Melons are low in calories, 26 kcal/100g, which is a low-calorie food. However, some people think that the sugar content of cantaloupes is too high, and eating more cantaloupes will make you fat. However, our daily diet contains sugar, and sugar is usually broken down into monosaccharides, that is, small molecules of sugar, for human consumption. Only when sugar is ingested too much will it be converted into fat and accumulated under the human epidermis. Although the sugar content in cantaloupe is high, as long as it is ingested in a moderate amount, it will not gain weight. Besides, the sugar content of cantaloupe is not particularly high. The sugar content of common varieties is around 1 1%, while the sugar content of higher varieties can be above 16%.