Green tea beverage
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Purine content
1.67 mgper 100 g
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Composition — per 100 g
| Purine, total | 1.67 mg |
|---|---|
| — Adenine | 1 mg |
| — Guanine | 0.67 mg |
| — Hypoxanthine | 0 mg |
| — Xanthine | 0 mg |
| Fructose | 0 g |
| Calories | 1 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: Kaneko, K., et al. (2020). Determination of total purine and purine base content of 80 food products to aid nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids, 39(10-12), 1449-57..
- Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #171917.
If you want something similar
Within beverages, the same table also lists Vegetable juice at 13.7 mg per 100 g.
From the author
Personal experience of someone living with gout
The sugar is the only issue for me, so I go for the unsweetened version.
Personal experience — not medical advice. Read the full disclaimer.
Questions
- Which purine base makes up most of this number?
- Adenine — 1 mg of the 1.67 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 0.67, hypoxanthine 0, xanthine 0.
- Why are hypoxanthine and xanthine zero here?
- The source reports a measured zero for both bases in this entry — not a missing value.
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