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Food Acidity ranges
Acidity | Description |
0 to 3.6 | Very acid - very bad for heartburn |
3.6 to 4.5 | Mildly acid - may or may not cause heartburn |
4.5 or higher | Not acid - most probably won't cause heartburn |
For more details search on food acidity and alkalinity look at the list below. Items with higher values are the safest for your stomach. For more details on specific food items and whether they cause heartburn or not take a look at Food Database
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Item |
Approximate pH |
Abalone | 6.10 - 6.50 | Abalone mushroom | 5.00 | Ackees | 5.5 | Aloe vera | 6.1 | Aloe Juice | 6.00 - 6.80 | Anchovies | 6.5 | Anchovies, stuffed with capers, in olive oil | 5.58 | Antipesto | 5.60 | Apple, baked with sugar | 3.20 - 3.55 | Apple, eating | 3.30 - 4.00 | Apples, Delicious | 3.9 | Apples, Golden Delicious | 3.6 | Apples, Jonathan | 3.33 | Apples, McIntosh | 3.34 | Apple Juice | 3.35 - 4.00 | Apple Sauce | 3.10 - 3.60 | Apple Winesap | 3.47 | Apricots | 3.30 - 4.80 | Apricots, Canned | 3.40 - 3.78 | Apricots, Dried, stewed | 3.30 - 3.51 | Apricots, Nectar | 3.78 | Apricots , Pureed, | 3.42 - 3.83 | Apricots, Strained | 3.72 - 3.95 | Arrowroot Crackers | 6.63 - 6.80 | Arrowroot Cruel | 6.37 - 6.87 | Artichokes | 5.50 - 6.00 | Artichokes, canned, acidified | 4.30 - 4.60 | Artichokes, French, cooked | 5.60 - 6.00 | Artichokes, Jerusalem, cooked | 5.93 - 6.00 | Asparagus | 6.00 - 6.70 | Asparagus Buds | 6.7 | Asparagus Stalks | 6.1 | Asparagus, cooked | 6.03 - 6.16 | Asparagus, canned | 5.00 - 6.00 | Asparagus, frozen, cooked | 6.35 - 6.48 | Asparagus, green, canned | 5.20 - 5.32 | Asparagus, strained | 4.80 - 5.09 | Avocados | 6.27 - 6.58 |
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