nutrient
Total sugars
The combined simple sugars reported in a food record.
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The USDA field includes monosaccharides and disaccharides. It does not separately identify added sugars.
How it works
What this field means
The USDA field includes monosaccharides and disaccharides. It does not separately identify added sugars.
Related topics
Total sugars includes Maltose
Maltose is one of the sugar types included in the USDA total-sugars definition.
Evidence: Established · Source checked 2026-09-16 · Sources: USDA Agricultural Research Service: Standard Reference Release 28: Documentation and User Guide — nutrient definitions
Worth knowing
Reading it in a recipe. Recipe totals combine the recorded ingredient amounts. Individual sugar rows are details within the total, so adding them again would double-count them.
A closer look
Follow the ingredient record
Open an ingredient to see the exact food description, preparation state and per-100 g values. A known subtotal means at least one ingredient value is missing; it is not a complete total.
References
Source-checked local draft.
Human editorial review pending.
- USDA Agricultural Research Service (opens in new tab)Standard Reference Release 28: Documentation and User Guide — nutrient definitionsChecked 2026-09-16
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (opens in new tab)FoodData Central SR Legacy, April 2018 JSON releaseChecked 2026-09-05
Take it into the kitchen
Explore this nutrient in simple meals. Recipe pages show estimated amounts and missing data.
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