 2 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2561516), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 021000701476. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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