Revised International Table of Glycemic Index(GI) and Glycemic Load (GL) - 2002 | ||||
GI=Glycemic Index Vs Glucose - gr/s=grams/serve - GL=Glycemic Load per serve | ||||
Snack Foods and Confectionary | GI | gr/s | GL | |
1 | Burger Rings TM, barbeque-flavored (Smith's Snack Food Co., Chatswood, NSW, Australia) | 90±16 | 50 | 28 |
2 | Chocolate, milk, plain | |||
Chocolate, milk, plain with sucrose (Belgium) 1 | 34±5 | 50 | 7 | |
Chocolate, milk (Cadbury's Confectionery, Ringwood, Vic, Australia) | 49±6 | 50 | 14 | |
Chocolate, milk, Dove ® (Mars Confectionery, Ballarat, Vic, Australia) | 45±8 | 50 | 13 | |
Chocolate, milk (Nestlé, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 42±8 | 50 | 13 | |
mean of four studies | 43±3 | 50 | 12 | |
Chocolate, milk, plain, low-sugar with maltitol (Belgium) 1 | 35±16 | 50 | 8 | |
3 | Chocolate, white, Milky Bar ® (Nestlé, Australia) | 44±6 | 50 | 13 |
4 | Corn chips | |||
Corn chips, plain, salted (Doritos TM original, Smith's Snack Food Co., Australia, 1998) | 42±4 | 50 | 11 | |
Corn chips, plain, salted (Doritos TM original, Smith's Snack Food Co., Australia, 1985) | 72 | 50 | 18 | |
Nachips TM (Old El Paso Foods Co., Canada) | 74 | 50 | 21 | |
mean of three studies | 63±10 | 50 | 17 | |
5 | Fruit Bars | |||
Apricot filled fruit bar (pureed dried apricot filling in wholemeal pastry) | 50±8 | 50 | 17 | |
(Mother Earth, Auckland, New Zealand) | ||||
Heinz Kidz TM Fruit Fingers, banana (HJ Heinz, Malvern, Vic, Australia) | 61±11 | 30 | 12 | |
Real Fruit Bars, strawberry (Uncle Toby's, Wahgunyah, Vic, Australia) | 90±12 | 30 | 23 | |
Roll-Ups ® , processed fruit snack (Uncle Toby's, Australia) | 99±12 | 30 | 24 | |
6 | Fruity Bitz TM , vitamin and mineral enriched dried fruit snacks | |||
Fruity Bitz TM, apricot (Blackmores Ltd., Balgowlah, NSW, Australia) | 42±3 | 15 | 5 | |
Fruity Bitz TM, berry (Blackmores Ltd., Australia) | 35±4 | 15 | 4 | |
Fruity Bitz TM, tropical (Blackmores Ltd., Australia) | 41±3 | 15 | 5 | |
mean of three flavours | 39±2 | 15 | 4 | |
7 | Jelly beans | |||
Jelly beans, assorted colors (Allen's, Nestle, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 80±8 | |||
Jelly beans, assorted colors (Savings, Grocery Holdings, Tooronga, Vic, Australia) | 76±6 | |||
mean of two studies | 78±2 | 30 | 22 | |
8 | Kudos Whole Grain Bars, chocolate chip (M & M/Mars, Hackettstown, NJ, USA) | 62±8 | 50 | 20 |
9 | Life Savers ® , peppermint candy (Nestlé, Australia) | 70±6 | 30 | 21 |
10 | M & M's ® , peanut (Mars Confectionery, Australia) | 33±3 | 30 | 6 |
11 | Mars Bar ® | |||
Mars Bar ® (Mars Confectionery, Australia) | 62±8 | 60 | 25 | |
Mars Bar ® (M&M/Mars, USA) | 68±12 | 60 | 27 | |
mean of two studies | 65±3 | 60 | 26 | |
12 | Muesli bar containing dried fruit (Uncle Toby's, Australia) | 61±7 | 30 | 13 |
13 | Nougat, Jijona (La Fama, Spain) | 32 | 30 | 4 |
14 | Nutella ® , chocolate hazelnut spread (Ferrero Australia, Milson's Point, NSW, Australia) | 33±4 | 20 | 4 |
Nuts | ||||
15 | Cashew nuts, salted (Coles Supermarkets, Australia) 1 | 22±5 | 50 | 3 |
16 | Peanuts | |||
Peanuts, crushed (South Africa) 1 | 7±4 | 50 | 0 | |
Peanuts (Canada) 1 | 13±6 | 50 | 1 | |
Peanuts (Mexico) 1 | 23 | 50 | 2 | |
mean of three studies | 14±8 | 50 | 1 | |
17 | Popcorn | |||
Popcorn, plain, cooked in microwave oven (Green's Foods, Glendenning, NSW, Australia) | 55±7 | 20 | 6 | |
Popcorn, plain, cooked in microwave oven (Uncle Toby's, Australia) | 89 | 20 | 10 | |
mean of two studies | 72±17 | 20 | 8 | |
18 | Pop Tarts TM, double choc (Kellogg's, Pagewood, NSW, Australia) | 70±2 | 50 | 24 |
19 | Potato crisps | |||
Potato crisps, plain, salted (Arnott's, Homebush, NSW, Australia) | 57 | 50 | 10 | |
Potato crisps, plain, salted (Canada) | 51±7 | 50 | 12 | |
mean of two studies | 54±3 | 50 | 11 | |
20 | Pretzels, oven-baked, traditional wheat flavour (Parker's, Smith's Snack Food Co., Australia) | 83±9 | 30 | 16 |
21 | Skittles ® (Mars Confectionery, Australia) | 70±5 | 50 | 32 |
22 | Snack bars | |||
Snack bar, Apple Cinnamon (Con Agra Inc., Omaha, NE, USA) | 40±8 | 50 | 12 | |
Snack bar, Peanut Butter & Choc-Chip (Con Agra Inc., USA) | 37±6 | 50 | 10 | |
23 | Snickers Bar ® | |||
Snickers Bar ® (Mars Confectionery, Australia) | 41±5 | 60 | 15 | |
Snickers Bar ® (M&M/Mars, USA) | 68 | 60 | 23 | |
mean of two studies | 55±14 | 60 | 19 | |
24 | Twisties TM, cheese-flavoured, extruded snack, rice and corn (Smith's Snackfood Co., Australia) | 74±5 | 50 | 22 |
25 | Twix ® Cookie Bar, caramel (M&M/Mars, USA) | 44±6 | 60 | 17 |
Footnotes:
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Bests of Low GI Foods: | |||
Tortilla: A thin disk of unleavened bread made from masa or wheat flour and baked on a hot surface. | |||
Food: Wheat
tortilla (Mexican) Mexico Glycemic Index Value: 30 Glycemic Index Range: Low |
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Serve Size:
50 Carb per Serve (g): 20.7 Glycemic Load Value: 6.2 |