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Foods in italics are often kept in the diets we recommend. Foods marked in red are almost always removed, foods not marked with italics or red are either not usually a factor or are individually determined.
<.10 mg/100 g (low levels of salicylates)
Fruits:
Apple, banana, paw paw, pear w/o skin,
plums (green), pomegranate
Vegetables:
bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, black eyed peas, brown beans,
brussels sprouts, cabbage (green/
red), celery (root)
, chives, garbanzo beans, leeks, lentils, lettuce,
lima beans, mung beans,
peas (green/split), potato (without peel), shallots,
soy beans, summer squash (chayote),
swede
Grains:
Arrowroot, barley, buckwheat,
maize, millet, oats, rice (brown/white),
rye, soy grits, wheat
Nuts and seeds:
Cashews, poppyseeds
Animal Products:
Beef, cheese, chicken, egg
(white), kidney, lamb, liver,
milk, oysters, pork, salmon, scallops, shrimp, tripe, tuna,
yogurt
Other:
Carob powder, cocoa powder,
coffee powder (decaffeinated), gin, maple syrup,
ovaltine powder (type with egg), parsley leaves, saffron,
soy sauce, sugar, tea bag (chamomile), vinegar (malt), vodka,
whisky
.10 - .49 mg/100 g
Fruits:
Apple (red), apple juice, apricot nectar,
cherries (sour), custard apple, figs (fresh or canned), grapes (light,
seedless), grape juice (light), grapefruit
juice, kiwi, lemon, loquat,
lychee, orange, passion fruit,
peach nectar, pear (w/skin), persimmon, pineapple juice,
plum (red), tamarillo, watermelon
Vegetables:
Asparagus (white), beet, carrot,
cauliflower, corn (regular or
creamed), egg plant (w/o peel),
green french beans, horseradish, mushrooms (fresh), onion (white),
parsnip, pimento, potato w/peel, pumpkin,
rhubarb, spinach (frozen), squash
(marrow), sweet potato (yellow), tomato (fresh), tomato juice,
turnip.
Nuts and Seeds:
Brazil nuts, coconut (dried), hazelnuts,
peanut butter, pecans, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, walnut,
annatto
Other:
Beer, brandy, caramels, cereal, coffee powder, cider (hard), cola soda,
coriander leaves, garlic, molasses, olives (black), sherry (dry), syrup (corn),
tobasco sauce, tea bag (decaffeinated, fruit –
depends on type, herbal, rose hip), wine (claret, rose, white), vermouth
.50 to .99 mg/100 g
Fruits:
apple (canned), apple (granny smith),
avocado, cherries (sweet), figs (dried),
grapes (red), grape juice (dark), grapefruit (pink),
mandarin orange, mulberries, peach, tangelo
Vegetables:
Alfalfa, broad beans, broccoli,
chili peppers (green/yellow-green), cucumber w/o peel, egg plant
w/ peel, mushrooms (canned), okra, spinach
(fresh), squash, sweet potato (white), tomato (canned),
watercress
Nuts:
Macadamia, pine nuts, pistachio
Other:
Coffee powder, fennel powder, sherry (sweet),
wine (cabernet, claret, riesling, sauvignon).
4.99 mg/100 g (moderate levels of salicylates)
Fruits:
Apricot, blackberries, blueberries
, boysenberries, cantaloupe,
cherries (canned), cranberries, cranberry sauce,
currants (black
/red), dates (fresh/dried), guava,
grapes (sultana), loganberries, orange, pineapple,
plum (dark red), raspberries (frozen),
strawberries, youngberries.
Vegetables:
Chicory, chili peppers( red),
endive, mushrooms (canned), peppers (sweet
green), radishes, tomato paste, tomato sauce, zucchini (peeled).
Nuts:
Almonds, peanuts, water chestnuts
.
Other:
Bay leaves, basil, caraway, champagne, chilli flakes, chilli powder,
ginger root, mints, nutmeg, olives (green)
, pepper (white), *peppermints, pimento powder, port, rum, *tea
bags/leaves (regular/herbal/peppermint, vanilla flavoring, vinegar (white).
5.00 – 10.00 mg/100 g (high levels of salicylates)
Fruits:
Raisins (golden), prunes (canned)
, raspberries
Other:
Allspice, cardamom, cloves, dill (fresh),
licorice, liqueurs, * mint (fresh), paprika (sweet), pepper (black)
, pickles.
> 10.00 mg/100 g ( very high salicylate content )
Aniseed, canella powder, cayenne
, celery powder, cinnamon, cumin, curry,
dill powder, fenugreek powder,
garam masala, *honey, mace
, mustard powder, oregano, paprika (hot), rosemary,
sage, tarragon, tumeric, thyme, worcestershire sauce
Some foods have a wide variation in salicylate content:
Coffee powder 0 to .96 mg/100 g, honey 2.5 to 11.24 mg/100 g, peppermints .77 to 7.50 mg/100 g, tea bags/leaves 1.9 to 7.34 mg/100 g.
Adapted from Swain A R, S P Dutton, A S Truswell: Salicylates in Foods.
J. Amer. Diet Assn. 85: 950 – 960, 1985