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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)
Chips Oman Sweets & Sweeteners 53.3 g Lower impact about 30 g Cake, chocolate, prepared from recipe without frosting Sweets & Sweeteners 53.4 g Use caution about 45 g Basbousa with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 53.8 g Use caution about 45 g Cake, coffeecake, creme-filled with chocolate frosting Sweets & Sweeteners 53.8 g Lower impact about 28 g Egyptian Basbousa with syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 53.8 g Use caution about 45 g Milk Chocolate Bar With Almonds (Hershey's) Sweets & Sweeteners 54.8 g Needs care about 55 g Brownie Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Cinnamon roll Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Japanese mix snack Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Lower impact about 30 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (large, with syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Kunafa sandwich with kaak (with syrup) Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Maamoul date-filled Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Needs care about 44 g Maamoul plain Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Needs care about 44 g Maqrout Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Waffle with chocolate syrup Sweets & Sweeteners 55 g Use caution about 44 g Chocolate spread Sweets & Sweeteners 57 g Lower impact about 20 g Doughnuts, cake-type, chocolate, sugared or glazed Sweets & Sweeteners 57.4 g Lower impact about 28 g Fruit & Nut Bar (Kind) Sweets & Sweeteners 57.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Kind, Fruit & Nut Bar (KIND Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 57.5 g Lower impact about 40 g Nutella Sweets & Sweeteners 57.5 g Lower impact about 31 g Candies, symphony milk chocolate bar Sweets & Sweeteners 58 g Lower impact about 42 g Maamoul (2 pcs) Sweets & Sweeteners 58 g Use caution about 41 g Clif Kit's Organic, Fruit + Nut Bar, Cashew (Clif Bar) Sweets & Sweeteners 58.7 g Needs care about 44 g Candies, mounds candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 58.9 g Lower impact about 19 g Milk Chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 59 g Lower impact about 46 g White chocolate (piece) Sweets & Sweeteners 59 g Lower impact about 25 g Candies, milk chocolate Sweets & Sweeteners 59.4 g Lower impact about 7 g Candies, almond joy candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 59.5 g Needs care about 44 g Candy, Peanut (M&M's) Sweets & Sweeteners 60.9 g Needs care about 43 g M&M's, Candy, Peanut (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Sweets & Sweeteners 60.9 g Needs care about 43 g Roasted dried peas Sweets & Sweeteners 61 g Lower impact about 30 g Clif Bar, Clif Kid, Zbar Energy Snack Bar, Iced Oatmeal Cookie (Clif Bar and Company) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.1 g Lower impact about 36 g Snickers, Candy Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.7 g Needs care about 42 g Chocolate Bar (Snickers) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.8 g Lower impact about 34 g Snickers, Chocolate Bar (Mars Chocolate North America LLC) Sweets & Sweeteners 61.8 g Lower impact about 34 g Chocolate wafer Sweets & Sweeteners 62 g Lower impact about 25 g Vanilla wafer Sweets & Sweeteners 62 g Lower impact about 25 g Candies, 5th avenue candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 62.7 g Needs care about 42 g Doritos nacho (original) Sweets & Sweeteners 63 g Lower impact about 30 g Candies, whatchamacallit candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 63.2 g Needs care about 41 g Candies, caramello candy bar Sweets & Sweeteners 63.8 g Lower impact about 35 g Baking Bar, Semi-Sweet Chocolate (Hershey's) Sweets & Sweeteners 64.3 g Lower impact about 14 g Crunchy Coconut Granola Bar (Nature Valley) Sweets & Sweeteners 64.3 g Needs care about 37 g Nature Valley Crunchy Coconut Granola Bar (General Mills Sales Inc.) Sweets & Sweeteners 64.3 g Needs care about 37 g Clif Bar, Energy Bar, Blueberry Crisp (Clif Bar and Company) Sweets & Sweeteners 64.7 g Needs care about 40 g Apricot jam Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Lower impact about 20 g Berry jam Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Lower impact about 20 g Bugles (original) Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Lower impact about 30 g Cookie (large) Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Needs care about 37 g Cookie (small) Sweets & Sweeteners 65 g Lower impact about 25 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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