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Escargot

One serving of escargot (a dozen snails) carries about 110 mg of purine, 27% of a 400 mg day. This looks low risk in a normal portion.

General information, not a substitute for advice from your doctor or dietitian.

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What is in one serving

A dozen snails, by raw recipe weight. Each ingredient links to its food page and its cited source.

Ingredient Amount Purine
Snails 60 g 109 mg
Garlic 5 g 0 mg
Butter 20 g 0 mg
Total 110 mg

Purine is weighted by source, as on every food page: animal and seafood count in full, plants at 0.3, dairy at 0.

What drives the grade

Snails carries 99% of the purine in this dish.

To lower the purines, keep the snails portion small (about a deck of cards), or swap it for a lower-purine protein like eggs, tofu, or low-fat dairy.

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