Plant
Garlic bread
USDA description: Garlic bread, NFS
How garlic bread scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Garlic breadGood
| Starting score | 100 |
| Saturated Fat | -7.9 |
| Calorie Density | -7.7 |
| Sodium | -7.1 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -4 |
| Folate | +1.7 |
| Fiber | +1.6 |
| 2 smaller factors | -0.4 |
| Final score | 76 |
Garlic bread scores 76 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 27.7 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 3.9 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 Fat16.6 g
- Saturated Fat5.3 g
- Sodium620 mg
- Dietary Fiber2.5 g
- Total Sugars3.7 g
- Protein8.3 g
- Calcium27 mg
- Iron3.0 mg
- Magnesium23 mg
- Vitamin C0.20 mg
- Folate167 ug
- Water31.7 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 small slice39 g
- 1 medium slicetypical79 g
- 1 large slice118 g
- 1 piece/slice Texas Toast41 g
- 1 baguette (about 22" long)393 g
- 1 mini baguette (about 9" long)185 g
- Quantity not specified79 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 (yeast breads).
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.
- -7.9Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
5.27 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -7.7Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
349 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -7.1Long-term
SodiumLong-term
620 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- -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
- +1.7Long-term
FolateLong-term
167 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
- +1.6Long-term
FiberLong-term
2.5 g of dietary fiber per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol
- -1Flare risk
Purine LoadFlare risk
20 mg of purines per 100 g, weighted 0.45x as a plant source and 1.0x for the typical portion: 9 mg effective.
Evidence: Choi HK 2004, N Engl J Med · Kaneko K 2014, Biol Pharm Bull · Zhang Y 2012, Ann Rheum Dis
- +0.6Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
23 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
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Common questions
About garlic bread
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Each score lists the factors that moved it, the portion it assumes, and the studies behind each factor's weight.