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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
- Up to 5.5% sugar
- 258 Calories
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..)
2
Beets
- 13.5g (3.4 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 8% sugar
- 75 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Beets
3
Onions
- 9.9g (2.5 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 4.7% sugar
- 92 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Onions
4
Green Peas
- 9.5g (2.4 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 5.9% sugar
- 134 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Green Peas
5
Sweet Corn
- 9.1g (2.3 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 6.3% sugar
- 125 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Yellow Corn Sweet
6
Canned Pumpkin
- 8.1g (2 tsp) sugar per cup
- Up to 3.3% sugar
- 83 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Canned Pumpkin
7
Winter Squash
- 6.8g (1.7 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 3.3% sugar
- 76 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Winter Squash
8
Rutabagas (Swedes, Neeps)
- 6.7g (1.7 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 4% sugar
- 51 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Rutabagas (Neeps, Swedes)
9
Carrots
- 6.1g (1.5 tsp) sugar per cup chopped
- Up to 4.7% sugar
- 52 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Carrots
10
Tomato
- 6g (1.5 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 2.5% sugar
- 43 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Tomatoes
11
Red Bell Peppers
- 5.9g (1.5 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 4.4% sugar
- 38 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Red Bell Peppers
12
Shiitake Mushrooms
- 5.6g (1.4 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 3.8% sugar
- 81 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Shiitake Mushrooms
14
Summer Squash
- 4.7g (1.2 tsp) sugar per cup cooked
- Up to 2.6% sugar
- 36 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Cooked Summer Squash
15
Red Cabbage
- 3.4g (0.9 tsp) sugar per cup chopped
- Up to 3.8% sugar
- 28 Calories
Nutrition Facts for Red Cabbage
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From the Nutrient Ranking Tool
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- Fruits High in Sugar
- Vegetables High in Sugar
- Nuts High in Sugar
- Grains High in Sugar
- Beans High in Sugar
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