Here is the ranking of the least sweet French fruits for their portions usually consumed.
Why and how to eat without carbohydrates? What carbohydrate foods should you avoid?
The Western diet has drastically increased the sugar content of the population’s diet by increasing the consumption of ultra-processed foods. For health reasons, in the case of diabetes and particularly prediabetes, we may need to reduce the quantity of carbohydrate foods in the diet. Other pathological situations can also benefit from it, in particular all metabolic diseases. In recent years, low-carbohydrate diets, low-carb diets and the ketogenic diet have experienced real success. In these diets, the rule is simple, reduce the amount of carbohydrates to leave more room for foods rich in good quality fats.
Carbohydrate foods with a high glycemic index are the main carbohydrates to avoid as part of a classic diet: bread (white or wholemeal), boiled potatoes, cornflakes and most breakfast cereals, mashed potatoes, quick-cooking white rice, brown rice cooked in excess water, cornstarch, fruit juices and other sugary drinks, etc.
What are the least sweet (and therefore least caloric) fruits?
If you follow a low carb or ketogenic diet (diet in which the carbohydrate content is reduced and the amount of fat in the diet is increased), or if you simply pay attention to the sugar content of your diet and you like fruit, it is important to know the level of sugar present in the fruits that you can eat, and in what proportions. Here, among the fruits that are easily found on French stalls, are those which contain the least sugar per recommended serving and which therefore have the least impact on glycemia, that is to say the sugar level in the blood.
List of the 10 least sweet fruits
1 – Lemon
As you might expect, lemon is the least sweet fruit, with only 2 g of sugar per 100 g.
2 – Strawberry and raspberry
These are the least sweet red fruits. For the recommended portion of 50 g, they contain 2 g of sugar (which makes 4 g of sugar per 100 g).
3 – Plum
Plum contains 9 g of sugar per 100 g, but its serving size is 30 g which corresponds to approximately 2.7 g of sugar.
4 – Gooseberry
Redcurrant contains 6 g of sugar per 100 g, or 3 g for its portion of 50 g,
5 – Blackberry
Blackberry contains 9g of sugar per 100g, but its serving size is 50g, or 4.5g of sugar per serving.
6 – Apricot
Apricot contains 9g of sugar per 100g, like plum, but its usual serving size is 65g which gives 5.85g of sugar per serving.
7 – Mandarin
Mandarin also contains 9 g of sugar per 100 g, or 6.3 g of sugar for its 70 g portion.
8 – Kiwi
Kiwi contains 9g of sugar per 100, but its serving size is around 75g which gives 6.75g of sugar per serving.
9 – Watermelon
Watermelon contains 7g of sugar per 100g, which is its serving size.
10 – Melon
Melon contains around 6g of sugar per 100g, but its serving size is around 120g which gives around 7.2g of sugar per serving.
Autumn and Winter fruits containing the least sugar
- Lemon : 2g/100g
- Grapefruit : 6g/100g
- Orange : 8g/100g
- Mandarin & Kiwi: 9g / 100g
- Pear : 10g/100g
- Apple, quince, black grapes: 11g/100g
- White grape: 16g/100g
Spring and Summer fruits containing the least sugar
- Rhubarb, strawberry & raspberry: 4g/100g
- Redcurrant & melon: 6g/100g
- Nectarine & watermelon: 7g/100g
- Apricot, plum & blackberry : 9g/100g
- Blackcurrant, peach & pear: 10g/100g
- Blueberry, prune, apple: 11g/100g
- Fig: 13g/100g
- Cherry : 14g/100g
Exotic fruits containing the least sugar
You can also find other fruits, more exotic and slightly sweet on market stalls:
- Starfruit which contains 4 g of sugar per 100 g,
- Guava which contains 6 g per 100 g,
- Cranberry or fresh cranberry which contains 7 g of sugar per 100 g.
Red fruits containing the least sugar
- Strawberry : 4g/100g
- Raspberry : 4g/100g
- Currant: 6g/100g
- Blackberry: 9g/100g
- Blackcurrant: 10g/100g
- Blueberry: 11g/100g
- Cherry : 14g/100g
What are the least sweet (natural) dried fruits?
- Brazil nuts: 2.33g/100g
- Nut : 3g/100g
- Almond : 4.2g/100g
- Peanut: 5.9g/100g
- Hazelnut : 4.9g/100g
- Macadamia nuts: 4.24g/100g
- Pecans : 4.9g/100g
- Pine nut : 5.21g/100g
- Pistachio : 7.74g/100g
- Cashew nuts : 8.01g/100g
Which fruits contain the least fructose?
For people who suffer from fructose malabsorption, it is important to know the fruits that have the least fructose malabsorption to avoid intestinal disorders:
- Rhubarb: 0.67g/100g
- Lemon : 0.4g/100g
- Fishing : 1.29g/100g
- Apricot: 1.3g/100g
- Nectarine: 1.37g/100g
- Mandarin: 1.5g/100g
What are the fruits richest in sugar?
- Date: 64.7g/100g
- Lychee: 15.7g/100g
- Banana : 15.6g/100g
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11/29/2024 - 07/30/2024
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