Carb Counter : Carbohydrates in Fruits & Fruit Juices

Fruit carb counter and carbohydrates in fruits like apples, banana, blueberries, oranges, cherries, watermelon and fruit juices are given. The carbohydrate values in fruits and fruit juices are quite high if you compare with those in meat and poultry items. The fruits and fruit juices contain almost no fat. The fruits are good source of dietary fiber (fibre).

Net carbohydrate = Fiber - Carbohydrate The net carbohydrate value can be found by substracting the fiber values from the carbohydrate values.

The following fruit carbohydrate chart gives carb counter for fruits and fruit juices, and other nutrition values such as calories, fats, fibers. The vitamin content of fruits is given at nutrition in fruits.

Source: USDA Home and garden Bulletin Number 72.

from the above cahrt, note the following:

• Watermelon contain about 7% carbohydrate. 1 cup of diced watermelon weighing 160 g contains 11 g of carbohydrate and almost 0 fat. If you eat 1 slice of watermelon (480 g), you get 35 g of carbohydrate.
• Banana is high in carbohydrate. A small banana contains 23.7 gram carbohydrate and 93 calories, whereas 1 cup blueberries has 20.4 g and 1 medium size apple 21 g carbohydrates.
• Dates and figs have very high carbohydrates.