Acid-Base Food Table The table allows the assessment of dietary effects on acid-base balance.

Foodstuffs with a negative value (milliequivalents per 100 g) exert a base (B) effect, foodstuffs with a positive value an acid (A) effect. Neutral foodstuffs are labelled with N. Food Beverages Apple juice, unsweetened Beer, draft Beer, pale Beer, stout Beetroot juice Carrot juice Coca-Cola Cocoa, made with semi-skimmed milk Coffee, infusion, 5 minutes Espresso Fruit tea, infusion Grape juice Grape juice, unsweetened Green tea, infusion Herbal tea Lemon juice Mineral water (Apollinaris) Mineral water (Volvic) Orange juice, unsweetened Red wine Tea, Indian, infusion Tomato juice Vegetable juice (Tomato, beetroot, carrot) White wine, dry Fats & Oil Butter Margarine Olive oil Sunflower seed oil Nuts Hazelnuts Peanuts, plain Pistachio Sweet almonds Walnuts PRAL*
* Potential renal acid load (mEq/100g)

Food Fish & Seafood Carp Cod, fillets Eal, smoked Haddock Halibut Herring Mussels Prawn Rose-fish Salmon Salted matie (herring) Sardines in oil Shrimps Sole Tiger Prawn Trout, steamed Zander Fruits Apples Apricots Bananas Black currants Cherries Figs, dried Grapefruit Grapes Kiwi fruit Lemon Mango Orange Peache Pear Pineapple Raisins Strawberries Watermelon

PRAL*
* Potential renal acid load (mEq/100g)

B B A B B B A B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B

-2,2 -0,2 0,9 -0,1 -3,9 -4,8 0,4 -0,4 -1,4 -2,3 -0,3 -1,0 -1,0 -0,3 -0,2 -2,5 -1,8 -0,1 -2,9 -2,4 -0,3 -2,8 -3,6 -1,2

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

7,9 7,1 11,0 6,8 7,8 7,0 15,3 15,5 10,0 9,4 8,0 13,5 7,6 7,4 18,2 10,8 7,1

A B N N

0,6 -0,5 0,0 0,0

B S S S S

-2,8 8,3 8,5 4,3 6,8

B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B

-2,2 -4,8 -5,5 -6,5 -3,6 -18,1 -3,5 -3,9 -4,1 -2,6 -3,3 -2,7 -2,4 -2,9 -2,7 -21,0 -2,2 -1,9

Cereals & Flour Amaranth Barley (wholemeal) Buckwheat (whole grain) Corn (whole grain) Cornflakes Dried unripe spelt grains (wholemeal) Dried unripe spelt grains (wholemeal) Millet (whole grain) Oat flakes Rice, brown Rice, white Rice, white, boiled Rye flour Rye flour, wholemeal Wheat flour, white Wheat flour, wholemeal Pastries Macaroni Noodles Spaetzle (German sort of pasta) Spaghetti, white Spaghetti, wholemeal Bread Bread, rye flour Bread, rye flour, mixed Bread, wheat flour, mixed Bread, wheat flour, whole meal Bread, white wheat Coarse wholemeal bread Crispbread, rye Pumpernickel Rusk Wholemeal bread Peas & Beans Beans, green / French beans Lentils, green and brown, whole, dried Peas Meat & Sausages Beef, lean only Cervelat sausage Chasseur sausage Chicken, meat only Corned beef, canned Duck

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

7,5 5,0 3,7 3,8 6,0 8,8 8,8 8,6 10,7 12,5 4,6 1,7 4,4 5,9 6,9 8,2

Duck, lean only Frankfurters Goose, lean only Lamb, lean only Liver (veal) Liver sausage Luncheon meat, canned Ox liver Pig's Liver Pork sausage Pork sausage (Wiener) Pork, lean only Rabbit, lean only Rump steak, lean and fat Salami Slicing sausage containing ham Turkey, meat only Veal, fillet Milk, Dairy products & Eggs Buttermilk Camembert Cheddar-type, reduced fat Cottage cheese, plain Cream, fresh, sour Curd cheese Edam Cheese full fat Egg, chicken, whole Egg, white Egg, yolk Emmental Cheese full fat Fresh cheese (Quark) Full-fat soft cheese Gouda Hard cheese Kefir Cheese full fat Milk, whole, evaporated Milk, whole, pasteurised and sterilized Parmesan Processed cheese, plain Rich creamy full fat cheese Skimmed Milk Whey Yogurt, whole milk, fruit Yogurt, whole milk, plain

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A

8,4 6,7 13,0 7,6 14,2 10,6 10,2 15,4 15,7 7,0 7,7 7,9 19,0 8,8 11,6 8,3 9,9 9,0

A A A A A

6,1 6,4 9,4 6,5 7,3

A A A A A A A A A A

4,1 4,0 3,8 1,8 3,7 5,3 3,3 4,2 5,9 7,2

B A A

-3,1 3,5 1,2

A A A A A A

7,8 8,9 7,2 8,7 13,2 4,1

A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A N A A A A A A B A A

0,5 14,6 26,4 8,7 1,2 0,9 19,4 8,2 1,1 23,4 21,1 11,1 4,3 18,6 19,2 0,0 1,1 0,7 34,2 28,7 13,2 0,7 -1,6 1,2 1,5

Sweats Chocolate, bitter Chocolate, milk Honey Ice cream, dairy, vanilla Ice cream, fruit, mixed Madeira cake Marmalade Nougat hazelnut cream Sugar, brown Sugar, white Vegetables Asparagus Broccoli, green Brussel sprouts Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chicory Cucumber Eggplant Fennel Garlic Gherkin, pickeld Kale Kohlrabi Lamb's lettuce Leeks Lettuce Lettuce, iceberg Mushrooms, common Onions Peppers, Capsicum, green Potatoes Radish, red Ruccola Sauerkraut Soy beans Soy milk Spinach Tofu Tomato Zucchini

A A B A B A B B B N

0,4 2,4 -0,3 0,6 -0,6 3,7 -1,5 -1,4 -1,2 0,0

Herbs & Vinegar Apple vinegar Basil Chives Parsley Wine vinegar, balamico

B B B B B

-2,3 -7,3 -5,3 -12,0 -1,6

B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B

-0,4 -1,2 -4,5 -4,9 -4,0 -5,2 -2,0 -0,8 -3,4 -7,9 -1,7 -1,6 -7,8 -5,5 -5,0 -1,8 -2,5 -1,6 -1,4 -1,5 -1,4 -4,0 -3,7 -7,5 -3,0 -3,4 -0,8 -14,0 -0,8 -3,1 -4,6

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