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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)
Crackers, milk Eggs, Milk & Dairy 71.7 g Lower impact about 14 g Cream cheese Eggs, Milk & Dairy 4 g Lower impact about 30 g Cream Cheese Spread (Philadelphia) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 6.5 g Lower impact about 31 g Cream cheese, full fat, block Eggs, Milk & Dairy 4.6 g Lower impact about 100 g Cream, fluid, half and half Eggs, Milk & Dairy 4.3 g Lower impact about 30 g Cream, half and half, fat free Eggs, Milk & Dairy 9 g Lower impact about 29 g Cream, half and half, lowfat Eggs, Milk & Dairy 3.3 g Lower impact about 100 g Cream, sour, cultured Eggs, Milk & Dairy 4.6 g Lower impact about 12 g Cream, sour, full fat Eggs, Milk & Dairy 5.6 g Lower impact about 100 g Creamy mushroom pasta (béchamel) Grains & Starches 19 g Use caution about 158 g Creme Caramel Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Use caution about 100 g Crepe plain (cooked) Sweets & Sweeteners 30 g Needs care about 80 g Crepe with chocolate syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 44 g Use caution about 55 g Crepe with Nutella Sweets & Sweeteners 41 g Use caution about 59 g Croissant Grains & Starches 45 g Needs care about 56 g Croissants, apple Fruits 37.1 g Lower impact about 28 g Croissants, butter Eggs, Milk & Dairy 45.8 g Lower impact about 28 g Crunchy Cinnamon Granola Bar (Nature Valley) Sweets & Sweeteners 69.1 g Needs care about 35 g Crunchy Coconut Granola Bar (Nature Valley) Sweets & Sweeteners 64.3 g Needs care about 37 g Crunchy Maple Granola Bar (Nature Valley) Sweets & Sweeteners 69.1 g Needs care about 35 g Cucumber Fruits 3.6 g Lower impact about 120 g Custard Sweets & Sweeteners 17.9 g Needs care about 134 g Danish pastry Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Use caution about 52 g Dannon, Activia, Nonfat Yogurt, Key Lime (The Dannon Company, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 12 g Lower impact about 150 g Dannon, Activia, Probiotic Nonfat Greek Yogurt (The Dannon Company, Inc.) Eggs, Milk & Dairy 12 g Lower impact about 150 g Dark Chocolate (85%) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 99 g Dark chocolate (piece) Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Lower impact about 25 g Dark chocolate bar Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Lower impact about 50 g Date molasses Sweets & Sweeteners 74 g Lower impact about 20 g Dates (dried) Fruits 75 g Lower impact about 30 g DENNY'S, chicken nuggets, star shaped, from kid's menu Meat, Poultry & Fish 13.6 g Lower impact about 67 g DENNY'S, french fries Grains & Starches 35.2 g Use caution about 71 g DENNY'S, mozzarella cheese sticks Eggs, Milk & Dairy 27.2 g Use caution about 110 g DENNY'S, spaghetti and meatballs Meat, Poultry & Fish 15.5 g Use caution about 194 g DENNY'S, top sirloin steak Meat, Poultry & Fish 0.1 g Lower impact about 107 g Desiccated coconut Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Lower impact about 7 g Diet Pepsi Drink Mix (Sodastream) Beverages 0 g Lower impact about 360 g Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Cola (Reckitt & Colman Ltd) Beverages 0 g Lower impact about 355 g Diet Soft Drinks Beverages — Lower impact about 350 g Digiorno, Pizza, Three Meat (Nestle USA Inc.) Grains & Starches 26.2 g Needs care about 115 g DISCONTINUED_LEAN CUISINE Frozen Meal Pasta Primavera Grains & Starches 12.3 g Needs care about 244 g Donut Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Needs care about 46 g Doritos Cool Ranch (Frito Lay) Grains & Starches 64.3 g Lower impact about 28 g Doritos nacho (original) Sweets & Sweeteners 63 g Lower impact about 30 g Doritos Ranch (Frito Lay) Grains & Starches 60.7 g Lower impact about 28 g Doritos Tapatio (Frito Lay) Grains & Starches 57.1 g Lower impact about 28 g Doughnuts, cake-type, chocolate, sugared or glazed Sweets & Sweeteners 57.4 g Lower impact about 28 g Dragon fruit Fruits 11 g Lower impact about 200 g Dried apricots Fruits 63 g Lower impact about 35 g Dried cranberries (sweetened) Fruits 83 g Lower impact about 30 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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