Carbohydrates

Foods Highest in Total sugars

Top 50 Australian foods ranked by total 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	89.4
9Beverage base, chocolate flavour, unfortified (Nesquik brand)	Non-alcoholic beverages	81.0
10Liquorice, allsorts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	76.2
11Syrup, golden	Sugar products and dishes	74.9
12Lolly, mint flavoured, sugar sweetened	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	74.3
13Beverage base, drinking chocolate, unfortified	Non-alcoholic beverages	74.3
14Raisin	Fruit products and dishes	74.1
15Sultana	Fruit products and dishes	74.0
16Cranberry, dried, sweetened	Fruit products and dishes	72.6
17Honey	Sugar products and dishes	72.3
18Mixed dried fruit	Fruit products and dishes	71.2
19Treacle or molasses	Sugar products and dishes	69.2
20Jam, berry	Sugar products and dishes	67.2
21Currant, dried	Fruit products and dishes	67.1
22Date, dried	Fruit products and dishes	65.9
23Marmalade, orange	Sugar products and dishes	65.4
24Confectionery, chocolate centre, sugar-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	64.9
25Jam, stone fruit	Sugar products and dishes	64.3
26Jam, plum	Sugar products and dishes	64.3
27Bar, honeycomb centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	64.2
28Confectionery, sultana, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	60.4
29Syrup, maple, pure	Sugar products and dishes	60.4
30Apple, dried	Fruit products and dishes	59.4
31Bar, nougat & caramel centre, milk chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	58.8
32Lolly, with fruit juice	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	57.4
33Spread, hazelnut & chocolate flavoured	Sugar products and dishes	57.2
34Milk, cow, powder, skim	Milk products and dishes	56.0
35Chocolate, compound, cooking	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	55.3
36Milk, cow, canned, sweetened, condensed, regular	Milk products and dishes	55.0
37Chocolate, milk	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	54.6
38Caramels, soft & hard	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	54.6
39Chocolate, white	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	54.6
40Syrup, rice malt	Sugar products and dishes	54.5
41Chocolate, milk, fondant or caramel filled	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	53.6
42Chocolate, milk, with dried fruit & nuts	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	53.4
43Fig, dried	Fruit products and dishes	52.6
44Chocolate, dark, high cocoa solids	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	52.0
45Bar, wafer & cream layers, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	51.6
46Syrup, malt	Sugar products and dishes	49.0
47Bar, cherry & coconut centre, dark chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	48.6
48Sauce, plum, commercial	Savoury sauces and condiments	48.2
49Goji berry, dried	Fruit products and dishes	47.7
50Confectionery, almond, chocolate-coated	Confectionery and cereal/nut/fruit/seed bars	47.2

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 total sugars value is zero or not measured.