Green Tea Leaves (dried)
Green Tea Leaves (dried) are low risk in a normal serving and a good everyday choice for most people with gout. A typical 2 g serving has about 4 mg of purines, about 1% of a ~400 mg working daily target.
General information, not a substitute for advice from your doctor or dietitian.
This purine value (~204 mg/100g) is measured on DRY TEA LEAVES, not brewed tea. A cup of brewed green tea (~200 mL) uses about 2g of dry leaves, yielding only a few mg of purines in the cup. Brewed green tea is low-purine. Do not interpret this entry as the risk level of a cup of tea. Source: USDA Purine DB 2025; Kaneko et al. (2014).
How much can I eat?
Even a large serving stays well under a day's purines.
Only part of these purines counts toward gout: the 4 mg here counts as roughly 2 mg toward your gout risk.
Green Tea Leaves (dried) are an easy choice to keep on hand.
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Why grade A: per 100 g and processing
Per 100 g (for comparison)
High for gout (150–300 mg/100g).
Low for gout (< 3 g/100g).
Fructose here is estimated, not measured directly for this food.
Processing: NOVA 1 of 4 (unprocessed or minimally processed). 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.
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How did green tea leaves (dried) go for you?
Reader experiences, not medical advice. The grade above comes from published data.