Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Adenine — 37.6 mg of the 76.99 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 36.8, hypoxanthine 2.59, xanthine 0.

‘Chicken', meatless

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Vegetarian meat, fish, and egg alternatives

Purine content

77 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	77 mg
— Adenine	37.6 mg
— Guanine	36.8 mg
— Hypoxanthine	2.59 mg
— Xanthine	0 mg
Fructose	No data available
Calories	224 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: Havlik, J.,et al. (2010). Dietary purines in vegetarian meat analogues. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 90(14), 2352-7..
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #169886.

If you want something similar

Within vegetarian meat, fish, and egg alternatives, the same table also lists ‘Sausage', meatless at 45.9 mg and Veggie burgers or soyburgers, unprepared at 65.49 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

It's soy pretending to be meat, and the texture is bad. Fuck off.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Adenine — 37.6 mg of the 76.99 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 36.8, hypoxanthine 2.59, xanthine 0.

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