The Best Fruits for Weight Loss

This is a list of fruits that measures calories against water weight. Higher water content means more volume with less calories.

This information is based on 100g servings.

water / calories / calories per gram of water

In order of more water with less calories. This is the answer to the question: Which fruit has the least calories and will make my stomach feel the heaviest?

 

The best fruit on this list is Watermelon.

Fruits with the Highest Water Content

Rank	Fruits	Water Content	Calories per 100g	Ratio of Calories to 1 gram of Water	Weight of 100 Calorie Serving
1	Cucumber	95.23 w	15 c	0.1575:1	666.666 g
2	Squash, Summer, All Varieties	94.64	16	0.169	625
3	Tomato, Red	94.52	18	0.1904	555.555
4	Pumpkin	91.60	26	0.2838	384.615
5	Casaba Melon	91.85	28	0.3048	357.15
6	*Lemon	88.98	29	0.325	344.827
7	Watermelon	91.45	30	0.328	333.333
8	**Starfruit (Carambola)	91.38	31	0.3392	322.580
9	*Lime	88.26	30	0.3399	333.333
10	Strawberry	90.95	32	0.351	312.5
11	*Grapefruit	90.89	32	0.352	312.5
12	Hami Melon, Snow Melon	-	15	-	295
13	Cantaloupe	90.2	34	0.376	294.117
14	Squash, Winter, All Varieties	89.76	34	0.378	294.117
15	Honeydew Melon	89.82	36	0.40	277.777
16	Santa Claus Melon, Christmas Melon	89.82	36	0.40	277.777
17	Pomelo	89.10	39	0.4377	256.410
18	Peach	88.87	39	0.4388	256.410
19	Prickly Pear, Tuna (fruit)	87.55	41	0.4683	243.902
20	Asian Pear	88.25	42	0.4759	238.095
21	Blackberry	88.15	43	0.4878	232.558
22	Papaya	88.06	43	0.4883	232.558
23	****Beets, raw	87.58	43	0.4909	232.558
24	Horned Melon, Kiwano	88.97	44	0.4945	227.272
25	Nectarine	87.59	44	0.50	227.272
26	Sugar Kiss Melon	90.15	45.36	0.5031	220.45
27	Plum	87.23	46	0.52	217.391
28	Orange	86.75	47	0.54	212.765
29	Apricot	86.38	48	0.55	208.333
30	Pineapple	86.00	50	0.58	200
31	Raspberry	85.75	52	0.606	192.307
32	Apple	85.56	52	0.607	192.307
33	Blueberry	84.21	57	0.6768	175.438
34	Pear	83.96	57	0.6788	175.438
35	Quince	83.80	57	0.68	175.438
36	Mango	83.46	60	0.71	166.666
37	Pitaya, Dragon Fruit	-	60	-	166.666
38	Kiwi	83.07	61	0.73	163.934
39	Cherry	82.25	63	0.76	158.730
40	Lychee	82	66	0.80	151.515
41	Guava	80.80	68	0.84	147.058
42	Grape	80.54	69	0.85	144.927
43	***Rambutan	78.04	69	0.8553	144.927
44	Persimmon	80.32	70	0.87	142.857
45	Pomegranate	77.93	83	1.06	120.481
46	Corn, Yellow, Sweet	76.05	86	1.13	116.279
47	Banana	74.91	89	1.18	112.359
48	Passion Fruit	72.93	97	1.33	103.092
49	Plantain, raw	65.28	122	1.86	81.967
50	Avocado	73.23	160	2.18	62.5
51	Tamarind	31.40	239	7.61	41.841

 

 

*Don’t eat large quantities of these fruits because they are highly acidic and can cause indigestion and tooth decay. If you eat sour fruit rinse your mouth with water to prevent tooth decay and don’t brush your teeth for at least 30 minutes.

 

**Eating large quantities of Starfruit can be toxic. See Carambola Risks.

 

 

***The USDA does not have a listing for Fresh Rambutan. Most websites get their rambutan nutrition information from the USDA’s rambutan, canned, syrup pack which includes added sugar. My nutrition information for fresh rambutan comes from Nutriarena.com Rambutan vs Watermelon. This listing contains no added sugar that is why calories are much lower.

 

 

 

****Beets are not a fruit but they have the highest sugar content of any vegetable and are often eaten as a fruit. I like to freeze them raw and eat them with frozen fruit.

 

 

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