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The table below contains a list of food products low in sugar content (0.1 - 0.5 gram of sugar per 100 gram food). The food items are among the foods with the lowest sugar values, from approximately 850 food products analysed by the USDA nutrient data laboratory.

 

Food product Sugar content in grams/ 100 gram food
Turnip greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.5
Taco shells, baked 0.5
Spinach, frozen, chopped or leaf, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.5
Salad dressing, mayonnaise, soybean oil, with salt 0.5
Soy milk, fluid 0.5
Macaroni and Cheese, canned entree 0.5
Seeds, sesame seed kernels, dried (decorticated) 0.5
Spices, celery seed 0.5
Cheese, blue 0.5
Cheese, pasteurized process, american, with di sodium phosphate 0.5
Spices, pepper, black 0.5
Soup, clam chowder, manhattan, canned, prepared with equal volume water 0.5
Seeds, sesame butter, tahini, from roasted and toasted kernels (most common type) 0.5
Cheese, camembert 0.4
Spinach, raw 0.4
Spinach, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.4
Crackers, saltines (includes oyster, soda, soup) 0.4
Sauce, cheese, ready-to-serve 0.4
Wheat flour, whole-grain 0.4
Bulgur, dry 0.4
Spinach, canned, drained solids 0.4
Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.4
Noodles, egg, cooked, enriched 0.4
Noodles, egg, spinach, cooked, enriched 0.4
Vinegar, cider 0.4
Cheese, cream, fat free 0.4
Crackers, whole-wheat 0.4
Beans, navy, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 0.4
Rice, brown, long-grain, cooked 0.3
Beans, pinto, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 0.3
Cheese, cottage, lowfat, 2% milkfat 0.3
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, dry 0.3
Asparagus, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.3
Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 0.3
Soup, chicken with rice, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial 0.3
Avocados, raw, California 0.3
Asparagus, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.3
Soup, chicken noodle, dehydrated, prepared with water 0.3
Cheese, ricotta, part skim milk 0.3
Wheat flour, white, bread, enriched 0.3
Wheat flour, white, cake, enriched 0.3
Crackers, cheese, regular 0.3
Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd 0.3
Crackers, matzo, plain 0.3
Barley, pearled, cooked 0.3
Potatoes, french fried, all types, salt added in processing, frozen, home-prepared, oven heated 0.3
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached 0.3
Cheese, ricotta, whole milk 0.3
Noodles, chinese, chow mein 0.3
Endive, raw 0.3
Potato puffs, frozen, oven-heated 0.3
Bread, french or vienna (includes sourdough) 0.2
Cereals, oats, regular and quick and instant, unenriched, cooked with water, without salt 0.2
Refried beans, canned (includes USDA commodity) 0.2
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, self-rising, enriched 0.2
Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, canned 0.2
Gravy, turkey, canned 0.2
Snacks, potato chips, plain, unsalted 0.2
Snacks, potato chips, reduced fat 0.2
Cheese, cream 0.2
Gravy, beef, canned 0.2
Alfalfa seeds, sprouted, raw 0.2
Pie crust, standard-type, prepared from recipe, baked 0.2
Cream, sour, cultured 0.2
Cream, fluid, half and half 0.1
Cream, fluid, heavy whipping 0.1
Cream, fluid, light (coffee cream or table cream) 0.1
Cream, fluid, light whipping 0.1
Cream, sour, reduced fat, cultured 0.1
Cereals, Malt-o-Meal, plain, prepared with water, without salt 0.1
Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched 0.1
Soup, chicken noodle, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial 0.1
Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, cooked 0.1
Couscous, cooked 0.1
Mustard greens, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 0.1
Cereals, corn grits, white, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt 0.1
Cereals, corn grits, yellow, regular and quick, enriched, cooked with water, without salt 0.1
Bulgur, cooked 0.1
Cookies, brownies, dry mix, special dietary, prepared 0.1
Alcoholic beverage, beer, light 0.1
Butter, salted 0.1
Butter, without salt 0.1
Cereals, QUAKER, corn grits, instant, plain, prepared with water 0.1
Rice, white, long-grain, regular, cooked 0.1
Cereals, CREAM OF WHEAT, regular, cooked with water, without salt 0.0
Tea, instant, unsweetened, powder, prepared 0.0
Alcoholic beverage, beer, regular, all 0.0
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 80 proof 0.0
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 86 proof 0.0
Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 90 proof 0.0
Baking chocolate, unsweetened, liquid 0.0
Beef, cured, corned beef, canned 0.0
Beef, ground, 75% lean meat / 25% fat, patty, cooked, broiled 0.0
Beef, ground, 80% lean meat / 20% fat, patty, cooked, broiled 0.0
Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, patty, cooked, broiled 0.0
Beef, variety meats and by-products, liver, cooked, pan-fried 0.0
Braunschweiger (a liver sausage), pork 0.0
Carbonated beverage, club soda 0.0
Carbonated beverage, low calorie, cola or pepper-type, with aspartame, contains caffeine 0.0
Carbonated beverage, low calorie, other than cola or pepper, without caffeine 0.0

 

 

 

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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Data source of sugar content in foods: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19.




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