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Cooked carrots: carbohydrates

Values per 100 g of “Carrot, steamed (without addition of salt)”, from the Swiss Food Composition Database.

Carbohydrate per 100 g
8g
For 10 g of carbs
125g
For 1 bread unit (12 g)
150g

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Carbohydrate
8g
of which sugars
6.3 g
Bread units (12 g)
0.7

Carbohydrate: 8 g, or 0.7 bread units.

Compare with Raw carrot: 7.6 g of carbohydrate per 100 g. Weigh the food in the same state as the value you use.

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Nutrition values

Nutrition values per 100 g
Cooked carrotsPer 100 g
Energy186 kJ / 44 kcal
Fat0.4 g
of which saturates0.1 g
Available carbohydrate8 g
of which sugars6.3 g
Starch0.4 g
Dietary fibre2.8 g
Protein0.7 g
Salt0.1 g
Water88.1 g

Its carbohydrate is mostly sugars. How to read these values

Breakdown of the carbohydrate
  • Sugars 79%
  • Starch 5%
  • Other 16%

Source: Swiss Food Composition Database, version 7.1, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO). naehrwertdaten.ch

Similar foods

Same category of the Swiss database (Vegetables › Cooked vegetables (incl. cans)), in grams of carbohydrate per 100 g.

  • Sweetcorn, canned18.2
  • Green peas12.5
  • Cooked beetroot10
  • Cooked carrots (this page)8
  • Root and tuber vegetables (average), steamed (without addition of salt)7.3
  • Bell pepper, red, stewed (without addition of fat and salt)7.2
  • Onion, stewed (without addition of fat and salt)7
  • Sugar pea, steamed (without addition of salt)6.9
  • Ratatouille4.4

All foods in the “Vegetables” group

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