Is Vegetable Curry Ready Meal Acidic or Alkaline?
Vegetable curry ready meal (prepared) is alkaline: Negative PRAL: alkalizing after digestion.
Classification
A vegetable curry ready meal is in the alkaline range at −3.7 because vegetables, coconut milk and spices supply plenty of potassium and there's hardly any protein involved. With rice on the side, the meal usually stays slightly alkaline overall. With chicken or shrimp in it, it tips into positive territory. The value doesn't capture the salt and fat content of the ready meal, and the 94 kcal per 100 g are moderate.
In the Meals & Fast Food category, vegetable curry ready meal (prepared) ranks #9 of 118, sorted from alkaline to acid-forming. More alkaline options include Mashed potatoes (−3.7), Potato salad (with mayonnaise) (−3.8), Potato gratin (−4.0). More acid-forming are Potato pancakes (−3.7), Frozen potato rösti (−3.4), Fruit salad (−3.3).
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 vegetable curry ready meal 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: Vegetable curry ready meal (prepared) has a PRAL of −3.7 per 100 g, so it counts as alkaline in your daily acid-base balance.
How much vegetable curry ready meal do I need for a noticeable effect?
A meal (300 g) of vegetable curry ready meal adds −11.1 to your daily balance. For comparison: an egg is around +5.4, a slice of cheese around +6. So one serving of vegetable curry ready meal roughly offsets one of them.
Why is vegetable curry ready meal alkaline even though it is not a typical alkaline food?
The PRAL depends on the minerals left over after digestion, not on taste or pH. Vegetable curry ready meal provides more potassium, magnesium and calcium than phosphorus and protein, so the balance is negative (−3.7).
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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.