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Can you eat pork liver if you have gout?

High-risk

Best limited or avoided, especially while a flare is active.

242.2 mg of purines in 1 serving (85 g) · 285 mg per 100 g

Organ meats are among the highest-purine foods — best avoided.

Purines by serving size

ServingWeightPurinesVerdict
1 serving (85 g)85 g242.2 mg🔴 High-risk

Thresholds: under 50 mg per serving is Safe, 50–150 mg is Moderate, over 150 mg is High-risk.

Where this number comes from

Kaneko K, et al. Total purine and purine base content of common foodstuffs for facilitating nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia. Biol Pharm Bull. 2014;37(5):709-721.

Every food on this site shows the published table its purine value came from, so you can check it yourself. We only publish foods we can cite.

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