What fruits have a low sugar content?

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I like to make fruit salads for desert. However, a few people I know can't eat that much sugar, so I would like to create a fruit salad which has a low sugar content.

Typically, as a base for the salad, I use a splash of water, lemon/lime juice, sugar/honey and Port. Obviously, I would have to consider changing this base. The fruits I typically use are: apples, oranges, bananas, kiwi, mango, papaya, strawberry and pomegranate.

However, I don't know what is the sugar content of these fruits. Therefore I ask, which fruits have the least amount of sugar (compared to a base weight, that is) and which fruit combinations would still make a good salad? I am not looking for anything fancy or incredibly tasty, just a regular fruit salad.

My grocer has a wide diversity of fruits, so fruit suggestions are also appreciated.

mfg · Accepted Answer

As a metric, if you are concerned about cutting back on sugar you might consider fruits and sugars with a lower glycemic load index (GI; higher causes spikes in blood sugar) as a metric for seeking more ingredients.

Sugars with low glycemic load indices are agave nectar (GI: 15) and brown rice syrup (GI: 25), relative to white sugar and honey.

Fruits with low glycemic indices are

Food | GI Value
Cherries                          22
Grapefruit                            25
Prunes                            29
Apricots, dried                   30
Apple                                 38
Peach, canned in juice            38
Pear, fresh                           38
Plum                                  39
Strawberries                          40
Orange, Navel                         42
Peach, fresh                          42
Pear, canned                          43
Grapes                            46

For more references and ingredients, here are two lists.

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