Foods high in Total Sugars
Top food sources of Total Sugars ranked from USDA FoodData Central — per 100 g and per serving.
Showing top 50 foods
Per 100 g: g
- 1
Sugars, granulated
99.8 g/ 100 g2.79 g (3 g serving) - 2
Sugar, NFS
99.8 g/ 100 g199.6 g (200 g serving) - 3
Sugar, white
99.8 g/ 100 g199.6 g (200 g serving) - 4
Candy, cotton
99.8 g/ 100 g29.94 g (30 g serving) - 5
Sugar substitute and sugar blend
99.22 g/ 100 g1.98 g (2 g serving) - 6
Sugar, turbinado
99.19 g/ 100 g4.56 g (5 g serving) - 7
Sugars, powdered
97.81 g/ 100 g117.37 g (120 g serving) - 8
Sugar, white
97.81 g/ 100 g117.37 g (120 g serving) - 9
Beverages, Whiskey sour mix
97.3 g/ 100 g16.54 g (17 g serving) - 10
Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink
97.15 g/ 100 g17.49 g (18 g serving) - 11
Fruit flavored drink, powdered
97.15 g/ 100 g16.52 g (17 g serving) - 12
Sports drink, dry concentrate
97.15 g/ 100 g12.14 g (13 g serving) - 13
Sugars, brown
97.02 g/ 100 g2.91 g (3 g serving) - 14
Sugar, brown
97.02 g/ 100 g213.44 g (220 g serving) - 15
Strawberry-flavor beverage mix, powder
95.45 g/ 100 g21 g (22 g serving) - 16
Strawberry beverage powder, dry mix
95.45 g/ 100 g9.55 g (10 g serving) - 17
Beverages, tea
95.29 g/ 100 g21.92 g (23 g serving) - 18
Beverages, tea
95.29 g/ 100 g21.92 g (23 g serving) - 19
Tea, iced
95.29 g/ 100 g4.57 g (5 g serving) - 20
Beverages, Lemonade
94.7 g/ 100 g17.05 g (18 g serving) - 21
Sugar, cinnamon
92.99 g/ 100 g185.98 g (200 g serving) - 22
Puddings, vanilla
92.9 g/ 100 g91.97 g (99 g serving) - 23
Sweeteners, tabletop
92.7 g/ 100 g181.69 g (196 g serving) - 24
Beverages, orange-flavor drink
92.31 g/ 100 g24 g (26 g serving) - 25
Fruit flavored drink, with high vitamin C
92.31 g/ 100 g12.92 g (14 g serving) - 26
Candies, fondant
88.9 g/ 100 g25.2 g (28 g serving) - 27
Gelatin desserts, dry mix
86.04 g/ 100 g73.13 g (85 g serving) - 28
Sweeteners, tabletop
85.19 g/ 100 g0.85 g (1 g serving) - 29
Sugar substitute, saccharin
85.19 g/ 100 g0.85 g (1 g serving) - 30
Sugars, maple
84.87 g/ 100 g2.55 g (3 g serving) - 31
Candy, sprinkles
84.83 g/ 100 g135.73 g (160 g serving) - 32
Honey
82.12 g/ 100 g278.39 g (339 g serving) - 33
Honey
82.12 g/ 100 g16.42 g (20 g serving) - 34
Sugar substitute, powder
82.09 g/ 100 g0.66 g (1 g serving) - 35
Beverages, rich chocolate
81.82 g/ 100 g9 g (11 g serving) - 36
Beverages, chocolate-flavor beverage mix for milk
81.82 g/ 100 g18 g (22 g serving) - 37
Chocolate beverage powder, dry mix
81.82 g/ 100 g8.18 g (10 g serving) - 38
Apples, dehydrated (low moisture)
81.13 g/ 100 g48.68 g (60 g serving) - 39
Sweeteners, tabletop
80.7 g/ 100 g2.83 g (4 g serving) - 40
Sugar substitute, aspartame
80.7 g/ 100 g0.81 g (1 g serving) - 41
Candied fruit
80.68 g/ 100 g - 42
Cookie, meringue
80.58 g/ 100 g12.09 g (15 g serving) - 43
Puddings, coconut cream
80.54 g/ 100 g70.88 g (88 g serving) - 44
Beverages, drink mix
80.5 g/ 100 g18.52 g (23 g serving) - 45
Coffee, instant
80.48 g/ 100 g2.74 g (3 g serving) - 46
Candies, butterscotch
80.46 g/ 100 g22.81 g (28 g serving) - 47
Frostings, glaze
80.44 g/ 100 g263.04 g (327 g serving) - 48
Sweeteners, tabletop
80.33 g/ 100 g0.8 g (1 g serving) - 49
Sugar substitute, sucralose
80.33 g/ 100 g0.8 g (1 g serving) - 50
Persimmon, dried
80.06 g/ 100 g6.41 g (8 g serving)
Why Total Sugars matters
Total Sugars is an essential macronutrient. It appears naturally in a range of whole foods and is catalogued by USDA FoodData Central with per-100 g values for thousands of ingredients. The ranked list above surfaces the highest-density food sources in the USDA dataset.
Daily intake reference
| Adult Daily Value (DV) | 50 g per day |
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