3. Organ Meats

Animal Organs can be rich in nutrients but they are also high in purines. No other food has higher purine levels as Organ meats. Below is a list of people’s favourite organ meat and their purine contents per 100g:

• Sweetbreads – 1260mg
• Calf Liver – 480mg
• Pork Liver – 289mg
• Chicken Liver – 243mg
• Chicken Heart – 223mg
• Beef Kidney – 213mg

Just in case you are not familiar with the term sweetbreads, Sweetbreads are culinary names for the thymus (also called throat, gullet, or neck sweetbread) or the pancreas (also called heart, stomach, or belly sweetbread), especially of the calf and lamb.