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Marinara Sauce

Marinara Sauce is low risk in a normal serving and a good everyday choice for most people with gout. A typical 125 g serving has about 20 mg of purines, about 5% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

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

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A typical serving is about 125 g, which delivers 20 mg of purines, or about 5% of a ~400 mg working daily target.

This serving
8 tbsp
125 g
Purine / serving
20 mg
% daily purine
5%
Fructose / serving
2.9 g
Purines in this serving20 mg · 5% of a day
0 mg~400 mg daily limit
Fructose in this serving2.9 g · 24% of our daily reference

There is a little fructose here. Fructose raises uric acid whatever its source, but at this amount it is a minor contributor next to the purine number above.

Evidence: Ayoub-Charette et al., J Nutr 2021 (fructose by food source) · White et al., Am J Clin Nutr 2018 (whole apple vs. a fructose drink, matched dose)

2 tbsp33 tbsp

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

Only part of these purines counts toward gout: the 20 mg here counts as roughly 12 mg toward your gout risk.

Marinara Sauce 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
16 mg/100g
LowModerateHighVery high

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

Fructose High confidence
2.35 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 3 of 4 (processed food). How processing affects the grade.

Eating marinara sauce as part of a bigger dish? The Dish Decoder grades the whole plate, ingredient by ingredient.

Good to know: Inferred from raw Tomatoes (6.6 mg/100g, USDA Purine DB 2025), scaled ~2.5x for the water loss of a cooked-down tomato sauce.

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