Top 10 fruits with low sugar

Fruit is delicious! And it's healthy. But you can also quickly eat too much of it. In addition, some fruits contain quite a bit of sugar. Even though they are natural sugars, you still quickly consume more sugar than you might want. That's why we've made a top 10 of fruits with the least sugar. Great as a snack or for your smoothies and smoothie bowls!

Fruits with low sugar

The Diabetes Fund has conducted a study on sugars in fruit. They have listed the number of grams of sugar per serving for the well-known fruits. We have then translated these data into grams of sugar per 100 grams. This yields the following top 10.

10. Peach

Who doesn't know it? Peaches contain 7.9 grams of sugar per 100 grams and are available in every supermarket. One peach is already 100 grams and is therefore ideal to eat as a serving of fruit per day.

9. Papaya

Papaya is a more exotic fruit, even though they are now also grown in Dutch greenhouses. Papaya contains 7.8 grams of sugar per 100 grams and has a sweet, melon-like taste.

8. Orange

An orange contains 7.7 sugar per 100 grams. The healthiest way to eat oranges is in segments, not as juice. Then you get a lot more fiber!

7. Plum

Fresh plums contain 7.3 grams of sugar per 100 grams. You can eat them with the skin on, so handy for on the go. Just remove the pit and stem first ;)

6. Grapefruit

This variation on the orange contains 6.7 grams of sugar per 100 grams and lots of fiber. Like all citrus fruits, the taste of the flesh is sour, but the skins are mainly bitter.

5. Nectarine

Nectarines contain 6.6 grams of sugar per 100 grams. The sweet taste is comparable to that of a peach. And in terms of appearance, they look quite similar too.

4. Passionfruit

Passionfruit has a strong, sweet and tangy taste and contains 6 grams of sugar per 100 grams. You can cut it in half and scoop it out, but it's also delicious to combine passionfruit with yogurt or smoothie bowls.

3. Strawberries

Many people think that strawberries contain a lot of sugar, but that's not true! Strawberries only contain 5.1 grams of sugar per 100 grams. And did you know that you can eat the green part too? It tastes a bit like spinach and according to nutrition experts, it can even have health benefits (3, 4).

2. Raspberries

Another fruit with a delicious taste while not containing too much sugar. Raspberries only contain 4.5 grams of sugar per 100 grams. Great to eat by themselves, add to your yogurt or use as a topping for your smoothie bowl.

1. Cranberries

Fresh cranberries contain only 3.4 grams of sugar per 100 grams. The taste is a bit sour, which is why most people don't like to eat them raw. They're tastier when processed as sauce, jelly, or filling. But they can also have a great effect when combined with a sweeter fruit, such as banana or strawberries, in yogurt or smoothies.

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