August 20th
Food list: pH Values of Common Foods
Direct access to an easy to use list with pH values of common foods.
Always consult with a healthcare professional or registered dietitian before making significant changes to your diet, especially if you have specific health concerns or conditions that may require dietary changes.
Note: pH values listed are approximate and may vary slightly based on factors like ripeness and
preparation.
Alkalizing foods (Recommended 70% of Your Diet) - Alphabetical list
Vegetables
Alfalfa grass: +29.3
Artichokes: +1.3
Asparagus: +1.1
Barley Grass: +28.7
Brussel Sprouts: +0.5
Cabbage lettuce, fresh: +14.1
Carrot: +9.5
Cauliflower: +5.6
Celery +13.3
Chives +8.3
Cucumber, fresh: +31.5
Dog grass +22.6
Endive: +14.5
Garlic: +13.2
Green beans: +11.2
Green cabbage, Dec.: +4.0
Green cabbage, March: +2.0
Horseradish: +6.8
Kamut Grass: +27.6
Kohlrabi: +5.1
Lamb’s lettuce: +4.8
Leeks (bulbs): +7.2
Lettuce: +2.2
Onion: +3.0
Peas, ripe: +0.5
Red cabbage: +6.3
Rhubarb stalks: +6.3
Rutabaga: +3.1
Turnip: +8.0
Radish (White): +3.1
Radish (Black): +39.4
Red beet fresh+11.3
Savoy cabbage: +4.5
Shave grass +21.7
Sorrel: +11.5
Soy sprouts: +29.5
Spinach: 13.1
Sprouted chia seeds: +28.5
Sprouted radish seeds: +28.4
Straw grass: +21.4
Watercress: +7.7
Wheat grass: +33.8
White beans (Navy): +12.1
White cabbage: +3.3
Zucchini: +5.7
Herbs
Cayenne pepper: +18.8
Comfrey: +1.5
Dandelion: +22.7
Fruits
Avocado: +15.6
Fresh lemon: +9.9
Limes: +8.2
Tomato: +13.6
Nuts
Almonds: +3.6
Brazil nuts: -0.5
Fats (Fresh, Cold-pressed Oils)
Borage oil: +3.2
Eve.primrose oil: +4.1
Flax seed oil: +3.5
Marine lipids +4.7
Olive oil +1.0
Non-stored Organic Grains and Legumes
Buckwheat groats: +0.5
Lentils: +0.6
Lima beans: +12.0
Spelt: +0.5
Soybeans, fresh: +12.0
Soy flour +2.5
Soy lecithin, pure +38.0
Tofu +3.2
White beans (Navy) +12.1
Seeds
Caraway seeds: +2.3
Cumin seeds: +1.1
Fennel seeds: +1.3
Flax seeds -1.3
Pumpkin seeds: -5.6
Sesame seeds: +0.5
Sunflower seeds -5.4
Wheat kernel -11.4
Water - Distilled (neutral)
Acidifying foods (Recommended 30% of Your Diet) - Alphabetical list
Fruits
Apricot: -9.5
Banana (unripe): +4.8
Banana, ripe: -10.1
Black currant: -6.1
Blueberry: -5.3
Cantaloupe: -2.5
Cherry, sour: +3.5
Cherry, sweet: -3.6
Coconut, fresh: +0.5
Cranberry: -7.0
Currant: -8.2
Date: -4.7
Fig juice powder: -2.4
Grape: -7.6
Grapefruit: -1.7
Gooseberry: -7.7
Italian plum: -4.9
Mandarin orange -11.5
GrainsMango: -8.7
Orange: -9.2
Papaya: -9.4
Peach: -9.7
Pear: -9.9
Pineapple: -12.6
Raspberry: -5.1
Red currant: -2.4
Rose hips: -15.5
Strawberry: -5.4
Tangerine: -8.5
Watermelon: -1.0
Yellow plum: -4.9
Fish
Fresh water fish: -11.8
Grains
Brown rice -12.5
Wheat -10.1
Nuts
Walnuts: -8
Macadamia -3.2
Hazelnuts -2.0
Fats
Coconut Milk: -1,5
Sunflower oil: -6.7
Foods to be Eaten as Little as Possible (10 % or less of diet)
Bread and Biscuits
Rye bread: -2.5
White bread: -10.0
White biscuit: -6.5
Whole-grain bread: -4.5
Whole-meal bread: -6.5
Meat, Poultry, and Fish
Beef: -34.5
Chicken: -18 to -22.0
Eggs: -18 to -22.0
Liver: -3.0
Ocean fish: -20.0
Organ meats -3.0
Oysters: -5.0
Pork: -38.0
Veal: -35.0
Milk and Milk Products
Buttermilk: +1.3
Cream: -3.9
Hard cheese: -18.1
Homogenized milk: -1.0
Quark: -17.3
Root Vegetables
Stored potatoes: +2.0
Nuts
Cashews: -9.3
Peanuts: -12.8
Pistachios: -16.6
Fats
Butter -3.9
Corn oil -6.5
Margarine -7.5
Sweets
Artificial sweeteners: -26.5
Beet sugar -15.1
Brown rice syrup -8.7
Chocolate: -24.6
Dried sugar cane juice: -9.8
Honey -7.6
Molasses -14.6
Turbinado sugar -9.5
White sugar: -17.6
Beverages
Beer: -26.8
Black tea: -27.1
Coffee -25.1
Fruit juice, packaged: -8.7
Fruit juice, sweetened: -33.4
Liquor: -28.6 to -38.7
Wine: -16.4
Condiments
Ketchup: -12.4
Mayonnaise: -12.5
Mustard: -19.2
Soy sauce -36.2
Vinegar: -39.4
Miscellaneous Foods to Avoid
Canned Foods
Processed Foods