Carbohydrates

Foods Highest in Added sugars

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by added sugars content per 100g, sourced from the AFCD.

CarbohydratesUnit: g per 100g

50
Foods ranked: 100 g
Highest per 100g

Number one

Sugar, white, granulated or lump

Sugar products and dishes

100g per 100g

50 foods ranked, values per 100g

Food	Group	g/100g
1Sugar, white, granulated or lump	Sugar products and dishes	100
2Sugar, white, icing	Sugar products and dishes	100
3Sugar, raw	Sugar products and dishes	99.8
4Sugar, brown	Sugar products and dishes	96.8
5Sugar, white, icing mixture	Sugar products and dishes	95.6
6Lolly, hard varieties	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	93.2
7Jelly crystals, sugar sweetened, all flavours	Sugar products and dishes	90.7
8Meringue, all flavours, commercial	Sugar products and dishes	89.2
9Beverage base, chocolate flavour, unfortified (Nesquik brand)	Non-alcoholic beverages	81.0
10Syrup, golden	Sugar products and dishes	74.9
11Liquorice, allsorts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	74.7
12Lolly, mint flavoured, sugar sweetened	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	74.3
13Beverage base, drinking chocolate, unfortified	Non-alcoholic beverages	74.1
14Treacle or molasses	Sugar products and dishes	69.2
15Cranberry, dried, sweetened	Fruit products and dishes	68.2
16Jam, berry	Sugar products and dishes	64.7
17Marmalade, orange	Sugar products and dishes	62.3
18Jam, plum	Sugar products and dishes	61.7
19Syrup, maple, pure	Sugar products and dishes	60.4
20Confectionery, chocolate centre, sugar-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	59.4
21Jam, stone fruit	Sugar products and dishes	59.4
22Bar, honeycomb centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	55.6
23Lolly, with fruit juice	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	55.0
24Syrup, rice malt	Sugar products and dishes	54.5
25Spread, hazelnut & chocolate flavoured	Sugar products and dishes	52.6
26Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	51.6
27Chocolate, compound, cooking	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	51.1
28Caramels, soft & hard	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	49.2
29Syrup, malt	Sugar products and dishes	49.0
30Bar, nougat & caramel centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	48.7
31Milk, cow, canned, sweetened, condensed, regular	Milk products and dishes	45.8
32Chocolate, milk, fondant or caramel filled	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	45.7
33Bar, cherry & coconut centre, dark chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	45.7
34Lolly, jelly varieties	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	45.3
35Sauce, plum, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	45.2
36Biscuit, sweet, plain, with icing, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	44.9
37Cake or cupcake, sponge, plain, commercial, iced, unfilled	Cereal based products and dishes	44.3
38Bar, wafer & cream layers, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	43.7
39Chocolate, white	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	43.4
40Cordial base, blackcurrant juice, regular	Non-alcoholic beverages	42.9
41Chocolate, milk	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	42.7
42Cake mix, plain, dry powder	Cereal based products and dishes	42.3
43Biscuit, sweet, biscuit base, caramel filling, chocolate-coated, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	40.5
44Biscuit, sweet, Anzac style, homemade from basic ingredients	Cereal based products and dishes	40.0
45Biscuit, sweet, sandwich, cream filling, chocolate-coated, tim tam style	Cereal based products and dishes	40.0
46Biscuit, sweet, chocolate chip, homemade from basic ingredients, fat not further defined	Cereal based products and dishes	39.9
47Liquorice, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	38.6
48Cordial base, 40% citrus fruit juice, regular	Non-alcoholic beverages	38.2
49Slice, caramel	Cereal based products and dishes	37.7
50Bar, coconut cream centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	37.7

Rankings

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Source

Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion. Rankings exclude foods where added sugars value is zero or not measured.