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Apples

StephanieGriggsBridgers
StephanieGriggsBridgers Posts: 16
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have found that some apples have more sugar and carbs, which I was not aware of until I started logging. Can anyone guide me to the lower carb, lower sugar apple?????

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  • DL121004
    DL121004 Posts: 214 Member
    This is the best I could find.

    sugarapples.jpg

    Original source: http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v60/n9/full/1602430a.html
  • StephanieGriggsBridgers
    StephanieGriggsBridgers Posts: 16
    WOW!!!! Thank you sooooo much!!!!
  • DL121004
    DL121004 Posts: 214 Member
    Here's another source of info, page 9 shows a chart, but it only references sucrose (be aware of the fructose content as well, IMO):

    http://www.pbs.org/thebotanyofdesire/pdf/Botany_of_Desire_Lesson_Plan_Sweetness.pdf

    Here is a list of apple cultivars. The descriptions *may* be helpful in terms of describing sweetness levels. In addition, my (rather uneducated) guess is that, in general, eating apples may be sweeter than baking apples.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apple_cultivars

    Maybe someone else can do better!
  • patricia909
    patricia909 Posts: 205 Member
    bump
  • AnarchoGen
    AnarchoGen Posts: 400 Member
    I saw this just as I finished the last bite of my apple. A jazz apple. I have 2 servings of fruit, one first thing in the morning and the other one post workout (a banana or clementine). I mainly do it to get more potassium. Gonna bookmark these links for future reference. Thanks!
  • wdruker
    wdruker Posts: 77 Member
    I've tried 3 apples so far and noticed the same thing.

    Macintosh (Medium) - Calories 80, Potassium 159 mg, Total Carbs 21 g, Dietary Fiber 5 g, Sugars16 g

    Honeycrisp (Medium) - Calories 80, Potassium 168 mg, Total Carbs 22 g, Dietary Fiber 5 g, Sugars 17 g, Protein 1g

    Cameo - Apple, (Small - couldn't find any medium sized in the store) - Calories 67, Potassium 159 mg, Total Carbs 18 g,
    Dietary Fiber 4 g, Sugars 14 g

    I thought it was weird that the Honeycrisp came up with 1gram of protein too, but the others didn't.
  • StephanieGriggsBridgers
    StephanieGriggsBridgers Posts: 16
    Thank you soooooo much for all of your help!!!! I found some organic Fuji apples on sale today...and I already had some Mcintosh! Happy Saturday to you all!
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