Carbohydrates

Foods Highest in Sucrose

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by sucrose 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, white, icing mixture	Sugar products and dishes	95.6
5Sugar, brown	Sugar products and dishes	94.7
6Lolly, hard varieties	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	91.3
7Jelly crystals, sugar sweetened, all flavours	Sugar products and dishes	90.0
8Meringue, all flavours, commercial	Sugar products and dishes	89.4
9Beverage base, chocolate flavour, unfortified (Nesquik brand)	Non-alcoholic beverages	81.0
10Beverage base, drinking chocolate, unfortified	Non-alcoholic beverages	74.3
11Liquorice, allsorts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	69.3
12Lolly, mint flavoured, sugar sweetened	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	63.7
13Confectionery, chocolate centre, sugar-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	58.9
14Syrup, maple, pure	Sugar products and dishes	58.3
15Spread, hazelnut & chocolate flavoured	Sugar products and dishes	52.1
16Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	51.4
17Bar, honeycomb centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	51.0
18Chocolate, compound, cooking	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	50.9
19Cake or cupcake, sponge, plain, commercial, iced, unfilled	Cereal based products and dishes	44.6
20Chocolate, white	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	44.4
21Bar, wafer & cream layers, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	44.0
22Milk, cow, canned, sweetened, condensed, regular	Milk products and dishes	43.1
23Biscuit, sweet, plain, with icing, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	43.0
24Chocolate, milk	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	43.0
25Cake mix, plain, dry powder	Cereal based products and dishes	41.2
26Biscuit, sweet, chocolate chip, homemade from basic ingredients, fat not further defined	Cereal based products and dishes	40.0
27Chocolate, milk, fondant or caramel filled	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	39.7
28Treacle or molasses	Sugar products and dishes	39.7
29Caramels, soft & hard	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	39.2
30Bar, nougat & caramel centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	39.0
31Biscuit, sweet, sandwich, cream filling, chocolate-coated, tim tam style	Cereal based products and dishes	39.0
32Confectionery, almond, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	37.2
33Biscuit, sweet, biscuit base, mint filling, chocolate-coated	Cereal based products and dishes	36.6
34Bar, coconut cream centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	35.9
35Bar, cherry & coconut centre, dark chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	35.6
36Marmalade, orange	Sugar products and dishes	35.5
37Slice, brownie, chocolate, without nuts, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	35.0
38Cake, plain butter cake, commercial, iced	Cereal based products and dishes	35.0
39Slice, caramel	Cereal based products and dishes	34.2
40Banana chip	Fruit products and dishes	34.0
41Chocolate, milk, with dried fruit & nuts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	34.0
42Biscuit, sweet, chocolate chip or coated	Cereal based products and dishes	33.0
43Cake, mud, dark chocolate, commercial, chocolate ganache icing	Cereal based products and dishes	32.0
44Biscuit, sweet, cream filled, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	32.0
45Biscuit, sweet, biscuit base, caramel filling, chocolate-coated, commercial	Cereal based products and dishes	32.0
46Jam, stone fruit	Sugar products and dishes	31.4
47Chocolate, milk, with nuts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	31.4
48Jam, plum	Sugar products and dishes	31.4
49Cake, sponge, plain, commercial, uniced, unfilled	Cereal based products and dishes	31.0
50Cake, lamington, unfilled	Cereal based products and dishes	31.0

Rankings

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All nutrients

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Source

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