The food table allows the assessment of dietary effects on acid-base balance.
Foodstuffs with a negative value (milliequivalents per 100 g) exert a base effect, foodstuffs with a positive value an acid effect.
The food table allows the assessment of dietary effects on acid-base balance.
Foodstuffs with a negative value (milliequivalents per 100 g) exert a base effect, foodstuffs with a positive value an acid effect.
| Beverages | mEq |
| Apple juice, unsweetened | -2,03 |
| Beer, draft | -0,04 |
| Beer, pale | 0,23 |
| Beer, stout | -0,21 |
| Beetroot juice | -3,90 |
| Carrot juice | -4,80 |
| Coca-Cola | 1,75 |
| Cocoa, made with semi-skimmed milk | -0,40 |
| Coffee, infusion, 5 minutes | -1,40 |
| Espresso | -2,30 |
| Fruit tea, infusion | -0,24 |
| Grape fruit juice, unsweetened | -2,60 |
| Grape juice | -2,80 |
| Green tea, infusion | -0,45 |
| Herbal tea | -0,24 |
| Lemon juice | -2,20 |
| Mineral water (Apollinaris) | -0,76 |
| Mineral water (Volvic) | -0,72 |
| Orange juice, unsweetened | -2,77 |
| Red wine | -1,82 |
| Tea, Indian, infusion | -0,30 |
| Tomato juice | -2,80 |
| Vegetable juice (Tomato, beetroot, car-rot) | -3,60 |
| White wine, dry | -1,73 |
| Bread | mEq |
| Bread, rye flour | 3,48 |
| Bread, rye flour, mixed | 2,49 |
| Bread, wheat flour, mixed | 3,75 |
| Bread, wheat flour, mixed | 3,75 |
| Bread, wheat flour, whole meal | 5,25 |
| Coarse wholemeal bread | 7,20 |
| Crispbread, rye | 3,30 |
| Pumpernickel | 3,48 |
| Rusk | 4,69 |
| Wholemeal bread | 5,30 |
| Cereals & Flour | mEq |
| Amaranth | 7,50 |
| Barley (wholemeal) | 5,58 |
| Buckwheat (whole grain) | 2,42 |
| Corn (whole grain) | 3,24 |
| Cornflakes | 2,63 |
| Dried unripe spelt grains (wholemeal) | 7,50 |
| Millet (whole grain) | 2,46 |
| Oat flakes | 8,98 |
| Rice, brown | 12,50 |
| Rice, white | 3,82 |
| Rice, white, boiled | 3,07 |
| Rye flour | 3,52 |
| Rye flour, wholemeal | 5,90 |
| Wheat flour, white | 4,98 |
| Wheat flour, wholemeal | 8,20 |
| Pastries | mEq |
| Macaroni | 6,89 |
| Noodles | 6,35 |
| Spaetzle (German sort of pasta) | 6,89 |
| Spaghetti, wholemeal | 8,50 |
| Milk, Dairy products & Eggs | mEq |
| Buttermilk | -0,01 |
| Camembert | 12,28 |
| Cheddar-type, reduced fat | 26,40 |
| Cottage cheese, plain | 8,43 |
| Cream, fresh, sour | 0,17 |
| Curd cheese | 0,90 |
| Edam Cheese full fat | 18,51 |
| Egg, chicken, whole | 9,96 |
| Egg, white | 2,38 |
| Egg, yolk | 23,48 |
| Emmental Cheese full fat | 21,54 |
| Fresh cheese (Quark) | 8,86 |
| Full-fat soft cheese | 4,30 |
| Gouda | 18,75 |
| Hard cheese | 19,20 |
| Kefir Cheese full fat | 0,34 |
| Milk, whole, evaporated | 0,05 |
| Milk, whole, pasteurised and sterilized | 0,04 |
| Parmesan | 24,73 |
| Processed cheese, plain | 13,09 |
| Rich creamy full fat cheese | 23,48 |
| Skimmed Milk | 0,39 |
| Whey | -1,88 |
| Yogurt, whole milk, fruit | 1,20 |
| Yogurt, whole milk, plain | 0,05 |
| Meat & Sausages | mEq |
| Beef | 10,44 |
| Cervelat sausage | 8,43 |
| Chasseur sausage | 7,20 |
| Chicken, meat only | 8,70 |
| Corned beef, canned | 11,21 |
| Duck | 10,54 |
| Frankfurters | 6,70 |
| Goose, lean only | 5,89 |
| Lamb | 10,50 |
| Leber (Schwein) | 0,00 |
| Liver (veal) | 14,99 |
| Liver sausage | 9,09 |
| Luncheon meat, canned | 10,20 |
| Ox liver | 16,61 |
| Pork | 8,69 |
| Pork sausage | 7,00 |
| Pork sausage (Wiener) | 6,03 |
| Rabbit, wild | 10,15 |
| Rump steak, lean and fat | 8,80 |
| Salami | 8,77 |
| Slicing sausage containing ham | 7,48 |
| Turkey, meat only | 11,13 |
| Veal, fillet | 9,00 |
| Fish & Seafood | mEq |
| Carp | 8,72 |
| Cod, fillets | 7,60 |
| Eal, smoked | 10,35 |
| Haddock | 7,94 |
| Halibut | 9,44 |
| Herring | 9,18 |
| Mussels | 15,30 |
| Prawn | 8,88 |
| Rose-fish | 9,08 |
| Salmon | 10,01 |
| Salted matie (herring) | 8,00 |
| Sardines in oil | 13,50 |
| Shrimps | 7,60 |
| Sole | 8,47 |
| Tiger Prawn | 18,20 |
| Trout, steamed | 9,51 |
| Zander | 7,33 |
| Vegetables | mEq |
| Asparagus | -2,35 |
| Broccoli, green | -4,64 |
| Brussel sprouts | -4,59 |
| Carrots | -5,17 |
| Cauliflower | -4,35 |
| Celery | -5,99 |
| Chicory | -3,15 |
| Cucumber | -2,30 |
| Fennel | -9,77 |
| Garlic | -3,36 |
| Gherkin, pickeld | -1,45 |
| Kale | -7,87 |
| Kohlrabi | -6,79 |
| Lamb’s lettuce | -6,62 |
| Leeks | -3,85 |
| Lettuce | -3,78 |
| Lettuce, iceberg | -2,56 |
| Mushrooms, chanterelles | -7,44 |
| Onions | -1,74 |
| Peppers, red | -7,76 |
| Potatoes | -6,14 |
| Radish, red | -4,50 |
| Ruccola | -7,50 |
| Sauerkraut | -4,71 |
| Soy beans | -9,07 |
| Soy milk | -0,63 |
| Spinach | -12,08 |
| Tofu | -0,33 |
| Tomato | -4,17 |
| Zucchini | -3,88 |
| Peas & Beans | mEq |
| Beans, green / French beans | -3,87 |
| Lentils, green and brown, whole, dried | 4,81 |
| Peas | 1,69 |
| Fruit | mEq |
| Apples | -2,36 |
| Apricots | -5,15 |
| Bananas | -7,46 |
| Black currants | -6,14 |
| Cherries | -3,71 |
| Figs, dried | -20,18 |
| Grapefruit | -3,07 |
| Grapes | -3,38 |
| Kiwi fruit | -5,51 |
| Lemon | -3,05 |
| Mango | -3,40 |
| Orange | -3,17 |
| Peache | -2,77 |
| Pear | -2,21 |
| Pineapple | -3,45 |
| Raisins | -11,94 |
| Strawberries | -2,54 |
| Watermelon | -2,84 |
| Nuts | mEq |
| Hazelnuts | -1,96 |
| Peanuts, plain | 6,68 |
| Pistachio | 0,26 |
| Sweet almonds | 0,76 |
| Walnuts | 6,17 |
| Herbs & Vinegar | mEq |
| Apple vinegar | -2,17 |
| Basil | -6,95 |
| Chives | -6,51 |
| Parsley | -15,50 |
| Wine vinegar, balamico | -1,26 |
| Fats & Oil | mEq |
| Butter | 0,49 |
| Margarine | -0,15 |
| Olive oil | 0,02 |
| Sunflower seed oil | -0,02 |
| Fats & Oil | mEq |
| Sweats | mEq |
| Chocolate, bitter | -11,45 |
| Chocolate, milk | -1,30 |
| Honey | -0,39 |
| Ice cream, dairy, vanilla | 2,26 |
| Ice cream, fruit, mixed | -0,67 |
| Madeira cake | 3,43 |
| Marmalade | -0,93 |
| Nougat hazelnut cream | -1,94 |
| Sugar, brown | -2,08 |
| Sugar, white | -0,06 |