Sugar in Grapefruit

How much sugar is in grapefruit?

The selected SR Legacy reference, “Grapefruit, raw, pink and red and white, all areas”, reports 6.98g of total sugar per 100g of edible fruit. The headline rounds this to one decimal place.

For the source portion labelled “1 cup sections, with juice” (230g), that works out to 16.1g of sugar. This serving amount is calculated from the reported per-100g value.

The same record reports 8.08g of total carbohydrate and 1.1g of fiber per 100g. Total sugar is a separate reported measure; carbohydrate and sugar are not interchangeable numbers.

THE SUGAR BREAKDOWN

What is in the reference?

Reported amounts per 100g of the food described above.

Total sugar

6.98 g

Fructose

Not reported

Glucose

Not reported

Sucrose

Not reported

This record reports 0 of these three individual sugar components. Unreported amounts cannot be treated as zero.

Individual sugars are reported separately. Missing components are not estimated, and their sum may differ from the reported total.

MAKE IT YOUR PORTION

How much are you eating?

Serving reference

Portion weights come from this source record. Sugar per serving is calculated, rather than a separate measurement.

Compare grapefruit with other fruits

These are equal-weight comparisons of the named source foods. The table uses 100g of edible fruit for each entry.

Which reference does this page use?

SR Legacy describes the selected food as “Grapefruit, raw, pink and red and white, all areas”. We use this legacy food record as the selected reference, keeping its original food description and reported values.

Open the linked source record for its context. A different variety, ripeness or preparation may have a different composition; we do not average unrelated records into a new value.