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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)
Ice cream bar (choc-coated) Sweets & Sweeteners 27 g Lower impact about 70 g Ice cream bar (filled) Sweets & Sweeteners 30 g Lower impact about 80 g Ice cream chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Lower impact about 65 g Ice cream cone Sweets & Sweeteners 32 g Needs care about 82 g Ice cream cookie sandwich Sweets & Sweeteners 39.6 g Needs care about 66 g Ice cream cup with wafer Sweets & Sweeteners 28 g Needs care about 93 g Ice cream low fat Sweets & Sweeteners 26 g Lower impact about 70 g Ice cream no added sugar Sweets & Sweeteners 12 g Lower impact about 70 g Ice cream sandwich Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Needs care about 69 g Ice cream sandwich, made with light ice cream, vanilla Sweets & Sweeteners 39.6 g Needs care about 66 g Ice cream strawberry Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 65 g Ice cream sundae cone Sweets & Sweeteners 28.9 g Needs care about 90 g Ice cream vanilla Sweets & Sweeteners 23.5 g Lower impact about 65 g Ice Cream, Bourbon Pecan Praline (Haagen-Dazs) Sweets & Sweeteners 26.5 g Needs care about 98 g Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 22.2 g Lower impact about 86 g Iced coffee (milk) Beverages 3.5 g Lower impact about 350 g Instant cappuccino Beverages 60 g Needs care about 25 g Instant Coffee (unsweetened) Beverages 0.1 g Lower impact about 350 g Instant coffee 2-in-1 Beverages 55 g Needs care about 18 g Instant coffee 3-in-1 Beverages 65 g Needs care about 20 g Instant Noodles Grains & Starches — Needs care about 132 g Jalapeño bites (6 pcs) Grains & Starches 21 g Needs care about 119 g Japanese mix snack Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Lower impact about 30 g Jareesh (cracked-wheat dish) Grains & Starches 21 g Use caution about 119 g Jasmine rice cooked (side) Grains & Starches 25 g Use caution about 120 g Jelly Sweets & Sweeteners 16.7 g Needs care about 144 g Juice cocktail (canned) Beverages 12.5 g Use caution about 160 g Kaak (sesame) Grains & Starches 60 g Use caution about 42 g Kabsa with chicken Meat, Poultry & Fish 28 g Use caution about 107 g Kabsa with meat Meat, Poultry & Fish 28 g Use caution about 107 g Karak Tea (with milk & sugar) Beverages 0.3 g See notes Amount not specified Karak tea no sugar Beverages 1 g Lower impact about 240 g Karak tea with sugar Beverages 7.8 g Needs care about 240 g Kebab (minced grilled meat) Meat, Poultry & Fish — Lower impact about 350 g Kebab sandwich (medium, arabic bread) Meat, Poultry & Fish 12 g Needs care about 250 g Kellogg's Corn Flakes Cereal . (Kellogg Company US) Grains & Starches 84.1 g Lower impact about 23 g Kellogg's, Frosted Flakes, Corn Cereal (United Marketing Exchange) Grains & Starches 89.7 g Needs care about 28 g Ketchup sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Lower impact about 10 g Kettle Hearty Oats (Quaker) Grains & Starches 67.5 g Lower impact about 40 g KFC chicken meal Meat, Poultry & Fish 18.2 g Use caution about 165 g KFC chicken strips (3 pcs) Meat, Poultry & Fish 17.5 g Lower impact about 150 g KFC fried chicken (2 pcs) Meat, Poultry & Fish 8 g Lower impact about 260 g KFC, fried chicken, extra crispy, skin and breading Meat, Poultry & Fish 22.5 g Lower impact about 100 g Khalas Dates Fruits — Lower impact about 65 g Kibbeh bil-saniyeh Meat, Poultry & Fish 10.4 g Use caution about 288 g Kibbeh in yogurt Eggs, Milk & Dairy 6.9 g Needs care about 435 g Kidney beans (cooked) Legumes 22.8 g Needs care about 175 g Kind, Breakfast Bar, Raspberry Chia (KIND Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 66 g Needs care about 40 g Kind, Fruit & Nut Bar (KIND Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 57.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Kind, Fruit & Nut Delight Bar (KIND Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 42.5 g Lower impact about 40 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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