Plant
Peanut butter filled sandwich crackers
USDA description: Crackers, sandwich, peanut butter filled
How peanut butter filled sandwich crackers scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Peanut butter filled sandwich crackersGood
| Starting score | 100 |
| Calorie Density | -10 |
| Sodium | -8 |
| Saturated Fat | -7.2 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -4 |
| Fructose | -3.2 |
| Fiber | +1.4 |
| 3 smaller factors | +1.5 |
| Final score | 71 |
Peanut butter filled sandwich crackers scores 71 out of 100 and sits in the good band. Generally ranks well. Most people with gout find it fits into a regular eating pattern.
Penalties took 33.2 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 3.7 back. Every factor is listed in full below.
Scores run 0–100, where higher means more gout-friendly on average. They reflect relative ranking across foods, not a personal risk level. The same food can suit one person and not another, so use the score as a starting point for a conversation with your clinician.
The underlying data
Nutrition and portions
Nutrition Facts
- Total Fat24.5 g
- Saturated Fat4.8 g
- Sodium801 mg
- Dietary Fiber2.3 g
- Total Sugars10.5 g
- Protein11.5 g
- Calcium81 mg
- Iron2.8 mg
- Magnesium55 mg
- Vitamin C0 mg
- Folate86 ug
- Water2.9 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 sandwichtypical7 g
- 1 miniature/bite size3 g
- 1 individual package45 g
- 1 cup, NFS70 g
- Quantity not specified18 g
Where the purine figure comes from
No direct purine measurement has been published for this food, so the score uses the measured median for its category (crackers).
We rate this a good confidence estimate.
How purines affect the score →Nutrition values from the USDA FoodData Central database.
Scoring rationale
Every factor, in full
Each row shows the points a factor moved, what drove it, and the studies behind its weight.
- -10Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
494 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -8Long-term
SodiumLong-term
801 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- -7.2Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
4.8 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -4Long-term
Nutrient GapsLong-term
Provides meaningful amounts of only 3 of the 5 protective nutrient groups (vitamin C, fiber, omega-3, magnesium and folate).
Evidence: Choi HK 2009, Arch Intern Med · Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Zhang M 2019, Arthritis Rheumatol
- -3.2Long-term
FructoseLong-term
An estimated 2.1 g of fructose per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Choi HK 2008, BMJ · Choi HK 2010, JAMA
- +1.4Long-term
FiberLong-term
2.3 g of dietary fiber per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol
- +1.4Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
55 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
- +0.9Long-term
FolateLong-term
86 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
- -0.8Flare risk
Purine LoadFlare risk
15 mg of purines per 100 g, weighted 0.45x as a plant source and 1.0x for the typical portion: 7 mg effective.
Evidence: Choi HK 2004, N Engl J Med · Kaneko K 2014, Biol Pharm Bull · Zhang Y 2012, Ann Rheum Dis
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