Foods high in Sugars, Total NLEA

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Sugars, Total NLEA content per 100 g, drawn live from 179 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Sugars, Total NLEA

Ranked by Sugars, Total NLEA per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
1	Sugars, granulated	Foundation Food	99.8
2	Cranberries, dried, sweetened	Foundation Food	69.26
3	Raisins, golden, seedless	Foundation Food	68.68
4	Raisins, dark, seedless	Foundation Food	66.04
5	Sweetened condensed milk	Foundation Food	54.08
6	Figs, dried, uncooked	Foundation Food	47.9
7	Cookies, oatmeal, soft, with raisins	Foundation Food	34.8
8	Plums, dried (prunes), uncooked	Foundation Food	31.38
9	Ketchup, restaurant	Foundation Food	21.8
10	Plantains, overripe, raw	Foundation Food	19.2
11	Grapes, red, seedless, raw	Foundation Food	17.34
12	Grapes, green, seedless, raw	Foundation Food	16.13
13	Bananas, ripe and slightly ripe, raw	Foundation Food	15.8
14	Bananas, overripe, raw	Foundation Food	15.8
15	Juice, prune, shelf-stable	Foundation Food	14.8
16	Grape juice, white, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	14.4
17	Plantains, ripe, raw	Foundation Food	14.2
18	Pawpaw, peeled, seeded, raw	Foundation Food	14.1
19	Grape juice, purple, with added vitamin C, from concentrate, shelf stable	Foundation Food	14
20	Cherries, sweet, dark red, raw	Foundation Food	13.9
21	Juice, pomegranate, from concentrate, shelf-stable	Foundation Food	13.3
22	Apples, fuji, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	13.3
23	Apples, honeycrisp, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	12.4
24	Apples, red delicious, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	12.2
25	Apples, gala, with skin, raw	Foundation Food	11.8

Lowest in Sugars, Total NLEA

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

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (G)
170	Cheese, parmesan, grated	Foundation Food	0.07
171	Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole	Foundation Food	0.2
172	Cheese, cheddar	Foundation Food	0.33
173	Hummus, commercial	Foundation Food	0.34
174	Cheese, dry white, queso seco	Foundation Food	0.43
175	Restaurant, Latino, tamale, pork	Foundation Food	0.46
176	Potatoes, russet, without skin, raw	Foundation Food	0.526
177	Soy milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable	Foundation Food	0.5569
178	Butter, stick, salted	Foundation Food	0.58
179	Restaurant, Chinese, fried rice, without meat	Foundation Food	0.62

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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.