Pear
Fruits · Pome Fruits
Pear never reaches a green rating in our data. The smallest tested portion, a 30 g slice, is already amber, and one small pear, about 100 g, is rated red with 0.5 g of excess fructose and 0.6 g of sorbitol. Two groups climb together here, so cutting the portion down does not buy you a safe serve, only a smaller unsafe one.
Last updated 3 September 2026Serving sizes for pear
A 30 g slice is rated amber and one small pear, about 100 g, is rated red. No tested portion is green.
Tested serving sizes
| Serving | Amount | Main FODMAP | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small slice | 30 g | Sorbitol 0.18 g | |
| Small pear | 100 g | Sorbitol 0.6 g |
Breakdown for 30 g
Is pear low FODMAP?
Two groups are at work and they move in step. At 30 g, a slice cut off the side of the fruit, excess fructose sits at 0.15 g, exactly the line where a portion stops counting as moderate, with sorbitol at 0.18 g just underneath its own 0.2 g mark. Eat the whole small pear and fructose more than triples to 0.5 g while sorbitol reaches 0.6 g, past the 0.5 g high line for a polyol. Apple carries the same pairing but keeps a green serve at a 20 g wedge. Pear keeps nothing.
Pear and IBS: what to know
People name pear as a trigger long before they can name a FODMAP group, and the double load explains why a reaction tells you so little: fructose and sorbitol both rise, so you learn nothing about which one you struggle with. It also arrives in forms that look harmless. Pear juice concentrates both groups into a glass, and pear concentrate is a common sweetener in bars, purées and baby food, where the label says fruit rather than sugar. Ripeness shifts the flavour, not the rating, and peeling changes nothing at all.
Gut-friendly ways to eat pear
Swap rather than shrink. Grapes are rated green at 15 grapes, 75 g, and cover the sweet, juicy, eat-it-whole job pear does in a lunchbox. Strawberries are green at 10 medium berries, 140 g, which is a proper bowlful rather than a token slice. Where a recipe wants soft fruit, in a crumble or alongside cheese, tinned peach in juice is rated green and behaves much the same once warmed through. Pear also works as a hidden sweetener in chutneys and dressings, so the label is worth more of your attention than the fruit bowl.
Frequently asked questions
Can I eat pear on a low FODMAP diet?
Not in any portion our data covers. The smallest slice tested, 30 g, is rated amber, and one small pear is rated red. That makes pear a fruit to leave out during the elimination phase rather than one to measure carefully, and it is worth scanning ingredient lists for pear concentrate while you do.
Is pear worse than apple for IBS?
They share the same two groups, but pear leaves you less room. Apple still has a green portion, a 20 g wedge, so a slice on a cheese board is workable. Pear has no green portion at all, since even the smallest tested slice is amber. If one of them sets you off, expect the other to as well.
Are tinned or poached pears low FODMAP?
Our figures cover fresh pear, and neither heat nor syrup removes fructose or sorbitol. Stewing drives off water and concentrates what remains, while tins packed in syrup add sugar on top. A poached pear is a dessert built around a fruit already rated red at one small pear, so it is not a route back in.
What fruit can I eat instead of pear?
Grapes are the easiest replacement, rated green at 15 grapes, about 75 g, with the same juicy sweetness. A mandarin fills the eat-it-whole role and peels in seconds. Ripeness is not the lever here, so a firmer, less ripe pear is not a workaround, and choosing a different fruit is the only move that changes your load.
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