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Top 15 Vegetables Highest in Sugar
Of all food groups, vegetables are typically low in sugar, while being a great source of healthy vitamins and minerals. Despite this fact, you may want to be aware of how much sugar certain vegetables contain.
In this article, both grams and teaspoons of sugar are listed for each vegetable. One packed teaspoon of sugar is equal to 4 grams.
Vegetables high in sugar include sweet potatoes, beets, onions, green peas, sweet corn, peas, canned pumpkin, winter squash, rutabagas, carrots, and tomatoes. They range from providing 3.5g to 14g (1 to 3.5 teaspoons) of sugar per cup.
For more high sugar vegetables, see the nutrient ranking of 200 vegetables high in sugar.
List of Vegetables High in Sugar
1
Sweet Potatoes
- 13.9g (3.5 tsp) sugar
per cup mashed (255g) - Up to 5.5% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Mashed Sweet Potatoes
While sweet potatoes have more sugar, regular potatoes typically have more carbs. In terms of regulating blood sugar, sweet potatoes are preferred over regular potatoes (Russet, White, Red, etc..)
4
Green Peas
- 9.5g (2.4 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (160g) - Up to 5.9% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Green Peas
5
Sweet Corn
- 9.1g (2.3 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (145g) - Up to 6.3% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Yellow Corn Sweet
7
Winter Squash
- 6.8g (1.7 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (205g) - Up to 3.3% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Winter Squash
8
Rutabagas (Swedes, Neeps)
- 6.7g (1.7 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (170g) - Up to 4% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Rutabagas (Neeps, Swedes)
10
Tomato
- 6g (1.5 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (240g) - Up to 2.5% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Tomatoes
11
Red Bell Peppers
- 5.9g (1.5 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (135g) - Up to 4.4% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Red Bell Peppers
12
Shiitake Mushrooms
- 5.6g (1.4 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (145g) - Up to 3.8% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Shiitake Mushrooms
14
Summer Squash
- 4.7g (1.2 tsp) sugar
per cup cooked (180g) - Up to 2.6% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Cooked Summer Squash
15
Red Cabbage
- 3.4g (0.9 tsp) sugar
per cup chopped (89g) - Up to 3.8% sugar
- Nutrition Facts for Red Cabbage
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From the Nutrient Ranking Tool
- Foods High in Sugar
- Foods Low in Sugar
- Vegetables High in Sugar
- Fruits High in Sugar
- Vegetarian Foods High in Sugar
- Nuts High in Sugar
- Grains High in Sugar
- Beans High in Sugar
- Breakfast Cereals High in Sugar
- Fast Foods High in Sugar
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