Food Groups Acidic Alkaline

Cereals like wheat•, rice•, dry corn etc and

their flour, their products like bread, pasta,
Cereals noodles, vermicelli, poha•, rawa•, oats•, Jowar, and bajra.
brown rice•, buckwheat•• and
ragi(nachni)••.
All dals• and pulses• especially tuvar dal•,
Pulses & soyabeans• and its products like milk,
All sprouts.
Legumes granules, chunks etc., chana dal flour
(besan) etc.
Milk and milk Cheese, paneer, mayonnaise, butter and Milk* chilled), curds*, ice creams*
products cream. and milkshakes*.
Green leafy vegetables like raw
spinach, fenugreek, amaranth etc.
lettuce, asparagus greens, cabbage,
Vegetables Asparagus tips (white) and cooked spinach. brinjal, ladies fingers, mushrooms,
green peas, cucumber, onions,
potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, radish,
tomatoes, broccoli etc.
All other fruits like bananas,
Plums, olives, prunes, lemon**, oranges**,
mangoes, grapes, apples, berries,
Fruits pineapple**, sweet limes**, processed
figs, papaya, peaches, watermelon,
fruit juices, canned fruits.
chickoo, pear, muskmelon etc.
Nuts and Dry coconut, walnuts, peanuts, and Almonds, dry figs, dry dates,
Oilseeds cashewnuts. raisins, apricots and fresh coconut.
Tea, coffee, alcohol, vinegar, aerated
beverages, spicy and fried foods, pickles,
chocolate, MSG (Mono Sodium
Ginger tea, herbal tea, honey and
Miscellaneous Glutamate), margarine, fermented foods
cinnamon.
like idlis, dosas, dhoklas etc, confectionary,
mithai, sugar, artificial sweeteners, non-
veg foods, eggs and other processed foods.