Acid Alkaline Food Chart

pH balancing foods

Combined with our articles about pH balance and digestion, this chart of acid/alkaline forming foods will help you gain a better understanding of the effect that individual foods have in terms of digestive pH.

There are a lot of lists out there, a few more definitive and reliable than others, and contradictions among them do show up; however, the basics are fairly consistent. This list is just a sampling, an overview of which foods fall on either side of the pH scale. From this initial understanding you can start to assess how pH may be playing a part in your personal health and diet picture.

Alkaline Food Chart

Alkalizing vegetables
Alfalfa Barley grass Beets and beet greens Broccoli Cabbage Carrot Cauliflower Celery Cucumber Fermented veggies (Sauerkraut, kim chee) Garlic Green beans Green peas Kale	Kohlrabi Lettuce Mushrooms Nightshade veggies (Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, etc.) Onions Peas Pumpkin Radishes Sea vegetables Spinach Sprouts Sweet potatoes Wild greens
Alkalizing fruits
Apple Apricot Avocado Banana Berries Cantaloupe Cherries, sour Coconut, fresh Currants Dates, dried Figs, dried Grapes Grapefruit Honeydew melon Lemon	Lime Muskmelons Nectarine Orange Peach Pear Pineapple Raisins Raspberries Rhubarb Strawberries Tangerine Tropical fruits Watermelon
Alkalizing protein
Almonds Chestnuts Millet	Tempeh (fermented) Tofu (fermented) Whey protein powder
Other alkalizing foods
Apple cider vinegar Bee pollen Green juices Lecithin granules	Mineral water Molasses, blackstrap Probiotic cultures Soured (cultured) dairy products