Carbohydrates in Food: Low and High Carb Foods per 100g

Total carbohydrates per 100 g by food group, from USDA FoodData Central, including fiber and sugars. USDA calculates carbohydrate "by difference": what remains after water, protein, fat and ash.

Only generic foods with complete data are ranked. Raw, cooked and dried versions appear separately.

Fruits

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Persimmon, dried 96.1 g
  2. Apples, dehydrated (low moisture), sulfured, uncooked 93.5 g
  3. Prunes, dehydrated (low-moisture), uncooked 89.1 g
  4. Bananas, dehydrated, or banana powder 88.3 g
  5. Pineapple, dried 84.1 g
  6. Peaches, dehydrated (low-moisture), sulfured, uncooked 83.2 g
  7. Apricots, dehydrated (low-moisture), sulfured, uncooked 82.9 g
  8. Cranberries, dried 82.8 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Olives, pickled, canned or bottled, green 3.8 g
  2. Watermelon, seedless, rind only, raw 4.2 g
  3. Rhubarb, raw 4.5 g
  4. Acerola juice, raw 4.8 g
  5. Olives, green, Manzanilla, stuffed with pimiento 5 g
  6. Rhubarb, frozen, uncooked 5.1 g
  7. Lemon juice from concentrate, bottled, CONCORD 5.4 g
  8. Apricots, canned, water pack, without skin, solids and liquids 5.5 g

Vegetables

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Flour, cassava 87.3 g
  2. Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, granules without milk, dry form 85.5 g
  3. Onions, dehydrated flakes 83.3 g
  4. Potato flour 83.1 g
  5. Potatoes, mashed, dehydrated, flakes without milk, dry form 81.2 g
  6. Pepeao, dried 81 g
  7. Seaweed, agar, dried 80.9 g
  8. Shallots, freeze-dried 80.7 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Butterbur, canned 0.38 g
  2. Taco sauce 0.72 g
  3. Watercress, raw 1.3 g
  4. Watercress, cooked 1.4 g
  5. Bamboo shoots, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 1.5 g
  6. Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 1.8 g
  7. Cabbage, chinese (pak-choi), cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 1.8 g
  8. Asparagus, frozen, cooked, fat added, NS as to fat type 1.9 g

Meat

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Meat substitute, cereal- and vegetable protein-based, fried 61.2 g
  2. Textured vegetable protein, dry 32.9 g
  3. Vermicelli, made from soybeans 31.4 g
  4. Bacon bits 28.6 g
  5. Soy nut butter 23 g
  6. Frozen dessert, non-dairy 18.2 g
  7. Salami, pork, beef, less sodium 15.4 g
  8. Scrapple, cooked 15 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Pork, belly, with skin, raw 0 g
  2. Pork, chop, center cut, raw 0 g
  3. Bison, ground, raw 0 g
  4. Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, braised 0 g
  5. Beef, round, eye of round roast, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, roasted 0 g
  6. Beef, round, top round, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised 0 g
  7. Beef, round, bottom round, steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised 0 g
  8. Beef, chuck eye Country-Style ribs, boneless, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw 0 g

Poultry

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Chicken, broilers or fryers, skin only, cooked, fried, batter 23.2 g
  2. Chicken tenders or strips, breaded, from school lunch 22.9 g
  3. Chicken nuggets, from school lunch 22.9 g
  4. Chicken nuggets, from frozen 17.9 g
  5. Chicken breast tenders, breaded, cooked, microwaved 17.6 g
  6. Chicken tenders or strips, NFS 17.2 g
  7. Chicken tenders or strips, breaded, from fast food 17.2 g
  8. Turkey, nuggets 17.1 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Chicken, drumstick, meat and skin, raw 0 g
  2. Chicken, wing, meat and skin, raw 0 g
  3. Chicken, breast, meat and skin, raw 0 g
  4. Chicken, thigh, meat and skin, raw 0 g
  5. Turkey, whole, giblets, cooked, simmered 0 g
  6. Turkey, all classes, breast, meat and skin, raw 0 g
  7. Chicken, broilers or fryers, rotisserie, original seasoning, thigh, meat only, cooked 0 g
  8. Chicken, broilers or fryers, skin only, cooked, stewed 0 g

Fish and Seafood

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Fish, stick 21.7 g
  2. Fish, fish sticks, frozen, prepared 21.7 g
  3. Mollusks, whelk, unspecified, cooked, moist heat 15.5 g
  4. Imitation crab meat 15 g
  5. Crustaceans, crab, alaska king, imitation, made from surimi 15 g
  6. Clams, fried 14.4 g
  7. Scallops, fried 14.1 g
  8. Calamari, fried 14.1 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Tuna, ahi or yellowfin, frozen, wild caught 0 g
  2. Halibut, frozen, wild caught 0 g
  3. Fish, drum, freshwater, cooked, dry heat 0 g
  4. Fish, cisco, smoked 0 g
  5. Fish, drum, freshwater, raw 0 g
  6. Fish, tuna, white, canned in water, without salt, drained solids 0 g
  7. Fish, tuna, white, canned in oil, without salt, drained solids 0 g
  8. Fish, halibut, Greenland, raw 0 g

Dairy and Eggs

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Cream substitute, flavored, powdered 75.4 g
  2. Coffee creamer, powder, flavored 75.4 g
  3. Whey, sweet, dried 74.5 g
  4. Whey, acid, dried 73.5 g
  5. Cream substitute, powdered, light 73.4 g
  6. Coffee creamer, powder, fat free 73.4 g
  7. Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, not reconstituted 66.2 g
  8. Coffee creamer, powder 59.3 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Ghee, clarified butter 0 g
  2. Butter oil, anhydrous 0 g
  3. Animal fat or drippings 0 g
  4. Butter, light 0 g
  5. Butter, Clarified butter (ghee) 0 g
  6. Butter, tub 0 g
  7. Fat back, cooked 0 g
  8. Butter, whipped, with salt 0 g

Grains and Pasta

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Cornstarch 91.3 g
  2. Tapioca, pearl, dry 88.7 g
  3. Arrowroot flour 88.2 g
  4. Corn bran, crude 85.6 g
  5. Corn, flour, pre-gelatinized 83.9 g
  6. White rice, flour, pre-gelatinized 83.8 g
  7. Rice, white, puffed 83.6 g
  8. Corn flour, yellow, degermed, unenriched 82.8 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Congee 8.4 g
  2. Oat bran, cooked 11.4 g
  3. Vital wheat gluten 13.8 g
  4. Hominy, canned, white 14.3 g
  5. Hominy, canned, yellow 14.3 g
  6. Rice, white and wild, cooked, no added fat 17.2 g
  7. Bulgur, fat added 17.3 g
  8. Bulgur, no added fat 18.5 g

Breakfast Cereals

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, CORN BURSTS 90.6 g
  2. Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Frosted Flakes 90.2 g
  3. Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Fruity DYNO-BITES 90.1 g
  4. Cereals ready-to-eat, POST, GOLDEN CRISP 90.1 g
  5. Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, MOTHER'S COCOA BUMPERS 89.9 g
  6. Cereals ready-to-eat, rice, puffed, fortified 89.8 g
  7. Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, GOLDEN PUFFS 89.7 g
  8. Cereals ready-to-eat, MALT-O-MEAL, Honey BUZZERS 89.7 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Cereals, Oat Bran, QUAKER, QUAKER/MOTHER'S Oat Bran, prepared with water, salt 7.5 g
  2. Cereals, QUAKER, Oat Bran, QUAKER/MOTHER'S Oat Bran, prepared with water, no salt 7.5 g
  3. Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, chocolate, prepared with water, without salt 9.2 g
  4. Cereals, MALT-O-MEAL, original, plain, prepared with water, without salt 10.1 g
  5. Cereals, CREAM OF WHEAT, 2 1/2 minute cook time, cooked with water, microwaved, without salt 10.1 g
  6. Cream of wheat, NFS 10.4 g
  7. Whole wheat cereal, cooked 10.4 g
  8. Cream of wheat, regular or quick, made with water, fat added 10.4 g

Bread and Baked Goods

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Ice cream cones, sugar, rolled-type 84.1 g
  2. Cake, yellow, light, dry mix 84.1 g
  3. Cookies, fortune 84 g
  4. Crackers, matzo 83.7 g
  5. Crackers, matzo, plain 83.7 g
  6. Crackers, matzo, reduced sodium 83.7 g
  7. Martha White Foods, Martha White's Chewy Fudge Brownie Mix, dry 83.6 g
  8. Crackers, rice 82.6 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Leavening agents, baking soda 0 g
  2. Crepe, with meat 7.7 g
  3. Tabbouleh 9.7 g
  4. Spanakopita 10.4 g
  5. Spinach quiche, meatless 11.7 g
  6. Quiche with meat, poultry or fish 12.1 g
  7. Potato, canned, NS as to fat 12.9 g
  8. Potato, canned, fat added, NS as to fat type 12.9 g

Beans and Legumes

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Carob flour 88.9 g
  2. Noodles, chinese, cellophane or long rice (mung beans), dehydrated 86.1 g
  3. Vermicelli, made from soy 82.3 g
  4. Beans, pink, mature seeds, raw 64.2 g
  5. Beans, french, mature seeds, raw 64.1 g
  6. Lima beans, large, mature seeds, raw 63.4 g
  7. Lentils, raw 63.4 g
  8. Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, raw 63.3 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Soy protein isolate 0 g
  2. Vitasoy USA Nasoya, Lite Silken Tofu 0 g
  3. Vitasoy USA Azumaya, Silken Tofu 0.58 g
  4. Vitasoy USA Organic Nasoya, Soft Tofu 0.74 g
  5. HOUSE FOODS Premium Firm Tofu 0.97 g
  6. MORI-NU, Tofu, silken, lite extra firm 1 g
  7. MORI-NU, Tofu, silken, lite firm 1.1 g
  8. Tofu, soft, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) 1.2 g

Nuts and Seeds

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Nuts, chestnuts, japanese, dried 81.4 g
  2. Flour, chestnut 80.5 g
  3. Nuts, chestnuts, chinese, dried 79.8 g
  4. Seeds, breadnut tree seeds, dried 79.4 g
  5. Nuts, chestnuts, european, dried, peeled 78.4 g
  6. Nuts, chestnuts, european, dried, unpeeled 77.3 g
  7. Nutritional powder mix, sugar free (Slim Fast) 73.9 g
  8. Nutritional powder mix (Slim Fast) 73.9 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Nuts, coconut milk, canned (liquid expressed from grated meat and water) 2.8 g
  2. Nuts, coconut water (liquid from coconuts) 3.7 g
  3. Nuts, pilinuts, dried 4 g
  4. Nuts, coconut milk, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat and water) 5.5 g
  5. Nuts, coconut milk, frozen (liquid expressed from grated meat and water) 5.6 g
  6. Nutritional powder mix, whey based, NFS 6.3 g
  7. Nutritional powder mix, protein, NFS 6.3 g
  8. Nuts, coconut cream, raw (liquid expressed from grated meat) 6.7 g

Fats and Oils

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Butter replacement, without fat, powder 89 g
  2. Butter replacement, powder 89 g
  3. Salad Dressing, coleslaw, reduced fat 40 g
  4. Dressing, honey mustard, fat-free 38.4 g
  5. Honey mustard dressing, fat free 38.4 g
  6. Salad dressing, french dressing, fat-free 32.1 g
  7. French or Catalina dressing, fat free 32.1 g
  8. Russian dressing 31.9 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Oil, cooking and salad, ENOVA, 80% diglycerides 0 g
  2. Oil, industrial, soy, ultra low linolenic 0 g
  3. Oil, grapeseed 0 g
  4. Oil, hazelnut 0 g
  5. Oil, peanut, salad or cooking 0 g
  6. Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) 0 g
  7. Oil, cocoa butter 0 g
  8. Shortening frying (heavy duty), palm (hydrogenated) 0 g

Beverages

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Strawberry-flavor beverage mix, powder 99.1 g
  2. Beverages, orange-flavor drink, breakfast type, powder 98.9 g
  3. Beverages, tea, instant, decaffeinated, lemon, sweetened 98.6 g
  4. Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, sweetened, powder 98.6 g
  5. Beverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder 97.9 g
  6. Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, with added ascorbic acid 97.6 g
  7. Beverages, Lemonade, powder 97.6 g
  8. Beverages, Whiskey sour mix, powder 97.3 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Beverages, water, bottled, non-carbonated, PEPSI, AQUAFINA 0 g
  2. Water, bottled, generic 0 g
  3. Water, bottled, non-carbonated, NAYA 0 g
  4. Beverages, Powerade Zero Ion4, calorie-free, assorted flavors 0 g
  5. Beverages, The COCA-COLA company, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Revive Fruit Punch, fortified 0 g
  6. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 100 proof 0 g
  7. Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated 0 g
  8. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, all (gin, rum, vodka, whiskey) 80 proof 0 g

Sweets and Desserts

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Sweetener, herbal extract powder from Stevia leaf 100 g
  2. Sweeteners, tabletop, fructose, dry, powder 100 g
  3. Sugar substitute, stevia, powder 100 g
  4. Sugar substitute, monk fruit, powder 100 g
  5. Sugar, granulated 100 g
  6. Sugar, turbinado 99.8 g
  7. Sugar, white, confectioner's, powdered 99.8 g
  8. Sugars, powdered 99.8 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Chicken breast, grilled without sauce, skin eaten 0 g
  2. Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, baked or broiled, skin not eaten 0 g
  3. Chicken, NS as to part, sauteed, skin eaten 0 g
  4. Chicken, NS as to part, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin eaten 0 g
  5. Chicken breast, baked, broiled, or roasted, skin not eaten, from raw 0 g
  6. Chicken, tail 0 g
  7. Chicken, NS as to part, stewed, skin not eaten 0 g
  8. Chicken leg, drumstick and thigh, grilled without sauce, skin not eaten 0 g

Snacks

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Popcorn, sugar syrup/caramel, fat-free 90.1 g
  2. Snacks, candy bits, yogurt covered with vitamin C 86.9 g
  3. Snacks, fruit leather, pieces, with vitamin C 85.2 g
  4. Snacks, GENERAL MILLS, BETTY CROCKER Fruit Roll Ups, berry flavored, with vitamin C 85.2 g
  5. Snacks, potato chips, fat free, salted 83.8 g
  6. Snacks, corn cakes 83.4 g
  7. Snacks, corn cakes, very low sodium 83.4 g
  8. Snacks, SUNKIST, SUNKIST Fruit Roll, strawberry, with vitamins A, C, and E 82.7 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Snacks, pork skins, plain 0 g
  2. Snacks, pork skins, barbecue-flavor 1.6 g
  3. Snacks, beef sticks, smoked 5.4 g
  4. Snacks, beef jerky, chopped and formed 11 g
  5. Popcorn, movie theater, with added butter 31.6 g
  6. Nutrition bar (South Beach Living High Protein Bar) 38.4 g
  7. Formulated Bar, SOUTH BEACH protein bar 38.4 g
  8. Popcorn, movie theater, no butter added 39.9 g

Spices, Herbs and Condiments

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Spices, cinnamon, ground 80.6 g
  2. Spices, onion powder 79.1 g
  3. Spices, bay leaf 75 g
  4. Spices, garlic powder 72.7 g
  5. Spices, allspice, ground 72.1 g
  6. Spices, ginger, ground 71.6 g
  7. Spices, pumpkin pie spice 69.3 g
  8. Spices, oregano, dried 68.9 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Salt, table 0 g
  2. Seasoning mix, dry, sazon, coriander & annatto 0 g
  3. Vinegar, distilled 0.04 g
  4. Vinegar, red wine 0.27 g
  5. Buffalo sauce 0.75 g
  6. Hot pepper sauce 0.8 g
  7. Vinegar, cider 0.93 g
  8. Vinegar 0.93 g

Soups and Sauces

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Potato soup, instant, dry mix 76.1 g
  2. Soup, ramen noodle, dry, any flavor, reduced fat, reduced sodium 71 g
  3. Gravy, onion, dry, mix 67.6 g
  4. Gravy, turkey, dry 65.1 g
  5. Soup, onion, dry, mix 65.1 g
  6. Soup, bouillon cubes and granules, low sodium, dry 64.9 g
  7. Gravy, mushroom, dry, powder 64.7 g
  8. Gravy, pork, dry, powder 63.6 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Soup, stock, fish, home-prepared 0 g
  2. Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve 0.04 g
  3. Soup, beef broth, less/reduced sodium, ready to serve 0.2 g
  4. Soup, SWANSON, beef broth, lower sodium 0.21 g
  5. Soup, broth 0.24 g
  6. Soup, beef broth, cubed, prepared with water 0.25 g
  7. Soup, beef broth or bouillon, powder, prepared with water 0.25 g
  8. Soup, chicken broth or bouillon, dry, prepared with water 0.3 g

Meals and Dishes

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Spanish rice mix, dry mix, unprepared 76.5 g
  2. Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, unprepared 76.3 g
  3. RICE-A-RONI, chicken flavor, unprepared 76.1 g
  4. Rice and vermicelli mix, beef flavor, unprepared 76 g
  5. Yellow rice with seasoning, dry packet mix, unprepared 74.7 g
  6. Rice mix, cheese flavor, dry mix, unprepared 73.9 g
  7. Pasta mix, Italian lasagna, unprepared 73.8 g
  8. Pasta mix, classic beef, unprepared 72.2 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Lau lau 0 g
  2. KFC, Fried Chicken, EXTRA CRISPY, Thigh, meat only, skin and breading removed 0 g
  3. APPLEBEE'S, 9 oz house sirloin steak 0 g
  4. KFC, Fried Chicken, ORIGINAL RECIPE, Breast, meat only, skin and breading removed 0 g
  5. POPEYES, Fried Chicken, Mild, Breast, meat only, skin and breading removed 0 g
  6. CRACKER BARREL, grilled sirloin steak 0 g
  7. Fast Foods, Fried Chicken, Drumstick, meat only, skin and breading removed 0 g
  8. Chicken or turkey fricassee, no sauce, no potatoes, Puerto Rican style 0 g

Baby Foods

Highest carbohydrate

  1. Babyfood, cereal, rice with pears and apple, dry, instant fortified 88.5 g
  2. Babyfood, rice and apples, dry 86.9 g
  3. Babyfood, juice treats, fruit medley, toddler 86.7 g
  4. Babyfood, cereal, brown rice, dry, instant 86 g
  5. Baby Toddler puffs, fruit 85.8 g
  6. Baby Toddler puffs, vegetable 85.8 g
  7. Babyfood, finger snacks, GERBER, GRADUATES, PUFFS, apple and cinnamon 85.8 g
  8. Baby Toddler snack, NFS 83.4 g

Lowest carbohydrate

  1. Babyfood, meat, chicken, junior 0 g
  2. Babyfood, meat, lamb, junior 0 g
  3. Babyfood, water, bottled, GERBER, without added fluoride 0 g
  4. Babyfood, meat, pork, strained 0 g
  5. Water, baby 0 g
  6. Baby Toddler chicken 0.1 g
  7. Babyfood, meat, chicken, strained 0.1 g
  8. Babyfood, meat, lamb, strained 0.85 g