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Sugar-free foods

333 USDA reference foods have less than 0.5 g in a typical portion, FDA's "sugar free" line (21 CFR 101.60(c)(1)); 150 of them have none at all (listed by the most protein in the portion), then the rest by amount.

Updated · By · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked

Which foods have the least sugar per portion?

  1. 1
    Pheasant, cooked, total edible · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  2. 2
    Heart · 1 cup (145 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  3. 3
    Rabbit · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  4. 4
    Venison, NFS · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  5. 5
    Turkey, all classes, back, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  6. 6
    Hog maws · 1 cup (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  7. 7
    Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone · 1 cup, drained (149 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  8. 8
    Meat, NFS · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  9. 9
    Goat · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  10. 10
    Goose, domesticated, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  11. 11
    Fish, smoked · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  12. 12
    1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  13. 13
    Mollusks, conch, baked or broiled · 1 cup, sliced (127 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  14. 14
    Pork, tenderloin · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  15. 15
    Turtle · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  16. 16
    Steak, NS as to type of meat, NS as to fat eaten · 1 thin (120 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  17. 17
    Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, broiled, pan-fried or roasted, reduced sodium · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  18. 18
    Fish, whiting, grilled · 1 large fillet (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  19. 19
    Fish, canned · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  20. 20
    Veal, leg (top round), separable lean and fat, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  21. 21
    Fish, white, mixed species, steamed · 1 large fillet (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  22. 22
    Turkey, neck · 1 cup, diced, cooked (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  23. 23
    Veal, rib, separable lean only, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  24. 24
    Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 0.5 breast, bone removed (98 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  25. 25
    Abalone · 1 cup (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  26. 26
    Chicken, meatless, breaded, fried · 1 cup, diced (130 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  27. 27
    Lamb, New Zealand, imported, neck chops, separable lean only, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  28. 28
    Beef, New Zealand, imported, variety meats and by-products, heart, cooked, boiled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  29. 29
    Duck, domesticated, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  30. 30
    Veal, chop · 1 chop, any size (90 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  31. 31
    Fish, sturgeon, mixed species, smoked · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  32. 32
    Fish, perch, grilled · 1 large fillet (135 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  33. 33
    Beef, plate steak, boneless, inside skirt, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, grilled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  34. 34
    Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  35. 35
    Mollusks, octopus, common, cooked, moist heat · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  36. 36
    Veal, loin, chop, separable lean only, cooked, grilled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  37. 37
    Beef, top sirloin, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, broiled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  38. 38
    Turkey, light or dark meat, smoked, cooked, skin and bone removed · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  39. 39
    Beef, round, full cut, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, broiled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  40. 40
    Veal, foreshank, osso buco, separable lean only, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  41. 41
    Pork, chop, NS as to fat eaten · 1 thin (90 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  42. 42
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  43. 43
    Pork, fresh, spareribs, separable lean and fat, cooked, braised · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  44. 44
    Ostrich, inside leg, cooked · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  45. 45
    Turkey, retail parts, breast, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  46. 46
    Lamb, chop · 1 chop, any size (90 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  47. 47
    Beef composite, separable lean only, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  48. 48
    Pork, Shoulder breast, boneless, separable lean and fat, cooked, broiled · 3 oz (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  49. 49
    Emu, ground, cooked, pan-broiled · 1 serving ( 3 oz ) (85 g)
    0g0 g per 100 g
  50. 50
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Source: USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, Foundation, Survey), April 30, 2026 release; typical portions are USDA's NLEA servings or the household measure nearest FDA's reference amount; Daily Value: 21 CFR 101.9.

Per 100 g, the list starts elsewhere

The portion ranking compares everyday foods at the portion FDA's reference amounts describe (USDA's NLEA serving where it lists one). Seasonings, sauces, powders, dried and concentrated forms, raw meat and fish, uncooked grains and dry beans, restaurant items and foods without a household measure near that portion are ranked per 100 g only: nobody eats a cup of dried thyme. Per 100 g, these lead:

Within a food group

Fruits low in sugar

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Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
the survey foods and their portions. ars.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101.12, Reference amounts customarily consumed
the serving each kind of food is labeled by. ecfr.gov
FDA, Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
the Daily Values in a table. fda.gov