Two apricots make one serving and contain about 7 grams of sugar. A half-cup contains 8 grams of sugar.Ī half-cup of blueberries have 7 to 8 grams of sugar – as long as you don't sprinkle it with sugar.Ī single banana is actually two fruit servings, which is why you might add half a banana (7 g sugar) to your protein smoothie.Ī small but mighty plum is slightly over one serving, weighing about 60 grams. (A wedge of cantaloupe has 8 grams.)Ī handful of grapes ranks high in sugar, with 8 to 10 grams per half cup.Ĭanned cherries are high in sugar, sure, but 50 grams of cherries (about five to six cherries) has 10 grams of sugar.įigs taste so sweet because they are-a 50-gram serving has 8 grams of sugar.Ī medium-sized mandarin orange is slightly more than half a cup, so it does have more sugar than you might expect-8 grams. But your garden variety orange (about the size of your fist) has only slightly more sugar, at 9 grams. A half grapefruit has 9 grams of sugar. One peach counts as two servings and has 13 grams of sugar.Ī half cup of pomegranate seeds contains about 12 grams of sugar.Ī wedge of honeydew melon (1/8 of fruit) is two servings and has 10 grams of sugar. One serving (about half a mango fruit) has 12 grams of sugar.Ī half-cup of this loveable fruit has 13 grams of sugar. Your favourite smoothie ingredient is loaded with sugar. This tropical fruit contains 15 grams of sugar in a half cup – that's about four to five lychee fruit. Royal gala and honey crisp can contain 19 grams of sugar, but green apples, like granny smith, contain 9 grams. (Juices, pureed fruit and canned fruit tend to be higher in sugar too.)Īn apple a day… counts as two servings of fruit.
Why? Once you remove the water from fruit, the balance of sugar skews.
Here, with the help of Nutrition Data, we've ranked the 21 fruits highest in sugar.ĭehydrated apples (40 g), dates (33 g), raisins (29 g), and others top the list as the most sugar per 100-gram serving. Which fruits have the highest sugar content?Īccording to Canada's Food Guide, one serving of fruit is about half a cup-approximately 50 grams-and two servings of fruit a day are recommended.
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