Food chart

Acidic or alkaline at a glance

Anyone who wants to keep track of their acid-base balance should check how the foods they eat every day can impact the acid-base balance. Do they form acid (load) or base (relief) in the body? The so called PRAL value can serve as orientation. It shows the potential acid load of  food for the kidneys:

Negative PRAL value = alkaline
Positive PRAL value = acidic

Food table

The table provides information about the acid load of your foods. In your daily diet, make sure that you have a balance of foods with acidic and alkaline PRAL values.

The information refers to 100 g of food.

Source: Calculation as performed by Remer and Manz (1995).

Foodstuffs
(PRAL value in mEq)
-20
Alkaline
0
Acidic
35
Bread from wheat and rye flour
(4,00)
Dark rye bread
(4,20)
Graham bread
(7,20)
Mixed wheat bread
(3,80)
Rye bread
(4,10)
Rye crisp bread
(3,30)
Wheat bread
(1,80)
White bread
(3,70)
Wholemeal bread
(5,30)
Zwieback
(5,90)
Amaranth (seeds)
(7,50)
Barley (whole grain)
(5,00)
Buckwheat (whole grain)
(3,70)
Cornflakes
(6,00)
Maize (whole grain)
(3,80)
Millet (whole grain)
(8,60)
Oats
(10,70)
Rice, husked
(4,60)
Rice, husked, cooked
(1,70)
Rice, unhusked
(12,50)
Rye flour
(4,40)
Rye wholemeal flour
(5,90)
Spelt (unripe wholemeal)
(8,80)
Unripe wholemeal
(8,80)
Wheat flour
(6,90)
Wheat wholemeal flour
(8,20)
Apple juice, unsweetened
(-2,03)
Beer, dark
(-0,10)
Beer, lager
(-0,04)
Beer, pale
(0,90)
Beetroot juice
(-3,90)
Carrot juice
(-4,80)
Coffee, infusions, 5 minutes
(-1,40)
Cola
(0,40)
Espresso, infusions
(-2,30)
Fruit tea, infusions
(-0,30)
Grape juice
(-1,00)
Grapefruit juice, unsweetened
(-1,00)
Green tea, infusions
(-0,30)
Herbal tea
(-0,20)
Hot chocolate, made with skimmed milk (3.5%)
(-0,40)
Lemon juice
(-2,50)
Mineral water
(-1,80)
Orange juice, unsweetened
(-2,90)
Red wine
(-2,40)
Table water
(-0,10)
Tea, Indian, infusions
(-0,30)
Tomato juice
(-2,80)
Vegetable juice (tomato, beetroot, carrot)
(-3,60)
White wine, dry
(-1,20)
Butter
(0,60)
Margarine
(-0,50)
Olive oil
(0,00)
Sunflower oil
(0,00)
Carp
(7,90)
Cod fillet
(7,10)
Crab
(15,50)
Dover sole
(7,40)
Eel, smoked
(11,00)
Halibut
(7,80)
Herring
(7,00)
Mussels
(15,30)
Pickled herring
(8,00)
Prawns
(18,20)
Redfish
(10,00)
Salmon
(9,40)
Sardines in oil
(13,50)
Shellfish
(6,80)
Shrimps
(7,60)
Trout, steamed
(10,80)
Zander
(7,10)
Apples
(-2,20)
Apricots
(-4,80)
Bananas
(-5,50)
Blackcurrants
(-6,50)
Cherries
(-3,60)
Figs, dried
(-18,10)
Grapefruit
(-3,50)
Grapes
(-3,90)
Kiwi fruit
(-4,10)
Lemons
(-2,60)
Mango
(-3,30)
Oranges
(-2,70)
Peaches
(-2,40)
Pears
(-2,90)
Pineapple
(-2,70)
Raisins
(-21,00)
Strawberries
(-2,20)
Watermelons
(-1,90)
Basil
(-7,30)
Chives
(-5,30)
Cider vinegar
(-2,30)
Parsley
(-12,00)
Wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar
(-1,60)
Beef (lean)
(7,80)
Cervelat sausage
(8,90)
Chasseur sausage
(7,20)
Chicken
(8,70)
Corned beef, tinned
(13,20)
Duck (muscle meat only)
(8,40)
Duck (with fat and skin)
(4,10)
Frankfurter
(6,70)
Goose (muscle meat only)
(13,00)
Ham sausages
(8,30)
Lamb meat (lean)
(7,60)
Liver (calf)
(14,20)
Liver (ox)
(15,40)
Liver (pork)
(15,70)
Liver sausage
(10,60)
Luncheon meat, tinned
(10,20)
Pork (lean)
(7,90)
Pork sausage
(7,00)
Rabbit (muscle meat only)
(19,00)
Rump steak, lean and fatty
(8,80)
Salami
(11,60)
Turkey
(9,90)
Veal
(9,00)
Vienna sausage
(7,70)
Buttermilk
(0,50)
Camembert
(14,60)
Cheddar, reduced fat
(26,40)
Chicken eggs
(8,20)
Condensed milk
(1,10)
Cottage cheese, full-fat cheese
(8,70)
Cow’s milk 1.5%
(0,70)
Cream cheese
(0,90)
Cream, fresh, sour
(1,20)
Edam
(19,40)
Egg yolk
(23,40)
Emmental (45% fat in dry matter)
(21,10)
Fruit yoghurt made from full-fat milk
(1,20)
Full-fat milk, pasteurised and sterilised
(0,70)
Gouda
(18,60)
Hard cheese, average of four types
(19,20)
Kefir
(0,00)
Mild, full-fat cheese (50% fat in dry matter)
(13,20)
Natural yoghurt made from full-fat milk
(1,50)
Parmesan
(34,20)
Processed cheese, natural
(28,70)
Protein
(1,10)
Quark
(11,10)
Soft cheese, full-fat cheese
(4,30)
Whey
(-1,60)
Almonds
(4,30)
Hazelnuts
(-2,80)
Peanuts, unprocessed
(8,30)
Pistachios
(8,50)
Walnuts
(6,80)
Egg noodles
(6,40)
Macaroni
(6,10)
Spaghetti
(6,50)
Swabian noodles (Spätzle)
(9,40)
Whole grain spaghetti
(7,30)
Beans, green
(-3,10)
Lentils, green and brown, dried
(3,50)
Peas
(1,20)
Chocolate hazelnut spread
(-1,40)
Dark chocolate
(0,40)
Honey
(-0,30)
Ice cream, dairy ice cream, vanilla
(0,60)
Ice cream, sorbets, mixed
(-0,60)
Jam
(-1,50)
Madeira cake
(3,70)
Milk chocolate
(2,40)
Raw sugar, brown
(-1,20)
Sugar, white
(0,00)
Asparagus
(-0,40)
Aubergines
(-3,40)
Bell peppers
(-1,40)
Broccoli
(-1,20)
Brussels sprouts
(-4,50)
Carrots, baby
(-4,90)
Cauliflower
(-4,00)
Celery
(-5,20)
Chicory
(-2,00)
Courgettes
(-4,60)
Cucumbers
(-0,80)
Curly kale
(-7,80)
Fennel
(-7,90)
Garlic
(-1,70)
Iceberg lettuce
(-1,60)
Kohlrabi
(-5,50)
Lamb’s lettuce
(-5,00)
Leeks
(-1,80)
Lettuce, average of four types
(-2,50)
Mushrooms
(-1,40)
Onions
(-1,50)
Pickled cucumbers
(-1,60)
Potatoes
(-4,00)
Radishes
(-3,70)
Rocket
(-7,50)
Sauerkraut
(-3,00)
Soya beans (seeds)
(-3,40)
Soya milk
(-0,80)
Spinach
(-14,00)
Tofu (soybeans, steamed)
(-0,80)
Tomatoes
(-3,10)
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