Glycaemic Index

This measures how quickly different foods raise your blood glucose level. The lower the reading for a particular food the better.

Beer

110

Potato baked

95

Potato chips

95

Puffed rice

95

Mashed potato

90

Rice pre cooked

90

Honey

90

Carrots cooked

85

Corn flakes

85

Popcorn

85

Flour white bread

85

Rice  cakes

85

Potato crisps

80

Beans cooked

80

Tapioca

80

Crackers

80

Pumpkin

75

Flour-baguettes

75

Watermelon

75

Flour-country style bread

70

Cereals, sugared

70

Chocolate bars

70

Potato , peeled and boiled

70

Sugar

70

Turnip

70

Cornflour

70

Maize

70

Pre cooked non stick rice

70

Cola drinks

70

Noodles

70

Brown flour, brown bread

65

Potatoes, boiled in skin

65

Semolina

65

Jam

65

Melon

65

Banana

65

Industrial orange juice

65

Raisins

65

White rice

60

Shortbread biscuits

55

Petit buerre biscuits

55

White pasta

55

Unrefined flour

50

Buckwheat

50

Pancakes

50

Sweet potato

50

Kiwis

50

Basmati rice

50

Brown rice

50

Sorbet

50

Flour- pasta

45

Bran bread

45

Boulgour

45

Spaghetti

45

Black bread

40

Peas

40

Grapes

40

Fresh orange juice

40

Fresh apple juice

40

Rye bread

40

Unrefined flour, pasta

40

Kidney beans

40

Unrefined flour, bread

40

Ice cream

40

Chinese vermicelli

35

Corn on the cob

35

Quinoa, cooked

35

Peas-dried, cooked

35

Raw carrots

35

Full milk yoghurt

35

Skimmed milk yoghurt

35

Orange

35

Pear

35

Fig

35

Apricots

35

Semi skimmed milk

35

All bran

30

Peach

30

Apple

30

Beans, haricot

30

Beans, French

30

Brown lentils

30

Cooked chic peas

30

Fruit preserve without sugar

30

Dark chocolate

30

Green lentils

30

Split peas

22

Cherries

22

Plums

22

Grapefruit

22

Fructose

22

Cooked soya

20

Peanuts

20

Apricots, fresh

20

Walnuts

20

Onions

20

Garlic

15

Green veg, lettuce, mushrooms

10

Tomatoes, aubergines, red peppers

10

Cabbage, brocolli

10

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