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Diabetes Food List: What to Eat and What to Limit
This master list brings together every food in the encyclopedia and how it behaves for blood sugar. Rather than a simple "yes/no", each food is rated across three control levels, because a portion that is fine when your HbA1c is well controlled may need trimming when it is high.
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Introduction
This master list brings together every food in the encyclopedia and how it behaves for blood sugar. Rather than a simple "yes/no", each food is rated across three control levels, because a portion that is fine when your HbA1c is well controlled may need trimming when it is high.
Matching Foods
1374 foods currently match this topic, sorted to help you scan quickly.
Food Category Carbs / 100 g Safety Portion (well-controlled)
Fresh Thin fries (small) Grains & Starches 32 g Needs care about 78 g Fresh Thin fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 32 g Use caution about 78 g Fried and grilled eggplant Grains & Starches 5 g Lower impact about 100 g Fried calamari Meat, Poultry & Fish 11 g Lower impact about 170 g Fried calamari (breaded) Meat, Poultry & Fish 14 g Lower impact about 180 g Fried calamari (no coating) Meat, Poultry & Fish 2 g Lower impact about 180 g Fried chicken breaded Meat, Poultry & Fish 8 g Lower impact about 200 g Fried Egg Eggs, Milk & Dairy 1.1 g Lower impact about 280 g Fried fish fillet (breaded) Meat, Poultry & Fish 10 g Lower impact about 180 g Fried fish fillet (no coating) Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.5 g Lower impact about 180 g Fried kibbeh Meat, Poultry & Fish 8.9 g Lower impact about 250 g Fried shrimp Meat, Poultry & Fish 9 g Lower impact about 160 g Fried shrimp (breaded) Meat, Poultry & Fish 12 g Lower impact about 180 g Fried shrimp (no coating) Meat, Poultry & Fish 1 g Lower impact about 180 g Frosted Flakes Cereal, Frosted Flakes (MOM Brands Company) Grains & Starches 90.9 g Needs care about 28 g Frosted Flakes Cereal, Frosted Flakes (Post Consumer Brands, LLC) Grains & Starches 90.2 g Needs care about 28 g Frosted Flakes Cereal, Frosted Flakes (Topco Associates, Inc.) Grains & Starches 90 g Needs care about 28 g Frosted Flakes Sugar Frosted Flakes Cereal, Frosted Flakes (Freedom's Choice) Grains & Starches 82.5 g Needs care about 30 g Frosted Flakes, Corn Cereal (Kellogg's) Grains & Starches 89.7 g Needs care about 28 g Frostings, cream cheese-flavor, ready-to-eat Eggs, Milk & Dairy 67.3 g Lower impact about 33 g Frozen Curly fries (large) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Frozen Curly fries (medium) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Frozen Curly fries (small) Grains & Starches 40 g Needs care about 63 g Frozen Curly fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 40 g Use caution about 63 g Frozen French fries (large) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen French fries (medium) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen French fries (small) Grains & Starches 36 g Needs care about 69 g Frozen French fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen fries (large) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen fries (medium) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen fries (small) Grains & Starches 36 g Needs care about 69 g Frozen fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen Meal Pasta Primavera (Lean Cuisine) Grains & Starches 12.3 g Needs care about 244 g Frozen novelties, juice type, orange Beverages 23.2 g Use caution about 86 g Frozen Pizza - Frozen Supreme Pizza - Hand Tossed Style Pizza Crust (Digiorno) Grains & Starches 25.8 g Needs care about 116 g Frozen Pizza - Three Meat Pizza - Hand Tossed Style Pizza Crust (Digiorno) Grains & Starches 26.9 g Needs care about 112 g Frozen Pizza UltraTHCRLoadedVegLvrsPza14x (Digiorno) Grains & Starches 18.2 g Lower impact about 132 g Frozen Potato wedges (large) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Frozen Potato wedges (medium) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Frozen Potato wedges (small) Grains & Starches 38 g Needs care about 66 g Frozen Potato wedges (upsize) Grains & Starches 38 g Use caution about 66 g Frozen Steak fries (large) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Frozen Steak fries (medium) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Frozen Steak fries (small) Grains & Starches 34 g Needs care about 88 g Frozen Steak fries (upsize) Grains & Starches 34 g Use caution about 88 g Frozen thin fries (10 sticks) Grains & Starches 36 g Lower impact about 60 g Frozen thin fries (20 sticks) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen Thin fries (large) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen Thin fries (medium) Grains & Starches 36 g Use caution about 69 g Frozen Thin fries (small) Grains & Starches 36 g Needs care about 69 g
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Why This Matters
After a meal, carbohydrate is broken down to glucose and absorbed into the blood; insulin then helps move it into cells. Foods that release glucose slowly produce a smaller, steadier rise. HbA1c reflects your average blood sugar over roughly the past three months. It is the anchor for the three control levels used throughout this site.
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Medical disclaimer: This article is for general education and is not medical advice. Ratings and portions are estimates derived from nutritional composition, not measurements of your own glucose response; individual responses vary. If you take insulin, confirm carbohydrate amounts against a nutrition label before dosing. Always follow the guidance of your own physician or diabetes care team.
How these ratings are produced: our safety estimate is derived from each food's nutritional composition — carbohydrate content, fibre, food category and physical form (liquid or solid) — combined with established diabetes nutrition principles and a realistic serving size. They are estimates for planning, not measurements of your own response and not a prescription. Individual responses vary considerably, so always follow your own clinician's advice.
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