Beans (black, canned)
Beans (black, canned) are low risk in a normal serving and a good everyday choice for most people with gout. A typical 130 g serving has about 31 mg of purines, about 8% of a ~400 mg working daily target.
General information, not a substitute for advice from your doctor or dietitian.
How much can I eat?
Even a large serving stays well under a day's purines.
These are plant purines, which research links far more weakly to flares: the 31 mg here counts as roughly 9 mg toward your gout risk.
Beans (black, canned) are an easy choice to keep on hand.
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Buying it packaged? GoutMarket, GoutSafe's sister site, grades 13 store-bought products of this kind from their ingredient labels, using this page's purine data.
Compare the 13 on GoutMarketWhy grade A: per 100 g and processing
Per 100 g (for comparison)
Low for gout (< 50 mg/100g).
Low for gout (< 3 g/100g).
Fructose here is estimated, not measured directly for this food.
Processing: NOVA 3 of 4 (processed food). How processing affects the grade.
Diet is part of the picture, not all of it
For most people the body makes the majority of its own uric acid. Food contributes the smaller share. Eating well lowers your risk and helps you feel in control, but for many people diet alone does not bring uric acid down enough to stop flares. Medication often does the heavy lifting. Use these grades to make easier daily choices, and work with your doctor on the full plan.
Other forms of beans
Pick a specific form if you mean one.
Bean Curd Lees (Okara)
Bean Sprouts
Bean sprouts, without bean, raw
Bean Sprouts (with bean)
Bean sprouts, with bean, raw
Beans (adzuki, dried)
Beans, adzuki, dried, raw
Beans (cranberry, dried)
Beans, cranberry, dried, raw
Beans (great northern, dried)
Beans, great northern, dried, raw
Beans (kidney, dark red, canned)
Beans (navy, canned)
Beans (pinto, canned)
Beans (pinto, dried)
Beans, pinto, dried, raw
Beans (small white, dried)
Beans, small white, dried, raw
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Blackeye Peas (dried)
Blackeye peas, dried, raw
Broad Beans (dried)
Broad beans, dried, raw
Canned Blackeye Peas
Canned Chickpeas
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), canned
Chickpeas
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), no further specified
Chickpeas (cooked)
Chickpeas (garbanzo beans), cooked
How did beans (black, canned) go for you?
Reader experiences, not medical advice. The grade above comes from published data.