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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)
Milk dessert, frozen, milk-fat free, chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 37.7 g Use caution about 64 g Cake, cherry fudge with chocolate frosting Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Lower impact about 28 g Cannoli Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Use caution about 63 g Cone with chocolate-filled tip Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Use caution about 69 g Ice cream sandwich Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Needs care about 69 g Mixed seeds bread slice Sweets & Sweeteners 38 g Lower impact about 50 g Ice cream cookie sandwich Sweets & Sweeteners 39.6 g Needs care about 66 g Ice cream sandwich, made with light ice cream, vanilla Sweets & Sweeteners 39.6 g Needs care about 66 g Crepe with Nutella Sweets & Sweeteners 41 g Use caution about 59 g Qatayef Asafiri with Cream Sweets & Sweeteners 41 g Lower impact about 124 g Chia seeds Sweets & Sweeteners 42 g Lower impact about 15 g Fruit & Nut Delight Bar (Kind) Sweets & Sweeteners 42.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Kind, Fruit & Nut Delight Bar (KIND Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 42.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Chestnuts (roasted) Sweets & Sweeteners 42.9 g Use caution about 56 g Crepe with chocolate syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 44 g Use caution about 55 g Pie, dutch apple, commercially prepared Sweets & Sweeteners 44.5 g Use caution about 54 g Apple pie Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Basbousa no syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Egyptian Basbousa no syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Egyptian msaltat (small piece) Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Traditional Baklava Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Lower impact about 89 g Waffle plain (cooked) Sweets & Sweeteners 45 g Use caution about 53 g Baklava with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Use caution about 52 g Danish pastry Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Use caution about 52 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 Scone Sweets & Sweeteners 46 g Needs care about 52 g Clif Mojo, Sweet & Salty Trail Mix Bar, Mountain Mix (Clif Bar) Sweets & Sweeteners 46.7 g Lower impact about 45 g Qatayef with Walnuts & Syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 48 g Use caution about 40 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (no syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 49 g Use caution about 49 g Candies, milk chocolate coated peanuts Sweets & Sweeteners 49.7 g Needs care about 52 g Clif Kit's Organic, Fruit + Nut Bar, Peanut Butter (Clif Bar) Sweets & Sweeteners 50 g Lower impact about 50 g Maamoul pistachio-filled Sweets & Sweeteners 50 g Needs care about 48 g Muffin Sweets & Sweeteners 50 g Use caution about 48 g Tahini Halva Sweets & Sweeteners 50 g Lower impact about 30 g Muffin, blueberry, commercially prepared, low-fat Sweets & Sweeteners 50.1 g Needs care about 48 g Al-Amin Ayesh tahini halva Sweets & Sweeteners 50.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Al-Nakhlah tahini halva Sweets & Sweeteners 51 g Lower impact about 40 g Kunafa with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 51 g Use caution about 47 g Luqaimat Sweets & Sweeteners 51.3 g Use caution about 47 g Donut Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Needs care about 46 g Maamoul walnut-filled Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Needs care about 46 g Milk chocolate (piece) Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Lower impact about 25 g Milk chocolate bar Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Lower impact about 50 g Tiffany Finns chips Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Lower impact about 30 g Waffle with Nutella Sweets & Sweeteners 52 g Use caution about 46 g Clif Kit's Organic, Fruit + Nut Bar, Chocolate Almond Coconut (Clif Bar) Sweets & Sweeteners 52.1 g Lower impact about 48 g Cake, chocolate, commercially prepared with chocolate frosting, in-store bakery Sweets & Sweeteners 52.8 g Use caution about 45 g Candies, reese's nutrageous candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 52.8 g Needs care about 49 g Potato chips (plain) Sweets & Sweeteners 53 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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