Green Beans
Vegetables — purine content 37mg per 100g
Low Purine
37
mg/100g
Yes — low purine; portion size still counts.
Diet Advice
Green beans contain about 37mg of purine per 100g, below the 50mg/100g cut-off for low-purine foods. As a vegetable purine source they have not been linked to gout attacks.
Recommended Preparation
Steam, blanch or stir-fry until just tender. Boiling and discarding the water removes a little purine.
Data source: Annals of Internal Medicine 2012 (Appendix Table 1); USDA FoodData Central; Yang YX, China Food Composition Tables (6th ed.) 2019. Purine value: 37mg per 100g of Green Beans (Low purine, green zone).
See the full purine food classification table for all 142 foods, or read the low purine diet guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Green Beans: is it high in purines?
Green Beans: 37mg of purines per 100g, well inside the low-purine band (under 50mg/100g) used on this site. That makes it a comfortable everyday choice in a gout-friendly diet, though portion size and the rest of the plate still count.
Can I eat Green Beans during a gout flare?
Yes. At 37mg per 100g the purine load is well inside the low band, so there is no need to leave Green Beans out during a flare. Light meals and enough fluid matter more here than avoiding a food like this.
What are the best low-purine alternatives to Green Beans?
There is little to substitute here: the purine content already sits in the low band, so the aim is variety rather than replacement. Other low-purine options include tofu, low-fat dairy and most vegetables.