Food list
Legumes: PRAL Values Compared
Legumes provide protein but are only slightly acid-forming to neutral, because plenty of potassium and magnesium push back. As a meat substitute, they lower the acid load considerably.
26 foods
Average +1.0
Alkaline 7
Neutral 3
Acidic 16
Common questions about legumes
Are Lentils Acidic or Alkaline?
boiled
+3.1
Acidic Are Chickpeas Acidic or Alkaline?
boiled
+1.7
Acidic All legumes, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming
| # | Food | PRAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green beansboiled | −5.6 |
| 2 | Green beansfresh | −4.0 |
| 3 | Edamame (green soybeans)boiled | −3.1 |
| 4 | Chickpea flourraw | −2.8 |
| 5 | Green beanscanned | −2.0 |
| 6 | Green peasfresh | −1.9 |
| 7 | White beansboiled | −1.2 |
| 8 | Peas & carrotscanned | −0.1 |
| 9 | Fava beans (broad beans)cooked | +0.2 |
| 10 | White beanscanned | +0.4 |
| 11 | Mung beanscooked | +0.5 |
| 12 | Kidney beansboiled | +0.7 |
| 13 | Green peasboiled | +0.7 |
| 14 | Chickpeasfresh | +1.0 |
| 15 | Soybeans, matureboiled | +1.1 |
| 16 | Chickpeasboiled | +1.7 |
| 17 | Kidney beanscanned | +1.9 |
| 18 | Chickpeascanned | +2.4 |
| 19 | Peascanned | +2.5 |
| 20 | Lentilsboiled | +3.1 |
| 21 | Lentilscanned | +3.7 |
| 22 | Red lentilscooked | +3.9 |
| 23 | Lentilsraw | +4.8 |
| 24 | Sweet lupinscooked | +5.2 |
| 25 | Sweet lupinsraw | +5.4 |
| 26 | Red lentilsraw | +8.6 |
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