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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 Package (340 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 234 mg, at most 642 mg (161% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 189 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 642 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | cooked chicken breast |
| Fructose per serving | 4 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 4.1 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 8 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 breaded chicken breast patty with rib meat | cooked chicken breast (C) | 175 mg | up to 100% | 596 mg | 584 mg |
| autolyzed yeast extract | dried yeast (D) | 847 mg | up to 2% | 58 mg | 58 mg |
| cooked pasta | white pasta (A) | 7 mg | up to 50% | 12 mg | under 1 mg |
| tomatoes | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 33% | 7 mg | under 1 mg |
| tomato puree | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 25% | 6 mg | under 1 mg |
| part-skim mozzarella cheese and modified cornstarch | cheddar cheese (A) | 7 mg | up to 17% | 4 mg | under 1 mg |
| onions | onions (A) | 2 mg | up to 14% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| parmesan cheese | parmesan cheese (A) | 13 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| garlic puree | garlic (A) | 17 mg | up to 2% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| bleached wheat flour | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 2% | 2 mg | under 1 mg |
| mushroom juice concentrate | mushrooms (A) | 47 mg | up to 2% | 3 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 234 mg of purine per serving, and at most 642 mg (161% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from chicken breast (cooked). Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 4.1 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: COOKED BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTY WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SEASONING [YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, SOY SAUCE SOLIDS {SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT}, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN {FROM CORN}, CHICKEN POWDER, FLAVOR, VEGETABLE OIL, CHICKEN BROTH, TAPIOCA STARCH, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, CHICKEN FAT], SODIUM PHOSPHATES. BATTERED AND PREDUSTED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ROMANO AND PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, DEXTROSE, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, LEAVENING [CREAM OF TARTAR, BAKING SODA], CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS. BREADED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, SPICES, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL [PROCESSING AID], YEAST, DRIED PARSLEY, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA. BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OIL), COOKED PASTA (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR), TOMATOES (DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), WATER, PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH (PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SKIM MILK, FLAVORS), ONIONS, 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), GARLIC PUREE, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SPICES, GARLIC, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MUSHROOM JUICE CONCENTRATE, CULTURED WHEY
Serving: 1 Package (340 g). Added sugar: 4.1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2560499), dated 2023-06-29. UPC 013800101716. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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