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Pierogies Potato and Onion
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General Tso'S Tofu
CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #10 of 38 frozen dinners and entrees we grade
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Purine: up to 49 mgGoutSafe ↗
- Sugars: 15 g
- Contains yeast extractGoutSafe ↗
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 9 oz (255 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 24 mg, at most 49 mg (12% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 19 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 130 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | soy sauce (shoyu) |
| Fructose per serving | 7.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | not on the label |
| Total sugar per serving | 15 g |
The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-gmo soy sauce | soy sauce (shoyu) (A) | 50 mg | up to 25% | 32 mg | 19 mg |
| organic broccoli | broccoli (A) | 70 mg | up to 33% | 59 mg | 18 mg |
| organic tofu | tofu (boiled 5 minutes) (A) | 36 mg | up to 100% | 91 mg | 9 mg |
| toasted sesame oil | tahini (A) | 37 mg | up to 7.1% | 7 mg | 2 mg |
| organic brown rice | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 50% | 42 mg | under 1 mg |
| organic vegetable broth | carrots (A) | 2 mg | up to 20% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| red bell peppers | red and green bell peppers (A) | 1 mg | up to 14% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| rice | white rice (A) | 6 mg | up to 5.6% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| green onions | onions (A) | 2 mg | up to 9.1% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| crushed red chile peppers | green pepper (A) | 2 mg | up to 6.3% | 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.
- About 24 mg of purine per serving, and at most 49 mg (12% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from soy sauce (shoyu). Source on GoutSafe.
- The panel lists 15 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.
- 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: ORGANIC TOFU (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, CALCIUM SULFATE AND/OR CALCIUM CHLORIDE), ORGANIC BROWN RICE, ORGANIC BROCCOLI, NON-GMO SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT, ALCOHOL), ORGANIC VEGETABLE BROTH (WATER, SALT, ORGANIC CARROTS, ORGANIC CELERY, ORGANIC ONION, ORGANIC TOMATO, ORGANIC YEAST EXTRACT, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE, ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, ORGANIC ONION POWDER, ORGANIC GARLIC POWDER, ORGANIC SPICES, ORGANIC ALCOHOL, ORGANIC RICE CONCENTRATE, ORGANIC SPICE EXTRACTS), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, RED BELL PEPPERS, RICE VINEGAR, SAKE MIRIN (WATER, RICE, SEA SALT, KOJI ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE), GINGER, GREEN ONIONS, NON-GMO CORNSTARCH, NON-GMO EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, TOASTED SESAME OIL, GARLIC, CRUSHED RED CHILE PEPPERS.
Serving: 9 oz (255 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2658593), dated 2023-10-26. UPC 016741000100. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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