Editing Sugar (section)

== Sources ==

The sugar contents of common fruits and vegetables are presented in Table 1.

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|+Table 1. Sugar content of selected common plant foods (g/100g)<ref name="www.nal.usda.gov">Use [https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/ link to FoodData Central (USDA)] and then search for the particular food, and click on "SR Legacy Foods".</ref>
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!Food item
!Total<br />carbohydrate{{ref|2|A}}<br />including<br />[[dietary fiber]]
!Total<br />sugars
!Free<br />fructose
!Free<br />glucose
!Sucrose
!Fructose/<br />(Fructose+Glucose)<br />ratio{{ref|1|B}}
!Sucrose<br />as a % of<br />total sugars
|-
!''Fruits''||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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| [[Apple]]|| 13.8|| 10.4|| 5.9|| 2.4|| 2.1|| 0.67|| 20
|-
| [[Apricot]]|| 11.1|| 9.2|| 0.9|| 2.4|| 5.9|| 0.42|| 64
|-
| [[Banana]]|| 22.8|| 12.2|| 4.9|| 5.0|| 2.4|| 0.5|| 20
|-
| [[Common fig|Fig]], dried|| 63.9|| 47.9|| 22.9|| 24.8|| 0.9|| 0.48||1.9
|-
| [[Grapes]]|| 18.1|| 15.5|| 8.1|| 7.2|| 0.2|| 0.53|| 1
|-
| [[Navel orange]]|| 12.5|| 8.5|| 2.25|| 2.0|| 4.3|| 0.51|| 51
|-
| [[Peach]]|| 9.5|| 8.4|| 1.5|| 2.0|| 4.8|| 0.47|| 57
|-
| [[Pear]]|| 15.5|| 9.8|| 6.2|| 2.8|| 0.8|| 0.67|| 8
|-
| [[Pineapple]]|| 13.1|| 9.9|| 2.1|| 1.7|| 6.0|| 0.52|| 61
|-
| [[Plum]]|| 11.4|| 9.9|| 3.1|| 5.1|| 1.6|| 0.40|| 16
|-
| [[Strawberry]]|| 7.68|| 4.89|| 2.441|| 1.99|| 0.47|| 0.55||10
|-
!''Vegetables''||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
|-
| [[Beet]], red|| 9.6|| 6.8|| 0.1|| 0.1|| 6.5||0.50|| 96
|-
| Carrot|| 9.6|| 4.7|| 0.6|| 0.6|| 3.6|| 0.50|| 77
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| [[Sweet corn|Corn, sweet]]|| 19.0|| 6.2|| 1.9|| 3.4|| 0.9|| 0.38|| 15
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| [[Bell pepper|Red pepper]], sweet|| 6.0|| 4.2|| 2.3|| 1.9|| 0.0|| 0.55|| 0
|-
| [[Sweet onion|Onion, sweet]]|| 7.6|| 5.0|| 2.0|| 2.3|| 0.7|| 0.47|| 14
|-
| [[Sweet potato]]||20.1|| 4.2|| 0.7|| 1.0|| 2.5|| 0.47|| 60
|-
| [[Yam (vegetable)|Yam]]|| 27.9|| 0.5|| tr|| tr|| tr|| na|| tr
|-
| [[Sugar cane]]|| || 13–18|| 0.2–1.0|| 0.2–1.0|| 11–16|| 0.50|| high
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| [[Sugar beet]]|| || 17–18|| 0.1–0.5|| 0.1–0.5||16–17|| 0.50|| high
|}
: {{note|2|A}} The carbohydrate figure is calculated in the USDA database and does not always correspond to the sum of the sugars, the starch, and the dietary fiber.{{why|date=September 2023}}
: {{note|1|B}} The fructose to fructose plus glucose ratio is calculated by including the fructose and glucose coming from the sucrose.