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Sweets & Snacks: PRAL Values Compared

By PRAL, sweets are often neutral or even alkaline (cocoa, potato chips because of potassium). The value says nothing about sugar, fat and salt; it only measures the mineral balance.

91 foods
Average −0.2
Alkaline 33
Neutral 10
Acidic 48

Common questions about sweets & snacks

Is Cocoa Acidic or Alkaline?
dried
−31.7
Alkaline
Is Chocolate Acidic or Alkaline?
prepared
−6.1
Alkaline
Are Potato Chips Acidic or Alkaline?
fried
−17.0
Alkaline

All sweets & snacks, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming

# Food PRAL
1 Cocoa powder, bakingdried −35.7
2 Cocoa powder (alkalized)dried −31.7
3 Potato chips (plain)prepared −17.0
4 Potato chips (paprika flavor)prepared −17.0
5 Potato chips (sour cream & onion)prepared −17.0
6 Potato chips naturalefried −17.0
7 Sweet potato chipsprepared −15.0
8 Banana chipsdried −10.2
9 Dark chocolateprepared −6.1
10 Coconut macaroonsbaked −5.1
11 Chocolate chipsprepared −4.4
12 Stollen (Dresden style)baked −4.3
13 Ice cream, chocolateprepared −3.6
14 Red fruit jellyprepared −3.4
15 Rhubarb cakebaked −2.9
16 Tobleroneprepared −2.9
17 Trail mix (nuts & raisins)prepared −2.8
18 M&M's Milk Chocolate Candiesprepared −2.3
19 Pralinesprepared −2.1
20 Milk chocolateprepared −2.1
21 chocolate hazelnut spreadprepared −1.9
22 Licoriceprepared −1.8
23 Apricot jamprepared −1.5
24 Strawberry jamprepared −1.5
25 White chocolateprepared −1.5
26 M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candiesprepared −1.1
27 Apple strudelbaked −1.1
28 Milky Wayprepared −0.8
29 Apricot cakebaked −0.7
30 Sorbetprepared −0.7
31 Ice cream, vanillaprepared −0.6
32 Strawberry sponge cakebaked −0.6
33 Chocolate marshmallow kissprepared −0.5
34 Caramel candyprepared −0.5
35 Chocolate mousseprepared −0.5
36 Plum cakebaked −0.4
37 Chocolate puddingprepared −0.4
38 Chewing gum (sugar-free)prepared −0.3
39 Lollipopprepared −0.1
40 Cotton candyprepared −0.1
41 Chewing gum (sugared)prepared 0.0
42 Cocoa butterraw 0.0
43 Vanilla puddingprepared +0.2
44 Twixprepared +0.6
45 Browniebaked +0.7
46 Frozen yogurtprepared +0.7
47 Black forest cakebaked +0.8
48 Cherry cakebaked +0.8
49 Marshmallowsprepared +0.9
50 Donutbaked +1.2
51 Snickersprepared +1.3
52 Marzipanprepared +2.0
53 Danube wave cakebaked +2.0
54 Bee sting cakebaked +2.1
55 Tortilla chipsprepared +2.2
56 Fruit gummiesprepared +2.3
57 Tiramisuchilled +2.4
58 Tiramisuprepared +2.4
59 Apple cakebaked +2.5
60 Jelly doughnutbaked +2.7
61 Breadsticks (grissini)prepared +2.8
62 Crumb cakebaked +3.0
63 Chocolate chip cookiesbaked +3.0
64 Cereal barprepared +3.0
65 Popcornprepared +3.4
66 Cookie doughraw +3.5
67 Chocolate muffinbaked +3.5
68 Gingerbreadbaked +3.7
69 Butter cake (sugar cake)baked +3.7
70 Madeleinesbaked +3.9
71 Linzer tortebaked +3.9
72 Lemon cakebaked +4.0
73 Vanilla crescent cookiesbaked +4.6
74 Carrot cakebaked +4.6
75 Crackers (salty)prepared +4.8
76 Cheese cream tortebaked +5.2
77 Pretzel sticksprepared +5.4
78 Butter biscuitsbaked +5.8
79 Spekulatius cookiesbaked +5.9
80 Chocolate cakebaked +6.2
81 Cheesecakebaked +6.2
82 Rusk / Twice-baked breadbaked +6.3
83 Cream puffbaked +6.6
84 Marble cakebaked +7.4
85 Oatmeal cookiesbaked +7.8
86 Peanut flipsprepared +8.0
87 Cupcakebaked +8.1
88 Pound cakebaked +8.1
89 Protein barprepared +8.7
90 Cheese crackersprepared +8.7
91 Spongebaked +12.8

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