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Vegetables & Salad: PRAL Values Compared

Vegetables are the foundation of any alkaline diet. Leafy greens, roots and cabbages are almost all clearly negative; cooking water takes some potassium with it, steaming keeps it.

110 foods
Average −4.3
Alkaline 99
Neutral 2
Acidic 9

Common questions about vegetables & salad

Are Potatoes Acidic or Alkaline?
boiled
−6.5
Alkaline
Are Tomatoes Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−4.2
Alkaline
Is Pumpkin Acidic or Alkaline?
boiled
−3.4
Alkaline
Is Spinach Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−12.2
Alkaline
Are Carrots Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−6.3
Alkaline
Is Broccoli Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−6.1
Alkaline
Are Bell Peppers Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−3.5
Alkaline
Is Cucumber Acidic or Alkaline?
fresh
−3.3
Alkaline

All vegetables & salad, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming

# Food PRAL
1 Sun-dried tomatodried −53.8
2 Seaweeddried −18.6
3 Spinachcooked −12.9
4 Stinging nettlefresh −12.6
5 Spinachfresh −12.2
6 Kalefresh −11.7
7 Purslanefresh −10.3
8 Dandelion greensfresh −9.7
9 Chicoryfresh −9.3
10 Potato, with skinbaked −8.7
11 Lamb's lettucefresh −8.3
12 Celeriacfresh −8.3
13 Swiss chardfresh −7.8
14 Horseradishfresh −7.6
15 Arugulafresh −7.1
16 Rhubarbfresh −6.8
17 Potatofresh −6.6
18 Potatoboiled −6.5
19 Fennelfresh −6.5
20 Soup greensfresh −6.5
21 Carrotfresh −6.3
22 Lettucefresh −6.2
23 Broccolifresh −6.1
24 Wild garlicfresh −5.8
25 Chanterellefresh −5.8
26 Brussels sproutsfresh −5.6
27 Beetrootfresh −5.6
28 Pumpkin (Butternut)boiled −5.4
29 Sweet potatoboiled −5.3
30 Celery stalkfresh −5.2
31 Chili pepper, redfresh −5.0
32 Spinachcanned −5.0
33 Swede (rutabaga)fresh −5.0
34 Parsnipboiled −4.9
35 Brussels sproutscooked −4.8
36 Radicchiofresh −4.8
37 Pointed cabbagefresh −4.7
38 Turnipfresh −4.7
39 Frozen mixed vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, broccoli)raw −4.7
40 Red cabbageraw −4.7
41 Spring onionfresh −4.6
42 Leekfresh −4.6
43 Black salsifyfresh −4.5
44 Enoki mushroomfresh −4.5
45 Radishfresh −4.4
46 Lettuce, greenfresh −4.4
47 Romaine lettucefresh −4.4
48 White cabbagefresh −4.2
49 Sorrelfresh −4.2
50 Tomatofresh −4.2
51 Zucchinifresh −4.1
52 Horseradishprepared −4.1
53 Okraboiled −4.1
54 Tomatoes, peeledcanned −4.1
55 Chinese cabbagefresh −4.0
56 Bok choyfresh −4.0
57 Tomatoes, strained (passata)canned −4.0
58 Zucchinicooked −3.7
59 Daikon radishfresh −3.6
60 Cauliflowerfresh −3.6
61 Red bell pepperfresh −3.5
62 Pumpkin (Hokkaido)boiled −3.4
63 Red cabbagecooked −3.4
64 Sauerkrautcanned −3.4
65 Cucumberfresh −3.3
66 Sauerkrautprepared −3.3
67 Endivefresh −3.2
68 Red cabbageprepared −3.2
69 Shallotfresh −3.1
70 Carrotscanned −3.1
71 Eggplantfresh −3.0
72 Green asparagusraw −3.0
73 White asparagusraw −3.0
74 Yellow bell pepperfresh −2.9
75 Iceberg lettucefresh −2.8
76 Fennelboiled −2.8
77 Savoy cabbagefresh −2.7
78 Cauliflowerboiled −2.6
79 Kohlrabiboiled −2.5
80 Onionfresh −2.4
81 Green bell pepperfresh −2.3
82 Pickled cucumberspickled −2.0
83 Oyster mushroomfresh −1.7
84 Savoy cabbagecooked −1.7
85 Porcini mushroomsfresh −1.6
86 Morel mushroomfresh −1.5
87 Pilz Shiitakefresh −1.4
88 Seaweed (wakame)raw −1.3
89 Broccoliboiled −1.3
90 Green olivefresh −1.2
91 Green olivescanned −1.2
92 White asparagusboiled −1.1
93 Pumpkin (field pumpkin)fresh −1.1
94 Asparaguscanned −1.0
95 Chili peppers, pickledcanned −1.0
96 Black olivefresh −0.9
97 Garlicfresh −0.8
98 Mung bean sproutsfresh −0.7
99 Mushroom, buttonfresh −0.5
100 Soybean sproutsfresh 0.0
101 Pumpkin, sweet and sour pickledcanned +0.2
102 Artichokeboiled +0.8
103 Snow peasfresh +0.8
104 Alfalfa sproutsfresh +1.8
105 Radish sproutsfresh +2.4
106 Daikon radish sproutsfresh +2.4
107 Mushroomscanned +2.5
108 Lentil sproutsfresh +2.7
109 Wheat sproutsfresh +5.0
110 Spirulina powderraw +15.4

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