Kidney Disease: Renal Grocery List

Renal Grocery List

This list combines all of the appropriate foods for a renal diet. Remember to eat these food items in moderation, and follow a balanced diet with foods from all food groups. If you are concerned about your weight, diabetes or heart disease, your specific needs may be different. Check with your renal dietitian or doctor about how to tailor this grocery list.

If you have diabetes, limit carbohydrate portions of starches, fruit, and sweets. Foods or food groups that contain carbohydrates are marked with a (*).

Starches* Dairy Substitutes Fruits*

Whole grain versions of Nondairy creamer* Apple  these foods may be okay to Mocha Mix Applesauce eat. Talk to your dietitian Nondairy dessert topping Apricots (canned)  about whether whole grains (e.g. Cool Whip ) Blackberries are okay for you. Rice milk, unfortified* Blueberries Almond milk, unfortified* Boysenberries Bagels (plain) Soy milk, unfortified* Cherries Bread (white, French, Cranberries sourdough, rye) Vegetables Cranberry sauce Breadsticks (plain) Alfalfa or bean sprouts Fruit cocktail Cereals, ready-to-eat Asparagus Grapes  (Rice Krispies , Puffed Bamboo shoots (canned) Kumquat Rice, Rice Chex, Beets (canned) Lemon Cornflakes) Bell peppers Lime Cereals, cooked Cabbage Loganberries (Cream of Wheat or Rice, Cauliflower Lychees Farina, Malt-o-Meal) Celery Mandarin oranges (canned) Couscous Cucumber Pears (canned) Crackers (unsalted, graham Dandelion greens Peaches (canned) or animal crackers) Eggplant Pineapple Croissant Endive/escarole Plum Dinner rolls Green beans Raspberries English muffins Hominy Rhubarb Grits Jalapenos Strawberries Hamburger/hotdog buns Jicama Tangerine Melba toast Leeks Watermelon Pita bread Lettuce Pasta & noodles Mushrooms (raw) Meat / Protein Pita bread Okra Beef Popcorn, unsalted Onions Chicken Pretzels, unsalted Radishes Egg whites Rice, white Seaweed kelp Fish Rice cakes Spaghetti squash Lamb Tortillas, flour Summer squash Pork (fresh) (e.g. crookneck, spaghetti) Tofu (soft) Tomatillos Tuna (low sodium) Water chestnuts (canned) Turkey Wax beans Shellfish Wild game

Beverages Honey Paprika Apple juice* Jam/jelly Parsley Cranberry juice* Jellybeans Pimento Cream soda* Maple syrup Poultry seasoning Fruit punch* Marmalade Rosemary Ginger ale* Marshmallows Saffron Grape juice* Peppermints Sage Grape soda* Pie (apple, cherry, lemon) Savory Horchata* Popsicles (fruit-flavored) Sesame seeds Kool-Aid or Hi-C* Rice Krispie treats Tabasco Lemonade* Red licorice Tarragon Lemon-lime soda* Sorbet Thyme (e.g. Sprite, 7-Up) Sugar Turmeric Limeade* Vanilla wafers Vinegar Mineral water Vanilla cupcakes Mountain Dew* Nectars* (apricot, peach, Seasonings Notes: pear) Allspice ______Orange soda* Basil ______Pineapple juice* Bay leaf ______Root beer* Black pepper ______Sunny Delight* citrus punch Caraway seed ______Tea Cardamom ______Chili powder ______Fats Chives Cilantro ______Butter or margarine ______Cream cheese Cinnamon Mayonnaise Cloves Miracle Whip Coriander Sour cream Crushed red pepper flakes Vegetable oils Cumin (Canola or olive oil) Curry powder Dill Sweets* Extracts (vanilla, almond, Apple butter peppermint) Cake (sponge, angel, Fennel pound, spice, yellow, Garlic (fresh or powder) lemon) Ginger Candy corn Horseradish (root or Chewing gum powder) Cinnamon drops Lemon or lime juice Cookies (sugar, shortbread, Liquid smoke gingersnap, lemon cream) Mint  Cotton candy Mrs. Dash Doughnuts (without nuts or Mustard, dried chocolate) Nutmeg Fruit ice Onion (fresh, powder, Gelatin flakes) Gumdrops Oregano Hard candy