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Carbohydrates in Food

Carbohydrates are your body's primary energy source. See how sugars, starch, and other carbohydrate fractions break down across Australian foods.

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Nutrient	Unit	Richest Food Source	Value
Fructose	g per 100g	Honey	40.0g
Glucose	g per 100g	Sultana	37.0g
Sucrose	g per 100g	Sugar, white, icing	100g
Maltose	g per 100g	Beverage base, chocolate flavour, added vitamins & minerals (Milo)	14.0g
Lactose	g per 100g	Milk, cow, powder, skim	56.0g
Galactose	g per 100g	Milk, cow, fluid, lactose free, regular fat (~3.5%)	2.2g
Total sugars	g per 100g	Sugar, white, icing	100g
Added sugars	g per 100g	Sugar, white, icing	100g
Free sugars	g per 100g	Sugar, white, icing	100g
Starch	g per 100g	Sago, dry, uncooked	85.5g
Dextrin	g per 100g	Beer, mid-strength (alcohol 3-3.9% v/v)	2.0g
Glycerol	g per 100g	Bar, snack, fruit filled, baked	2.0g
Glycogen	g per 100g	Mussel, blue, steamed	4.7g
Inulin	g per 100g	Lupin, dehulled, splits, uncooked	4.8g
Erythritol	g per 100g	Chocolate, dark, no added sugar	3.8g
Maltitol	g per 100g	Chocolate, dark, no added sugar	28.0g
Mannitol	g per 100g	Celeriac, peeled, boiled, drained	2.4g
Xylitol	g per 100g	Chocolate, dark, no added sugar	3.6g
Maltodextrin	g per 100g	Glucose, liquid or syrup	43.5g
Oligosaccharides	g per 100g	Bar, nougat & caramel centre, milk chocolate-coated	8.0g
Polydextrose	g per 100g	Chocolate, dark, no added sugar	3.4g
Raffinose	g per 100g	Artichoke, jerusalem, peeled, boiled, drained	8.1g
Stachyose	g per 100g	Bean, red kidney, canned, drained	0.70g
Sorbitol	g per 100g	Prune (dried plum)	12.7g
Resistant starch	g per 100g	Bean, broad, dried	4.3g

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Source

Australian Food Composition Database (AFCD) Release 3, FSANZ. All values per 100g of edible portion.