Is Pumpkin (Sweet and Sour Pickled) Acidic or Alkaline?
Pumpkin, sweet and sour pickled (canned) is neutral: PRAL close to zero: hardly shifts your acid-base balance.
Classification
Sweet and sour pickled pumpkin is neutral at +0.2. Simmering in vinegar and sugar syrup draws potassium out of the flesh, and the sugar dilutes the rest, so nothing is left of fresh pumpkin's alkaline advantage. As a side with roasts or cheese, it is a matter of taste, not an alkalizing food. The 112 kcal per 100 g come mainly from the syrup.
In the Vegetables & Salad category, pumpkin (sweet and sour pickled) (canned) ranks #101 of 110, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming. More alkaline options include Soybean sprouts (0.0), Mushroom, button (−0.5), Mung bean sprouts (−0.7). More acid-forming are Artichoke (+0.8), Snow peas (+0.8), Alfalfa sprouts (+1.8).
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 pumpkin (sweet and sour pickled) 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: Pumpkin, sweet and sour pickled (canned) has a PRAL of +0.2 per 100 g, so it counts as neutral in your daily acid-base balance.
Does pumpkin (sweet and sour pickled) count in the acid-base balance at all?
Hardly. At +0.2 per 100 g, pumpkin (sweet and sour pickled) is in the neutral range between −0.5 and +0.5. You can eat it without shifting your balance.
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Compare all Vegetables & Salad: Vegetables & Salad table. Common questions are answered in Acidic or Alkaline?, and the PRAL calculator adds up a whole meal.
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.