An example from the list below under the general description of yams is Yam, cooked, boiled, drained, or baked, without salt and in this food example the amount of Carbs per 100g, is 27.48 g. The associated calorie content for this food item is 116.00 kcal per 100g, which is 6 % of the recommended daily calorie allowance.
The list below gives the total Carbs content in the 6 items from the general description 'yams' each of which show the Carbs amount as well as calories and common serving sizes. These 6 types of yams range from Yam, raw through to Mountain yam, hawaii, raw and are ranked by the content or amount per 100g.
Average Value for yams
The average (or more correctly the arithmetic mean) amount of Carbs contained in 100g of yams, based on the list below of 6 different items under the general description of yams, is 23.11 g of Carbs. The average calories for the foods listed is 96.50 kcal which is 5 % of the daily value for calories per 100g serving.Median Value for yams
The median value of Carbs is found in Yam, cooked, boiled, drained, or baked, with salt which in 100g contains 26.99 g of Carbs. The calories for the median food listed is 114.00 kcal which is 5.7 % of the daily value for calories per 100g serving.
Highest Carbs Content per 100g
Using the list below for the 6 different yams nutrition entries in our database, the highest amount of Carbs is found in Yam, raw which contains 27.88 g of Carbs per 100g. The associated percentage of RDA is % and provides a calorie content of 118.00 kcal in 100g. The lowest amount of Carbs is in Mountain yam, hawaii, raw which in 100g contains 16.30 g of Carbs. This gives as percentage of the recommended daily allowance % of the RDA. The corresponding calories in 100g for Mountain yam, hawaii, raw is 67.00 kcal.
The difference between the highest and lowest values gives a range of 11.58 g of Carbs per 100g. The range of calories for these foods is from 118.00 kcal through to 67.00 kcal. The equivalent percentage of the daily recommended calories is 6 % through to 3.35 % for a 2000 Calorie per day diet.
From this list of foods there are zero foods which contain greater than 50% of the RDA per 100g of Carbs.
Highest Amount of Carbs per Serving
Please remember that the above gives an accurate value in 100g for high Carbs foods. For example 100g of Yam, cooked, boiled, drained, or baked, without salt contains 27.48 g of Carbs. However, there are other factors to consider when you are assessing your nutritional requirements. You should also take into account portion sizes when you are considering the Carbs nutritional content.
For Yam, raw, which contains the highest amount of Carbs in 100 g, the amount of Carbs in a typical serving of 1.000 cup, cubes (or 150.00 g) is 41.82 g.
The food with the highest Carbs content per typical serving is Yam, raw which contains 41.82 g in 1.000 cup, cubes (or 150.00 g).
For each item listed below the serving size can be rescaled to show the nutritional breakdown as well as the Carbs content.
Summary
From the list below you can find a full nutrition breakdown for all foods containing Carbs which can be scaled for different servings and quantities. We have also sorted our complete nutrition and vitamin database of over 7000 foods, to give a list of foods high in Carbs
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