Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Hypoxanthine — 119.5 mg of the 193.4 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 34, adenine 28.1, xanthine 11.8.

Is this value for raw or cooked food?

Cooked — the source entry is Beef shoulder roast, choice, boneless, cooked. Values per 100 g are not directly interchangeable between raw and cooked entries.

Why is hypoxanthine the largest fraction here?

Hypoxanthine accounts for 119.5 of the 193.4 mg total — about 62% of the number.

Beef shoulder roast, choice, boneless, cooked

Moderate purine

Beef (other than organs)

Purine content

193 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	193 mg
— Adenine	28.1 mg
— Guanine	34 mg
— Hypoxanthine	120 mg
— Xanthine	11.8 mg
Fructose	No data available
Calories	200 kcal

Missing figures are shown as “No data available”; values are copied from the sources below and are never estimated. Laboratory values differ between studies and samples.

Where these numbers come from

Purine total and fractions: USDA and ODS-NIH Database for the Purine Content of Foods, Release 2.0 (2025) — USDA analytical data (FDC Foundation Foods program).
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #171198.

If you want something similar

Within beef (other than organs), the same table also lists Beef roast, cooked (unspecified) at 124.8 mg and Beef, sirloin, raw at 124.8 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

I eat it as usual between flares and skip it during one.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Hypoxanthine — 119.5 mg of the 193.4 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 34, adenine 28.1, xanthine 11.8.
Is this value for raw or cooked food?: Cooked — the source entry is Beef shoulder roast, choice, boneless, cooked. Values per 100 g are not directly interchangeable between raw and cooked entries.
Why is hypoxanthine the largest fraction here?: Hypoxanthine accounts for 119.5 of the 193.4 mg total — about 62% of the number.

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