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Are Sweeteners and Sugar Alternatives Safe for Diabetics?
Sweeteners are one of the most common questions in diabetes, and the honest answer is "it depends on the type and the amount". This page pulls together the sweet foods and sweeteners in the encyclopedia and how each one behaves.
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Introduction
Sweeteners are one of the most common questions in diabetes, and the honest answer is "it depends on the type and the amount". This page pulls together the sweet foods and sweeteners in the encyclopedia and how each one behaves.
Matching Foods
243 foods currently match this topic, sorted to help you scan quickly.
Food Category Carbs / 100 g Safety Portion (well-controlled)
Red Wine Vinegar Sweets & Sweeteners 0.3 g Lower impact about 15 g Mayo sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 1 g Lower impact about 20 g Mayonnaise sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 1 g Lower impact about 15 g Alfredo sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 3.9 g Lower impact about 320 g Caesar dressing sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 4 g Lower impact about 20 g Chipotle sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 6 g Lower impact about 20 g Mustard sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 6 g Lower impact about 10 g Ranch sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 6 g Lower impact about 15 g Ranch sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 6 g Lower impact about 20 g Béchamel sauce Sweets & Sweeteners 10.5 g Needs care about 286 g Ice cream no added sugar Sweets & Sweeteners 12 g Lower impact about 70 g Pine nuts Sweets & Sweeteners 13.1 g Lower impact about 15 g Muhallebi Sweets & Sweeteners 13.6 g Needs care about 176 g Walnuts Sweets & Sweeteners 14 g Lower impact about 30 g Peanuts Sweets & Sweeteners 16 g Lower impact about 30 g Jelly Sweets & Sweeteners 16.7 g Needs care about 144 g Corn pudding, home prepared Sweets & Sweeteners 17 g Use caution about 141 g Tahini packet Sweets & Sweeteners 17 g Lower impact about 30 g Original Dunkin' Boston Crme Donut Low Fat Yogurt (Yoplait) Sweets & Sweeteners 17.7 g Needs care about 169 g Yoplait Original Dunkin' Boston Crme Donut Low Fat Yogurt (General Mills Sales Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 17.7 g Needs care about 169 g Custard Sweets & Sweeteners 17.9 g Needs care about 134 g Almond bread slice Sweets & Sweeteners 18 g Lower impact about 40 g Holiday Milk Chocolate Bar (Hershey's) Sweets & Sweeteners 18 g Lower impact about 30 g Panna cotta Sweets & Sweeteners 18 g Needs care about 133 g Peanut butter smooth Sweets & Sweeteners 20 g Lower impact about 20 g Rice pudding Sweets & Sweeteners 20 g Use caution about 120 g Flip Chocolate Layer Cake Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Low-fat Greek Yogurt, Lemon Meringue Pie (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Needs care about 143 g Flip Low-fat Greek Yogurt, Red Velvet Cupcake (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Lower impact about 128 g Peanut butter crunchy Sweets & Sweeteners 21 g Lower impact about 20 g Halawet el Jibn cream no syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 21.2 g Use caution about 113 g Milk shakes, thick chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 21.2 g Lower impact about 28 g Almonds Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 30 g Dark Chocolate (85%) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 99 g Flip Boston Cream Pie Greek Yogurt (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 128 g Flip Low- Fat Greek Yogurt, Mint Chocolate Chip (Chobani) Sweets & Sweeteners 22 g Lower impact about 128 g Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 22.2 g Lower impact about 86 g Sesame seeds Sweets & Sweeteners 23 g Lower impact about 15 g Ice cream vanilla Sweets & Sweeteners 23.5 g Lower impact about 65 g Yogurt, chocolate, nonfat milk Sweets & Sweeteners 23.5 g Needs care about 128 g Creme Caramel Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Use caution about 100 g Desiccated coconut Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Lower impact about 7 g Ice cream chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Lower impact about 65 g Soft serve ice cream Sweets & Sweeteners 24 g Needs care about 109 g Haagen-Dazs, Artisan Collection Ice Cream, Ginger Molasses Cookie (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 102 g Haagen-Dazs, Ice Cream, Ginger Molasses Cookie (The Haagen-Dazs Company, Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 102 g Ice cream strawberry Sweets & Sweeteners 24.5 g Lower impact about 65 g Cheesecake slice Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Needs care about 96 g Gelato Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Needs care about 104 g Ketchup sachet Sweets & Sweeteners 25 g Lower impact about 10 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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