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Sweeteners

Is Table sugar Low FODMAP?

Low FODMAP

Safe at the serving size listed.

Safe serving

Unrestricted at normal amounts

Why

Sucrose is glucose and fructose in equal measure, and the glucose carries the fructose across the gut wall, so ordinary sugar causes no FODMAP problem. This surprises people who assume any sugar must be worse than honey.

This entry is compiled from published Monash-aligned guidance rather than our own laboratory testing, and thresholds are revised as new data arrives. For the elimination phase the Monash app is the authority. See the full food list for how the categories fit together, orcheck another food.

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