Sugar content of selected common plant foods (g/100g) Food Item Total
1Carbohydrate
 
2Sugars Free

3Fructose Free

4Glucose Sucrose 

5 Fructose/Glucose

6 Ratio Sucrose
as a % of

7 Total Sugars 
Fruits  
	1    2   3   4   5   6   7

Apple 13.8 10.4 5.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 19.9 
Apricot 11.1 9.2 0.9 2.4 5.9 0.7 63.5 
Banana 22.8 12.2 4.9 5.0 2.4 1.0 20.0 
Fig, dried 63.9 47.9 22.9 24.8 0.07 0.93 0.001 
Grapes 18.1 15.5 8.1 7.2 0.2 1.1 1.0 
Peach 9.5 8.4 1.5 2.0 4.8 0.9 56.7 
Pear 15.5 9.8 6.2 2.8 0.8 2.1 8.0 
Pineapple 13.1 9.9 2.1 1.7 6.0 1.1 60.8 
Plum 11.4 9.9 3.1 5.1 1.6 0.66 0.16 
Vegetables               
Beet, Red 9.6 6.8 0.1 0.1 6.5 1.0 96.2 
Carrot 9.6 4.7 0.6 0.6 3.6 1.0 70.0 
Corn, Sweet 19.0 3.2 0.5 0.5 2.1 1.0 64.0 
Red Pepper, Sweet 6.0 4.2 2.3 1.9 0.0 1.2 0.0 
Onion, Sweet 7.6 5.0 2.0 2.3 0.7 0.9 14.3 
Sweet Potato 20.1 4.2 0.7 1.0 2.5 0.9 60.3 
Yam 27.9 0.5 tr tr tr na tr 
Sugar Cane  13 - 18 0.2 – 1.0 0.2 – 1.0 11 - 16 1.0 100 
Sugar Beet  17 - 18 0.1 – 0.5 0.1 – 0.5 16 - 17 1.0 100 

A value that is above 1 indicates a higher proportion of fructose to glucose, and below 1, a lower proportion