Oscar Mayer

Angus beef uncured beef franks

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #8 of 31 sausage we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 link (53 g)
Purine per servingabout 33 mg, at most 66 mg (17% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 125 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 66 mg per serving
Main purine sourcebeef roast
Fructose per serving0.5 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving1 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
angus beef beef roast (C) 125 mg up to 100% 66 mg 66 mg
cultured celery juice celery (A) 13 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg
cherry powder fruit juice (D) 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.
  • Its main ingredient, angus beef, which GoutSafe rates like beef roast, is graded C on GoutSafe, and a product never rates safer than its main ingredient. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 33 mg of purine per serving, and at most 66 mg (17% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from beef roast. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 1 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

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: ANGUS BEEF, WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, CULTURED CELERY JUICE*, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CHERRY POWDER, FLAVOR, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, *INGREDIENTS USED TO SUPPORT QUALITY

Serving: 1 link (53 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2566245), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 044700075029. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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