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Pierogies Potato and Onion
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Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
EAvoid GoutMarket grade · Avoid · #36 of 38 frozen dinners and entrees we grade
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 package (326 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 109 mg, at most 422 mg (106% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 129 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 446 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | lean ground beef |
| Fructose per serving | 3.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 2.9 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 7 g |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cooked beef | lean ground beef (D) | 252 mg | up to 20% | 164 mg | 164 mg |
| autolyzed yeast extract | dried yeast (D) | 847 mg | up to 5% | 138 mg | 138 mg |
| cooked pork | ground pork (D) | 183 mg | up to 17% | 99 mg | 99 mg |
| dried soy sauce | soy sauce (shoyu) (A) | 50 mg | up to 7.1% | 12 mg | 7 mg |
| beef stock | chicken bone broth (B) | 30 mg | up to 5.3% | 5 mg | 5 mg |
| bleached wheat flour | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 13% | 11 mg | 3 mg |
| textured soy flour | dried soybeans (A) | 33 mg | up to 8.3% | 9 mg | 3 mg |
| diced tomatoes | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 50% | 11 mg | 1 mg |
| pasta: cooked pasta | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 3.7% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
| tomato paste | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 33% | 7 mg | under 1 mg |
| tomato juice | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 25% | 5 mg | under 1 mg |
| onions | onions (A) | 2 mg | up to 14% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| dried onions | onions (A) | 2 mg | up to 6.7% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| parmesan & asiago cheeses | cheddar cheese (A) | 7 mg | up to 5.6% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| dried red bell peppers | red and green bell peppers (A) | 1 mg | up to 4% | 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 E
- About 109 mg of purine per serving, and at most 422 mg (106% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from lean ground beef. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 2.9 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
- Yeast extract is one of the most purine-dense ingredients there is, at 847 mg per 100 g dried. 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: MEAT SAUCE: WATER, DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO PASTE, TOMATO JUICE, COOKED BEEF, COOKED PORK, ONIONS, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, SALT, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, SPICES, DRIED SOY SAUCE (SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), DRIED ONIONS, DRIED GARLIC, SOYBEAN OIL, PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESE BLEND WITH FLAVOR (PARMESAN & ASIAGO CHEESES [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], FLAVOR [ENZYME MODIFIED PARMESAN CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, WATER, SALT, ENZYMES}], WHEY, SALT, POWDERED CELLULOSE), BEEF STOCK, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM SALT, DRIED RED BELL PEPPERS, NATURAL FLAVORS. PASTA: COOKED PASTA (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR), SOYBEAN OIL.
Serving: 1 package (326 g). Added sugar: 2.9 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2758633), dated 2026-04-23. UPC 013800166357.
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