Below are lists of fruits and alcoholic drinks (spirits) and their total sugar content. The estimate of the total sugar content is based on the sum of monosaccharides (galactose, glucose, and fructose), and disaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose). The items are listed in the order of high to low sugar content.

Table 1. Drinks (vodka, wine, whiskey, gin, rum)

Alcoholic drink type	Sugar content (grams/100 gram drink)
Alcoholic beverage, liqueur, coffee, 53 proof	46.42
Alcoholic beverage, pina colada, prepared-from-recipe	22.33
Alcoholic beverage, wine, dessert, sweet	7.78
Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, white	0.96
Alcoholic beverage, wine, table, red	0.62
Alcoholic beverage, beer, light	0.09
Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular, all	0.00
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 80 proof	0.00
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 86 proof	0.00
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 90 proof	0.00

 

Table 2. Fruits

Sugar food sources	Sugar content (g/100 gram food)
Dates, deglet noor	63.35
Apples, dried, sulfured, uncooked	57.19
Peaches, dried, sulfured, uncooked	41.74
Plums, dried (prunes), uncooked	38.12
Plums, dried (prunes), stewed, without added sugar	24.98
Strawberries, frozen, sweetened, sliced	24.01
Plums, canned, purple, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids	22.31
Plums, canned, purple, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids	22.30
Peaches, frozen, sliced, sweetened	22.18
Blueberry, frozen, sweetened	19.72
Peaches, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids	18.64
Grapes, red or green (european type varieties, such as, Thompson seedless raw)	15.48
Mangos, raw	14.80
Plums, canned, purple, juice pack, solids and liquids	14.22
Bananas, raw	12.23
Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid	10.90
Apples, raw, with skin	10.39
Peaches, canned, juice pack, solids and liquids	10.27
Apples, raw, without skin	10.10
Blueberry, raw	9.96
Apricots, raw	9.23
Plums, raw	9.92
Kiwi fruit, (chinese gooseberries), fresh, raw	8.99
Peaches, raw	8.39
Melons, honeydew, raw	8.12
Melons, cantaloupe, raw	7.86
Papayas, raw	5.90
Strawberries, raw	4.67
Corn, sweet, white, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	4.06
Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels on cob, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	3.59
Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, vacuum pack, regular pack	3.56
Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, cream style, regular pack	3.23
Corn, sweet, yellow, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt	3.17
Corn, sweet, yellow, frozen, kernels cut off cob, boiled, drained, without salt	3.07
Lemon juice, raw	2.40

Sugar content data adapted from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 20 (2007).

 

Sugar Content in Foods (per 100 grams of food)

Foods with 37.5 - 100 g sugar	Foods with 18.6 - 37.4 g sugar
Foods with 10.5 - 18.6 g sugar	Foods with 6.6 - 10.4 g sugar
Foods with 4.1 - 6.5 g sugar	Foods with 2.6 - 4.1 g sugar
Foods with 1.5 - 2.6 g sugar	Foods with 0.5 - 1.5 g sugar
Foods with 0.1 - 0.5 g sugar	Sugar free foods
Sugar content in fruits and alcoholic drinks

 

 

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