EXTREMELY HIGH Glycemic Index – MORE THAN 100

Grain-Based

Cornflakes
French Bread
Millet
Potatoes, Instant
Puffed Rice
Rice, Instant

Simple Sugars

Glucose
Honey
Maltose

Vegetables

Broad Beans (Fava)
Carrots, cooked
Parsnips, cooked
Potatoes, Instant
Potatoes, Russet, baked

100%

White Bread

HIGH Glycemic Index– 80 to 100

Grain-Based

Bread, rye, whole meal
Bread, rye, crisp bread
Bread, wheat, whole meal
Corn, sweet
Grapenuts
Muesli
Porridge Oats
Rice, brown
Rice, white
Shredded Wheat
Tortilla, corn

Fruits

Apricots
Bananas
Mango
Papaya
Raisins

Simple Sugars

Sucrose

Snacks

Cookies
Corn Chips
Crackers
Ice Cream, low-fat
Mars Bar
Pastry

Vegetables

Potatoes, mashed
Potatoes, new, boiled

MODERATELY HIGH Glycemic Index - 60 to 80

Grain-Based

All Bran
Bread, rye, pumpernickel
Buckwheat
Bulgur
Macaroni, white
Spaghetti, brown
Spaghetti, white

Fruits

Fruit Cocktail
Grapefruit Juice
Grapes
Orange Juice
Pears, canned
Pineapple Juice

Snacks

Cookies, oatmeal
Potato Chips
Sponge Cake

Vegetables

Baked Beans, canned
Green Peas, frozen
Green Peas, marrowfat
Kidney Beans, canned
Sweet Potatoes
Yams

MODERATE Glycemic Index – 40 to 60

Dairy

2% Milk
Ice Cream, high-fat
Skim Milk
Whole Milk
Yogurt

Fruits

Apple
Apple Juice
Orange
Pears

Vegetables

Black Beans
Black-eyed Peas
Brown Beans
Butter Beans
Chickpeas (garbanzo)
Green Peas, dried
Haricot Beans, white
Kidney Beans
Lima Beans
Tomato Soup

LOW Glycemic Index – Less than 40

Grain-Based

Barley

Fruits

Peaches
Plums

Simple Sugars

Fructose

Snacks

Peanuts

Vegetables

Red Lentils
Soybeans, canned
Soybeans, dried