Is Sweetened Lingonberry Acidic or Alkaline?
Lingonberry, sweetened (canned) is neutral: PRAL close to zero: hardly shifts your acid-base balance.
Classification
Sweetened lingonberries from the jar sit at −0.4, in the neutral range: all that sugar dilutes the berries' already modest potassium so much that hardly any alkaline effect is left. With roast game, Camembert or Kaiserschmarrn (shredded pancake), a spoonful of lingonberries adds flavor, not balance. The value says nothing about the 176 kcal per 100 g.
In the Fruit category, sweetened lingonberry (canned) ranks #79 of 80, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming. More alkaline options include Rambutan (−0.8), Mangosteen (−1.0), Blueberry (−1.3). More acid-forming are Rose hip (0.0).
Acidic or alkaline: PRAL, not pH
On this site, acidic and alkaline refer to the PRAL (potential renal acid load). It estimates what a food leaves behind once it has been digested: a positive value is acid-forming, a negative value is alkalizing. That is different from the pH of the food itself: a lemon tastes sour, yet its PRAL is −4.0, so it is alkalizing. Your diet does not change your blood pH. It does change how much acid your kidneys have to deal with.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is sweetened lingonberry acidic?
It depends on what you mean by acidic. The pH describes the food itself, for example how sour it tastes. The PRAL describes what it leaves behind after digestion: Lingonberry, sweetened (canned) has a PRAL of −0.4 per 100 g, so it counts as neutral in your daily acid-base balance.
Does sweetened lingonberry count in the acid-base balance at all?
Hardly. At −0.4 per 100 g, sweetened lingonberry is in the neutral range between −0.5 and +0.5. You can eat it without shifting your balance.
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Source: Basentracker food database (PRAL according to Remer & Manz, calculated from protein, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and calcium per 100 g). This information does not replace medical advice.