Foods high in Carbohydrate, by difference

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Carbohydrate, by difference content per 100 g, drawn live from 1,923 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Carbohydrate, by difference

Ranked by Carbohydrate, by difference per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Sweetener, herbal extract powder from Stevia leaf	FNDDS ingredient	100
2	Sugars, powdered	FNDDS ingredient	99.77
3	Sugars, granulated	FNDDS ingredient	99.6
4	Strawberry-flavor beverage mix, powder	FNDDS ingredient	99.1
5	Beverages, orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, powder	FNDDS ingredient	98.94
6	Candies, gumdrops, starch jelly pieces	FNDDS ingredient	98.9
7	Candies, hard, dietetic or low calorie (sorbitol)	FNDDS ingredient	98.6
8	Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, sweetened, powder	FNDDS ingredient	98.55
9	Sugars, brown	FNDDS ingredient	98.09
10	Candies, hard	FNDDS ingredient	98
11	Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder	FNDDS ingredient	97.9
12	Chewing gum	FNDDS ingredient	96.7
13	Chewing gum, sugarless	FNDDS ingredient	94.8
14	Candies, fondant, prepared-from-recipe	FNDDS ingredient	93.18
15	Beverages, OVALTINE, chocolate malt powder	FNDDS ingredient	92.96
16	Puddings, vanilla, dry mix, instant	FNDDS ingredient	92.9
17	Candies, nougat, with almonds	FNDDS ingredient	92.39
18	Cornstarch	FNDDS ingredient	91.27
19	Sweeteners, tabletop, sucralose, SPLENDA packets	FNDDS ingredient	91.17
20	Beverages, fruit-flavored drink, powder, with high vitamin C with other added vitamins, low calorie	FNDDS ingredient	91
21	Candies, MARS SNACKFOOD US, SKITTLES Original Bite Size Candies	FNDDS ingredient	90.78
22	Beverages, chocolate-flavor beverage mix for milk, powder, with added nutrients	FNDDS ingredient	90.28
23	Sweeteners, tabletop, saccharin (sodium saccharin)	FNDDS ingredient	89.11
24	Sweeteners, tabletop, aspartame, EQUAL, packets	FNDDS ingredient	89.08
25	Butter replacement, without fat, powder	FNDDS ingredient	89

Lowest in Carbohydrate, by difference

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1914	Pork, cured, feet, pickled	FNDDS ingredient	0.01
1915	Pork, fresh, loin, top loin (chops), boneless, separable lean and fat, with added solution, cooked, broiled	FNDDS ingredient	0.02
1916	Pork, fresh, shoulder, (Boston butt), blade (steaks), separable lean and fat, with added solution, cooked, braised	FNDDS ingredient	0.03
1917	Turkey, retail parts, breast, meat and skin, with added solution, raw	FNDDS ingredient	0.03
1918	Vinegar, distilled	FNDDS ingredient	0.04
1919	Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve	FNDDS ingredient	0.04
1920	Turkey, whole, light meat, meat and skin, cooked, roasted	FNDDS ingredient	0.05
1921	Alaska Pollock, raw	Foundation Food	0.0565
1922	Butter, stick, unsalted	FNDDS ingredient	0.06
1923	Butter, stick, salted	FNDDS ingredient	0.06

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Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.