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Plain Greek Yogurt

Plain Greek Yogurt is low risk in a normal serving and a good everyday choice for most people with gout. A typical 170 g serving has about 17 mg of purines, about 4% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

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

Across forms of yogurt:A· 3–17 mg per serving

How much can I eat?

Units

A typical serving is about 170 g, which delivers 17 mg of purines, or about 4% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

This serving
¾ cup
170 g
Purine / serving
17 mg
% daily purine
4%
Purines in this serving17 mg · 4% of a day
0 mg~400 mg daily limit
¼ cup2 ¾ cups

Even a large serving stays well within a ~400 mg working daily purine target.

Dairy purines don't raise uric acid, so this serving counts as roughly 0 mg toward your gout risk.

Plain Greek Yogurt is an easy choice to keep on hand.

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Why grade A

Low risk in a typical serving. A great everyday choice for a gout-friendly diet.

Per 100 g (for comparison)

Purines Low confidence
10 mg/100g
LowModerateHighVery high

Low for gout (< 50 mg/100g).

Fructose High confidence
0 g/100g
LowModerateHighVery high

Low for gout (< 3 g/100g).

This purine value is inferred, not measured directly for this food. See the sources note below for how it was derived.

Processing: NOVA 1 of 4 (unprocessed or minimally processed). How processing affects the grade.

Eating plain greek yogurt as part of a bigger dish? The Dish Decoder grades the whole plate, ingredient by ingredient.

Good to know: Strained (Greek) yogurt, plain. Inferred from plain yogurt (7.0 mg/100g, USDA Purine DB 2025), scaled up slightly for straining; confidence is low to flag the estimate. Like all plain dairy it is very low in purine, and low-fat dairy is linked to lower gout risk (Choi 2004).

Other forms of yogurt

Different cuts, species, or preparations vary in purines. The most common form of "yogurt" is shown first below.

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