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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 |
| Palm, heart of | 6.7 | | Papaya | 5.20 - 6.00 | | Papaya Marmalade | 3.53 - 4.00 | | Parsley | 5.70 - 6.00 | | Parsnip | 5.30 - 5.70 | | Parsnips, cooked | 5.45 - 5.65 | | Pate | 5.9 | | Peaches | 3.30 - 4.05 | | Peaches, canned | 3.70 - 4.20 | | Peaches, cooked with sugar | 3.55 - 3.72 | | Peaches, frozen | 3.28 - 3.35 | | Peanut Butter | 6.28 | | Peanut Soup | 7.5 | | Pears, Bartlett | 3.50 - 4.60 | | Pears, canned | 4.00 - 4.07 | | Pears, Sickle cooked w/sugar | 4.04 - 4.21 | | Pear Nectar | 4.03 | | Peas, canned | 5.70 - 6.00 | | Peas, Chick, Garbanzo | 6.48 - 6.80 | | Peas, cooked | 6.22 - 6.88 | | Peas, dried (split green), cooked | 6.45 - 6.80 | | Peas, dried (split yellow), cooked | 6.43 - 6.62 | | Peas, frozen, cooked | 6.40 - 6.70 | | Peas, pureed | 4.90 - 5.85 | | Pea Soup, Cream of, Canned | 5.7 | | Peas, strained | 5.91 - 6.12 | | Peppers | 4.65 - 5.45 | | Peppers, green | 5.20 - 5.93 | | Persimmons | 4.42 - 4.70 | | Pickles, fresh pack | 5.10 - 5.40 | | Pimiento | 4.40 - 4.90 | | Pimento, canned, acidified | 4.40 - 4.60 | | Pineapple | 3.20 - 4.00 | | Pineapple, canned | 3.35 - 4.10 | | Pineapple Juice, canned | 3.30 - 3.60 | | Plum Nectar | 3.45 | | Plums, Blue | 2.80 - 3.40 | | Plums, Damson | 2.90 - 3.10 | | Plums, Frozen | 3.22 - 3.42 | | Plums, Green Gage | 3.60 - 4.30 | | Plums, Green Gage, canned | 3.22 - 3.32 | | Plums, Red | 3.60 - 4.30 | | Plums, spiced | 3.64 | | Plums, Yellow | 3.90 - 4.45 | | Pollack, filet, broiled | 6.72 - 6.82 | | Pomegranate | 2.93 - 3.20 | | Porgy, broiled | 6.40 - 6.49 | | Pork & Beans, rts. | 5.7 | | Potatoes | 5.40 - 5.90 | | Potatoes, Mashed | 5.1 | | Prunes, dried, stewed | 3.63 - 3.92 | | Prunes, Sweet | 5.30 - 5.60 | | Prunes, Tubers | 5.7 | | Potato Soup | 5.9 | | Prune Juice | 3.95 - 3.97 | | Prune, pureed | 3.60 - 4.30 | | Prune, strained | 3.58 - 3.83 | | Puffed Rice | 6.27 - 6.40 | | Puffed Wheat | 5.26 - 5.77 | | Pumpkin | 4.90 - 5.50 |
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