Oscar Mayer

Turkey uncured franks

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #2 of 31 sausage we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 link (45 g)
Purine per servingabout 21 mg, at most 43 mg (11% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 96 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 43 mg per serving
Main purine sourceground turkey
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
mechanically separated turkey ground turkey (C) 96 mg up to 100% 43 mg 43 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 21 mg of purine per serving, and at most 43 mg (11% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from ground turkey. 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, WATER, CULTURED DEXTROSE*, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CORN SYRUP, TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT, DEXTROSE, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, CULTURED CELERY JUICE*, CHERRY POWDER, FLAVOR, *INGREDIENTS USED TO SUPPORT QUALITY

Serving: 1 link (45 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2568887), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 071871544627. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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