Apricot (fresh)
Fruits · Stone Fruits
One small apricot, about 35 g, is rated green, and that is a whole piece of fruit rather than a slice off one. Three medium apricots, 150 g, are rated red on excess fructose and sorbitol together. Apricots are small, so the green serve is something you can pick up and finish, and the red one is still only three.
Last updated 4 September 2026Serving sizes for apricot (fresh)
One small apricot, about 35 g, is rated green. Three medium apricots, 150 g, are rated red.
Tested serving sizes
| Serving | Amount | Main FODMAP | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 small apricot | 35 g | Fructose 0.07 g | |
| 3 medium apricots | 150 g | Fructose 0.3 g |
Breakdown for 0.7 apricots
Is apricot (fresh) low FODMAP?
Two groups move together here, and both start low. One apricot holds 0.07 g of excess fructose and 0.06 g of sorbitol, and the serve is rated green. Three take the fructose to 0.3 g, twice the 0.15 g mark where a portion counts as high, and the sorbitol to 0.26 g. Fructans stay a trace at 0.09 g. The same pair does the work in dried apricots, where a single 10 g piece already carries 0.15 g of sorbitol, so the fresh fruit buys you volume rather than a different chemistry.
Apricot (fresh) and IBS: what to know
Apricots arrive by the punnet in midsummer and sit in a bowl on the bench, where one is rarely the number anybody takes. Weighing a single apricot once is worth the trouble, because 35 g is a genuinely small fruit and a fat one from a market box behaves like two serves. Excess fructose and sorbitol also build across a day from the rest of the stone fruit shelf, so an apricot after a plum, which brings 0.26 g of sorbitol in one fruit, is not starting from nothing.
Gut-friendly ways to eat apricot (fresh)
One apricot does more when it is not the whole event: halved and grilled beside something savoury, chopped through couscous, or sliced over yoghurt at a breakfast that has other things in it. When you want a bowl of fruit rather than a piece, strawberries stay green at 10 medium berries, 140 g, and one medium orange is green at 130 g. Watch the tarts and the jars, since apricots poached in syrup or set into pastry usually run two or three fruit deep by the slice.
Frequently asked questions
How many fresh apricots can I eat with IBS?
One small apricot, about 35 g, is the green serve, and three medium apricots, 150 g, are rated red. Two has never been measured, so the rating is known at one and at three and nowhere between them. Apricot size varies a great deal as well, so a large one can weigh close to two of the tested serves on its own.
Are fresh apricots better than dried apricots for IBS?
On portion size, clearly. Fresh apricot is rated green at one fruit, while dried apricot is amber at a single 10 g piece and red at three or four. Most of that gap is water: the fresh fruit gives you something to chew through for the same sugar and sorbitol. They are separate entries with separate figures, so never convert one into the other.
Are tinned apricots low FODMAP?
Tinned apricots have no tested serve here, so these figures do not describe them. Polyols are water-soluble and some sorbitol moves into the packing liquid during canning, which is why drained fruit and the syrup it sat in are not the same thing to eat. That shift cannot be quantified without a measurement, so tinned apricots sit outside what this page can tell you.
Can I eat fresh apricots during the elimination phase?
Yes, at the tested green serve. One small apricot meets the standard a strict phase asks for, and it gives you a whole piece of fruit rather than a fraction of one, which is rare among stone fruit. Peach and nectarine both start at amber and plum starts at half a fruit, so apricot is the one that fits while your list is short.
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