Plant
Reduced fat woven wheat crackers
USDA description: Crackers, woven wheat, reduced fat
How reduced fat woven wheat crackers scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Reduced fat woven wheat crackersExcellent
| Starting score | 100 |
| Calorie Density | -9.6 |
| Sodium | -8 |
| Fiber | +5 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -4 |
| Magnesium | +2 |
| Saturated Fat | -1.6 |
| 2 smaller factors | -0.5 |
| Final score | 83 |
Reduced fat woven wheat crackers scores 83 out of 100 and sits in the excellent band. Among the lower-risk choices for most people with gout, and often carries protective nutrients.
Penalties took 24 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 7.3 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 Fat7.6 g
- Saturated Fat1.1 g
- Sodium745 mg
- Dietary Fiber10.9 g
- Total Sugars1.2 g
- Protein11.3 g
- Calcium39 mg
- Iron3.6 mg
- Magnesium120 mg
- Vitamin C0 mg
- Folate30 ug
- Water2.6 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 cracker5 g
- 1 small or medium single serving bagtypical45 g
- 1 large single serving bag85 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.
- -9.6Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
416 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -8Long-term
SodiumLong-term
745 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- +5Long-term
FiberLong-term
10.9 g of dietary fiber per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis 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
- +2Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
120 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
- -1.6Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
1.07 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -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
- +0.3Long-term
FolateLong-term
30 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
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