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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)
Kinza Cola Beverages 10.8 g Use caution about 174 g Kiwi Fruits 14.7 g Lower impact about 300 g Kiwi juice Beverages 10 g Needs care about 200 g Kofta tray tahini Meat, Poultry & Fish 4.2 g Lower impact about 520 g Kofta tray tomato Meat, Poultry & Fish 3.2 g Lower impact about 500 g Kofta tray with tomato and potato Meat, Poultry & Fish 6.7 g Needs care about 448 g Kunafa (no syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 30 g Lower impact about 110 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (large, with syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (no syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 49 g Use caution about 49 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (with syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Kunafa with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 51 g Use caution about 47 g Kung Pao Chicken Meat, Poultry & Fish 2 g Lower impact about 400 g Labneh Eggs, Milk & Dairy 5 g Lower impact about 150 g Labneh (strained yogurt) Eggs, Milk & Dairy — Lower impact about 350 g Labneh with oil Eggs, Milk & Dairy 4.5 g Lower impact about 180 g Lacnor chocolate milk Beverages 11 g Needs care about 200 g Lacnor strawberry milk Eggs, Milk & Dairy 11.5 g Lower impact about 200 g Lasagna Grains & Starches 12.4 g Use caution about 242 g Lasagna (béchamel) Grains & Starches 13.9 g Use caution about 216 g Lasagna, cheese, frozen, prepared Grains & Starches 13.8 g Needs care about 217 g Lasagna, cheese, frozen, unprepared Grains & Starches 21.6 g Use caution about 139 g Lasagna, vegetable, frozen, baked Grains & Starches 14.2 g Needs care about 211 g Latte Beverages 4.5 g Lower impact about 300 g Lay's, Potato Chips (Jays Foods Inc.) Grains & Starches 58.3 g Needs care about 43 g Lean Cuisine, Cheese Ravioli (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 16.6 g Needs care about 181 g Lean Cuisine, Chicken Carbonara (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Meat, Poultry & Fish 11.4 g Lower impact about 255 g Lean Cuisine, Chicken Fettuccini (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Meat, Poultry & Fish 16.4 g Needs care about 183 g Lean Cuisine, Chicken Teriyaki (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Meat, Poultry & Fish 12.4 g Lower impact about 209 g Lean Cuisine, Comfort Shrimp Alfredo (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Meat, Poultry & Fish 11.8 g Needs care about 254 g Lean Cuisine, Pepperoni Pizza (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Grains & Starches 34.1 g Use caution about 88 g Lean Cuisine, Pomegranate Chicken (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Meat, Poultry & Fish 9.4 g Lower impact about 212 g Lean Cuisine, Veggie Scramble (Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division) Grains & Starches 10.6 g Lower impact about 198 g Lean Pockets, meatballs & mozzarella Meat, Poultry & Fish 32.3 g Needs care about 93 g Lemon Fruits 9.3 g Lower impact about 60 g Lemonade Beverages 10 g Needs care about 188 g Lemonade (from powder) Beverages 97.6 g Needs care about 18 g Lemonade, frozen concentrate, pink Beverages 48.9 g Needs care about 36 g Lemonade, frozen concentrate, white Beverages 49.9 g Needs care about 37 g Lemonade, powder, prepared with water Beverages 3.6 g Needs care about 33 g Lemonade-Flavour Drink (from powder) Beverages 97.9 g Needs care about 18 g Lentil Soup Legumes 10 g Lower impact about 86 g Lentil soup plain Legumes 8.6 g Lower impact about 300 g Lentil soup with bread Legumes 12.8 g Needs care about 312 g Lentils (cooked) Legumes 20.1 g Needs care about 199 g Lettuce Grains & Starches 2.9 g Lower impact about 55 g Libyan bazin (barley dough with sauce) Meat, Poultry & Fish 30 g Use caution about 111 g Light Beer Beverages 1.6 g Needs care about 356 g Light ice cream, creamsicle Sweets & Sweeteners 32.8 g Needs care about 80 g Light Wine Beverages 1.2 g Needs care about 148 g Lime Fruits 10.5 g Lower impact about 45 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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