Purine is an organic compound, colorless crystal, which is oxidized into uric acid in human body. The purine content of seafood and animal meat is relatively high. These foods with high purine content are called high purine foods. Foods containing 100 ~ 1000 mg of purine per 1000 g of food are high purine foods.

The purine content of the first kind of food is the highest, and then it decreases in turn.

Category I foods with high purine content (per 100g food contains purine 100 ~ 1000 mg)

Liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, brain, minced meat, gravy, broth, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, fish eggs, shrimps, mussels, geese, spotted chickens, pheasants, bean products, yeast, mushrooms and laver.

The second kind of food with moderate purine content (75~ 100mg of purine per 100g of food)

1. Fish: carp, cod, halibut, perch, pike, shellfish, eel and eel;

2. Meat: smoked ham, pork, beef, beef tongue, veal, rabbit meat and venison;

3. Birds: ducks, pigeons, quails, pheasants, turkeys;

The third kind of food containing less purine (purine per 65,438+000 g food)

1. Fish and crabs: herring, herring, salmon, herring, tuna, whitebait, lobster, crab and oyster.

2. Meat: ham, mutton, beef soup, chicken and bacon.

3. Wheat bran: cereals, bread and coarse grains.

4. Vegetables: asparagus, spinach and mushrooms