Food: Acid Forming, Base Donating, and Neutral Food

Acid forming foods Alkaline donating foods Neutral foods
Cereal products Legumes Milk and dairy products
Barley Beans, white and green Kefir
Hulled and polished cereal products – e.g. rice.
Oatmeal Vegetables and salads Fats and oils
Crispbread Eggplant Natural oils – e.g. safflower oil, olive oil.
Brown bread Avocado
Whole grain products Cauliflower Drinks
White flour products – rolls, cakes, pasta, white bread Broccoli Tap water
Rusk Chicory
Dill Miscellaneous
Legumes Endive Sugar, white
Peas Cucumbers
Lenses Carrots, young
Corn Potatoes
Kohlrabi
Vegetables and salads Lettuce
Artichokes Cress
Canned vegetables Pumpkin
Leek
Fruit Hot peppers
Preserved fruit Parsley
Radish
Seeds and nuts Radish, white
Peanuts, Brazil nuts, walnuts Brussels sprouts
Flaxseed Beets, red
Almonds Sauerkraut
Pistachios Chives
Sesame Asparagus
Spinach
Milk and dairy products Sprouts
Butter Tomatoes
Buttermilk White cabbage
Créme fraîche Zucchini
Emmental Onions
Fruit yogurt
UHT milk Mushrooms
Hard cheese Chanterelles
Cottage cheese Porcini mushrooms
Mozarella
Parmesan Seeds and nuts
Cream Hazelnuts
Sour cream Pumpkin seeds
Sheep cheese Sunflower seeds
Processed cheese
Quark Fresh fruit
Soft cheese Apples, with skin
Goat cheese Pineapple
Apricots
Meat, poultry, sausages Bananas
All meats Pears
All sausages – e.g. liver sausage, salami, ham. Blackberries
Poultry – z.B. Duck, goose, chicken, turkey Strawberries
Wild Figs
Grapefruit
Fish Blueberries
All types of fish Raspberries
Seafood Currants
Cherries
Greases and oils Kiwi
Butter Tangerines
Mango
Drinks Melons
Beer, light Mirabelle plums
Cola Oranges
Sparkling mineral water Peaches
Black tea Plums
Raisins
Miscellaneous Gooseberries
Dark chocolate Grapes
Chips Lemons
Ice cream, milk ice
Milk chocolate Milk and milk products
Sand Cake Whey
Raw milk – from cow, sheep and goat
Greases and oils Beverages
Margarine Green tea, infusion
Coffee, infusion, 5 minutes
Cocoa
Herbal tea – except mallow, rosehip and fruit tea
Mauve, rosehip or fruit tea, infusion
Mineral water without carbonic acid
Soy milk
White wine, dry
Miscellaneous
Ice cream, fruit ice
Honey
Jam
Nut nougat cream