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Table 3 Fruits and vegetables allowed without measurement in PKU

From: PKU dietary handbook to accompany PKU guidelines

Fruit

Fresh, frozen, or tinned in syrup (≤75 mg phenylalanine /100 g)

 Apple

Kiwi fruit

Pomegranate

 Apricots

Kum quats

Prickly pear

 Bananas

Lemon

Prunes

 Bilberries

Limes

Quince

 Blackberries

Loganberries

Raisins

 Blackcurrants

Lychees

Raspberries

 Blueberries

Mandarins

Redcurrants

 Clementines

Mango

Rhubarb

 Cherries

Melon

Satsumas

 Cranberries

Medlars

Sharon fruit

 Currants, dried

Mulberries

Star fruit

 Damsons

Nectarines

Strawberries

 Dragon fruit

Olives

Sultanas

Oranges

Tamarillo

Paw paw

Tangerine

 Gooseberries

Peaches

Watermelon

 Grapefruit

Pears

Mixed peel

 Grapes

Physalis

Angelica

 Greengages

Pineapple

Glace cherries

 Guava

Plantain

Ginger

 Jack fruit

Plums

 

Vegetables

Fresh, frozen or tinned vegetables (≤75 mg phenylalanine /100 g)

 Avocado

Eddoes

Pak choi

 Artichoke

Endive

Parsnip

 Aubergine

Fennel

Peppers

 Baby corn

Garlic

Pumpkin

 Beans – French, green

Gherkins

Radish

 Beetroot

Gourd

Samphire

 Cabbage

Karela

Spring onion

 Carrots

Kohl rabi

Squash: acorn, butternut

 Capers

Ladys finger (Okra)

Swede

 Cassava

Leeks

Sweet potato

 Celeriac

Lettuce

Tomatoes

 Celery

Marrow

Tomato puree

 Chayote

Mooli

Turnip

 Chicory

Mustard and cress

Watercress

 Courgette

Onions

Water chestnuts

 Cucumber

Parsley and all herbs

 

 Dudhi

Parsnips

 
  1. Table adapted from MacDonald A, White F. Amino acid disorders. In Shaw V, editor. Clinical Paediatric Dietetics: Chichester: Wiley Blackwell; 2015. p. 430