Sugar in Tamarind

How much sugar is in tamarind?

The selected SR Legacy reference, “Tamarinds, raw”, reports 38.8g of total sugar per 100g of edible fruit. The headline rounds this to one decimal place.

For the source portion labelled “1 cup, pulp” (120g), that works out to 46.6g of sugar. This serving amount is calculated from the reported per-100g value.

The same record reports 62.5g of total carbohydrate and 5.1g 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

38.8 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 tamarind 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 “Tamarinds, raw”. 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.