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How Much Fiber Is in My Food?

For a more complete list of foods, including caloric values, use the utility on the right to Check Your Fiber.

  Serving size Fiber (grams)
Breads, cereals, grains
White bread 1 slice 0.6
Whole grain bread 1 slice 1.7
Oatmeal, cooked 1 cup 4.0
Rice, brown, cooked 1 cup 3.5
Rice, white, cooked 1/3 cup 0.6
Fruit (fresh)
Apple, with skin 1 large 3.3
Apricots 1 0.7
Banana 1 3.1
Blackberries 1 cup 7.6
Dates 5 3.3
Grapes 10 n/a
Grapefruit, pink and red 1/2 2.0
Grapefruit, white 1/2 1.3
Melon, cantaloupe 1 cup 1.4
Nectarine 1 2.3
Orange 1 small 3.1
Peach 1 1.5
Pear 1 medium 5.1
Pineapple 1 cup 2.2
Plums 1 small 0.9
Prunes, dried 5 3.0
Raisins 1 cup 5.4
Strawberries 1 cup 3.3
Vegetables
Beans, baked, canned, plain 1 cup 10.4
Beans, green, cooked 1 cup 4.0
Beets, canned 1 cup 2.9
Broccoli, raw 1 cup 2.3
Cabbage, raw 1 cup 1.6
Carrots, raw 1 cup 3.1
Cauliflower, raw 1 cup 2.5
Celery, raw 1 cup 1.9
Corn, yellow, cooked 1 cup 3.9
Lentils, cooked 1 cup 15.6
Lettuce, romaine, raw 1 cup 1.2
Lettuce, iceberg, raw 1 cup 0.7
Peas, boiled 1 cup 4.5
Peas, split 1 cup 16.3
Potato, baked, fresh 1/2 potato 2.3
Sweet potato, cooked without skin 1/2 potato 3.9
Tomato, red, ripe 1 tomato 1.5
Winter squash, cooked 1 cup 5.7
Other foods
Almonds (24 nuts) 1 oz. 3.3
Peanuts, dry roasted (approx. 28) 1 oz. 2.3
Walnuts, English (14 halves) 1 oz. 1.9
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