Classic uncured wieners
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Main ingredient: mechanically separated turkey, rated like Ground Turkey (C)GoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 74 mgGoutSafe ↗
- Sugars: 1 g
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 link (45 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 45 mg, at most 74 mg (19% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 165 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 74 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | cooked chicken breast |
| Fructose per serving | 0.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | not on the label |
| Total sugar per serving | 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mechanically separated chicken | cooked chicken breast (C) | 175 mg | up to 50% | 39 mg | 39 mg |
| pork | ground pork (D) | 183 mg | up to 33% | 27 mg | 27 mg |
| mechanically separated turkey | ground turkey (C) | 96 mg | up to 100% | 43 mg | 7 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, mechanically separated turkey, which GoutSafe rates like ground turkey, is graded C on GoutSafe, and a product never rates safer than its main ingredient. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 45 mg of purine per serving, and at most 74 mg (19% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken breast (cooked). 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: MECHANICALLY SEPARATED TURKEY, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PORK, WATER, CULTURED DEXTROSE*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF DEXTROSE, SALT, CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, CULTURED CELERY JUICE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CHERRY POWDER, FLAVOR.
Serving: 1 link (45 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2679538), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 044700000632. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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