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Acid/Base Chart

I have several acid/alkaline (or base) charts, but I found this one this morning while researching for an article. I hope you find is useful. Just remember, you need to keep alkaline for good health!

Acid Base Values for 114 Foods
The following table lists the acid, base values for 114 common foods. Base-producing foods are fruits and vegetables, whereas grains, meats, fish, cheese and salted processed foods are acid-producing.
PRAL (Potential Renal Acid Load per 100 grams)
(Negative numbers indicate base or alkaline-producing foods and positive numbers are acid-producing foods)

Beverages
Beer, draft -0.2
Beer, pale 0.9
Beer, stout bottled -0.1
Coca-cola 0.4
Cocoa, made with semi-skimmed milk -0.4
Coffee, infusion 5 minutes -1.4
Mineral water (Apollinaris) -1.8
Mineral water (Volvic) -0.1
Red wine -2.4
Tea, Indian infusion -0.3
White wine, dry -1.2
Fats and Oils
Butter 0.6
Margarine -0.5
Olive oil 0.0
Sunflower seed oil 0.0
Fish
Cod fillets 7.1
Haddock 6.8
Herring 7.0
Trout, brown steamed 10.8
Fruits and Fruit Juices
Apple Juice, unfiltered -2.2
Apples, 15 varieties flesh & skin, average -2.2
Apricots -4.8
Bananas -5.5
Black currants -6.5
Cherries -3.6
Grape juice, unsweetened -1.0
Kiwi fruit -4.1
Lemon juice -2.5
Orange juice, unsweetened -2.9
Oranges -2.7
Peaches -2.4
Pears, 3 varieties flesh and skin, average -2.9
Pineapple -2.7
Raisins -21.0
Strawberries -2.2
Watermelon -1.9
Nuts
Hazlenuts -2.8
Walnuts 6.8
Grain Products
Bread, rye flour mixed 4.0
Bread, rye flour 4.1
Bread, wheat flour mixed 3.8
Bread, wheat flour whole meal 1.8
Bread, white bread 3.7
Cornflakes 6.0
Crispbread, rye 3.3
Noodles, egg 6.4
Oat flakes, rolled oats 10.7
Rice, brown 12.5
Rice, white, easy cook 4.6
Rice, white, easy cook, boiled 1.7
Rye flour, whole 5.9
Spaghetti, white 6.5
Spaghetti, whole meal 7.3
Wheat flour, white plain 6.9
Wheat flour, whole meal 8.2
Legumes
Beans, green/French beans -3.1
Lentils, green and brown, whole, dried 3.5
Peas 1.2
Peanuts, plain 8.3
Meat and Meat Products
Beef, lean only 7.8
Chicken, meat only 8.7
Corned beef, canned 13.2
Frankfurters 6.7
Liver sausage 10.6
Luncheon meat, canned 10.2
Pork, lean only 7.9
Rump steak, lean and fat 8.8
Salami 11.8
Turkey, meat only 9.9
Veal, fillet 9.0
Milk, Dairy Products
Buttermilk 0.5
Camembert cheese 14.6
Cheddar cheese, reduced fat 26.4
Cheese, Gouda 18.6
Cottage Cheese, Plain 8.7
Creams, fresh, sour 1.2
Fresh Cheese (Quark) 11.1
Full fat, soft cheese 4.3
Hard cheese, average 4 types 19.2
Ice Cream, dairy, vanilla 0.6
Whole milk, evaporated 1.1
Whole milk, pasteurized 0.7
Parmesan cheese 34.2
Processed cheese, plain 28.7
Yogurt, whole milk, fruit 1.2
Yogurt, whole milk, plain 1.5
Eggs
Eggs, chicken, whole 8.2
Egg white 1.1
Egg yolk 23.4
Sugar, preserves and sweets
Chocolates, milk 2.4
Honey -0.3
Madeira cake 3.7
Marmalade -1.5
Sugar, white -0.1
Vegetables
Asparagus -0.4
Broccoli, green -1.2
Carrots, young -4.9
Cauliflower -4.0
Celery -5.2
Chicory -2.0
Cucumber -0.8
Eggplant -3.4
Leeks -1.8
Lettuce, average 4 varieties -2.5
Lettuce, iceberg -1.6
Mushrooms, common -1.4
Onions -1.5
Peppers, green -1.4
Potatoes, old -4.0
Radish, red -3.7
Spinach -14.0
Tomato juice -2.8
Tomatoes -3.1
Zucchini -4.6

This table adapted from:
Remer T, Manz F. Potential renal acid load of foods and its influence on urine pH. J Am Diet Assoc 1995;95:791-797.

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