APPENDIX.Disaccharide and oligosaccharide (starch) contents* of common foods

Food category/item / Contents in g per 100 g edible portion
Disaccharides† / Starch†
Sucrose / Maltose / Lactose
Breads, cereals and pastries
Bread (e.g. white, sliced) / Tr / 3.2 / Tr / 42.7
Bread (brown, average) / Tr / 3.0 / Tr / 38.7
Breakfast cereal (e.g. Weetabix) / 2.6 / 0.8 / 0 / 70.6
Breakfast cereal (e.g. Cornflakes) / 4.2 / 1.0 / 0 / 81.4
Porridge (with whole milk) / 0.1 / 0 / 4.6 / 7.8
Doughnuts (ring) / 9.1 / 1.1 / 0.1 / 31.9
Danish pastry / 13.9 / 2.2 / 0.6 / 22.8
Scone (plain) / 3.4 / 0.1 / 1.8 / 47.9
Staples
Rice (plain, white [e.g. Basmati], boiled) / Tr / 0 / 0 / 30.9
Pasta (plain, boiled [average]) / 0.1 / 0.4 / Tr / 30.7
Noodles (egg, boiled) / 0.1 / 0.1 / 0 / 12.8
Pizza (e.g., cheese and tomato, deep pan) / Tr / 1.4 / 0.2 / 31.5
Vegetables
Potatoes (average, new, boiled) / 0.6 / 0 / 0 / 14.8
Beans (baked in tomato sauce) / 3.9 / 0 / 0 / 9.4
Green beans (boiled) / 0.4 / 0 / 0 / 2.6
Lentils (green and brown, boiled) / 0.4 / 0 / 0 / 15.9
Carrots (boiled) / 3.2 / 0 / 0 / 0.3
Peas (boiled) / 1.2 / 0 / 0 / 7.6
Corn (on the cob, boiled) / 1.3 / 0.1 / 0 / 16.9
Corn (tinned) / 8.4 / 0.1 / 0 / 16.6
Mixed vegetables (boiled from frozen) / 2.8 / 0 / 0 / 3.0
Tofu (soya, steamed) / 0.2 / 0 / 0 / 0.3
Desserts and snacks
Cookies (e.g. chocolate chip) / 30.9 / Tr / Tr / 30.6
Biscuits (e.g. plain digestive) / 13.0 / 0 / 0 / 55.0
Chocolate (milk) / 46.6 / Tr / 10.1 / Tr
Potato crisps (average) / 0.5 / 0 / Tr / 52.6
Popcorn (sweetened) / 62.1 / 0 / 0 / 15.5
Cake (e.g. non-fat sponge, plain) / 30.0 / 0.1 / 0.1 / 22.0
Sweet pies (e.g. banoffee pie) / 15.0 / 0.8 / 2.3 / 11.4
Custard (with whole milk) / 5.9 / 0 / 5.2 / 5.1
Ice cream (dairy, vanilla) / 11.5 / Tr / 13.2 / Tr
Selected fruits
Bananas (yellow, ripe) / 11.1 / 0 / 0 / 2.3
Dates (dried) / Tr / 0 / 0 / 0
Peaches (raw) / 5.2 / 0 / 0 / 0
Apricots (raw) / 4.6 / 0 / 0 / 0
Pineapples (raw) / 5.5 / 0 / 0 / 0
Mangos (ripe, raw) / 10.1 / 0 / 0 / 0.3
Tangerines / 5.1 / 0 / 0 / 0
Dried mixed fruits / 0.8 / 2.3 / 0 / 0
Additives/condiments
Sugar (white, granulated) / 105.0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Chocolate / 62.4 / Tr / 0.2 / Tr
Jam / 18.7 / 8.0 / 0 / 0
Marmalade / 18.8 / 8.0 / 0 / 0
Honey / Tr / Tr / 0 / 0
Chocolate spread (e.g. Nutella) / 53.1 / Tr / 4.0 / Tr
Golden syrup / 32.8 / 0 / 0 / 0
Dairy products
Whole milk (average) / 0 / 0 / 4.5 / 0
Skimmed milk (average) / 0 / 0 / 4.4 / 0
Semi-skimmed milk (average) / 0 / 0 / 4.7 / 0
UHT / 0 / 0 / 4.8 / 0
Condensed milk (skimmed, sweetened) / 46.7 / 0 / 12.3 / 0
Soya (sweetened, calcium-enriched) / 0.7 / 0 / 0 / 0
Cream / 0 / 0 / 2.2 / 0
Double cream (fresh) / 0 / 0 / 1.7 / 0
Cream topping (imitation cream) / 4.5 / 0.2 / 5.4 / 2.1
Crème fraiche / 0 / 0 / 3.0 / 0.3
Yoghurts
Whole milk yoghurt (plain) / 0 / 0 / 4.7 / 0
Low-fat yoghurt (fruit) / 6.1 / 0.3 / 4.4 / 1.0
Virtually fat-free diet yoghurt (fruit) / 0.1 / 0 / 4.0 / 0.7
Fromagefrais (fruit) / 8.3 / 0.1 / 3.0 / 0.6
Cheeses
Brie, camembert / 0 / 0 / Tr / 0
Cheddar cheese / 0 / 0 / 0.1 / 0
Cheese spread (plain) / 0 / 0 / 4.4 / 0
Cottage cheese (plain) / 0 / 0 / 3.1 / 0
Edam / 0 / 0 / Tr / 0
Feta / 0 / 0 / 1.4 / 0
Hard cheese (average) / 0 / 0 / 0.1 / 0
Processed cheese / 0 / 0 / 0.9 / 0
Spreadable cheese / 0 / 0 / 3.5 / 0
Non-alcoholic drinks
Lemonade / 2.8 / 1.0 / 0 / 0
Cola / 4.0 / 0 / 0 / Tr
Carbonated fruit drink / 5.9 / 0.1 / 0 / 0
Blackcurrant juice drink / 38.9 / 1.4 / 0 / Tr
Orange juice (concentrate) / 20.9 / 0 / 0 / 0
Orange juice (unsweetened) / 3.1 / 0 / 0 / 0
Alcohol-containing drinks
Beer (bitter, average) / 0 / 2.2 / 0 / 0
Beer (lager, premium)) / 0 / 1.4 / 0 / 0
Wine (white) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Wine (red) / Tr / 0 / 0 / 0
Cider (dry) / 0.7 / 0.8 / 0 / 0
Eggs, meat and fish
Eggs (e.g. chicken, boiled) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Beef steak, pork, chicken, lamb (plain) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
White fish (e.g. poached cod) / 0 / 0 / 0 / Tr
Fatty fish (e.g. salmon, grilled) / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Fish fingers (breaded cod, grilled) / Tr / Tr / 0 / 15.6

*Values taken from 2002 UK Food Standards Agency listings (Roe et al. McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods. 6th Summary Edition, 2002. London, Cambridge: UK Food Standards Agency and Royal Society of Chemistry; Abbreviations: Tr = trace; UHT = ultra-high temperature.