Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Guanine — 168 mg of the 292.3 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 120, xanthine 3.7, hypoxanthine 0.6.

Tofu, dried-frozen (koyadofu)

High purine

Legumes and legume products

Purine content

292 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	292 mg
— Adenine	120 mg
— Guanine	168 mg
— Hypoxanthine	0.6 mg
— Xanthine	3.7 mg
Fructose	No data available
Calories	477 kcal

Missing figures are shown as “No data available”; values are copied from the sources below and are never estimated. Laboratory values differ between studies and samples.

Where these numbers come from

Purine total and fractions: Kaneko, K., et al. (2014). Total purine and purine base content of common foodstuffs for facilitating nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 37(5), 709-21..
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #172450.

If you want something similar

Within legumes and legume products, the same table also lists Peanuts, raw at 49.1 mg and Tofu, deep-fried at 54.4 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

I skip it during a flare. Outside one I eat it, just not too often.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Guanine — 168 mg of the 292.3 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 120, xanthine 3.7, hypoxanthine 0.6.

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