Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Guanine — 8 mg of the 15.7 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 5.9, xanthine 1.8, hypoxanthine 0.

Bread, crusty (baguette)

Low purine

Cereal grains and grain-based products

Purine content

15.7 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	15.7 mg
— Adenine	5.9 mg
— Guanine	8 mg
— Hypoxanthine	0 mg
— Xanthine	1.8 mg
Fructose	0.51 g
Calories	272 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: Brulé, D., et al. (1988). Purine content of selected Canadian food products. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 1(2),130-8..
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #172675.

If you want something similar

Within cereal grains and grain-based products, the same table also lists Corn cereal at 1 mg and Bread (no further specified) at 4.4 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

I eat it at any time.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Guanine — 8 mg of the 15.7 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 5.9, xanthine 1.8, hypoxanthine 0.

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