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Starches
GI Food List
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GI
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Name of product / food
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GL
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Unit
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Mass (g)
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Comments
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Low
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Baked beans, in tomato sauce
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≤20
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1/2 cup
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135
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Low
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Barley, pearled, cooked
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≤10
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1 cup
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170
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Low
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Barlotti beans, cooked / tinned
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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100
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Low
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Basmati rice, Spekko, cooked
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≤20
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1 cup
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120
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GIFSA & DSA
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Low
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Beans, dry, soaked & cooked / tinned
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≤10
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1/2 cup
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90
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Frozen GI = 18
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Low
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Beans, mixed, soaked & cooked / tinned
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≤10
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1/2 cup
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90
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Calculated GI
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Low
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Black eyed beans, soaked & cooked
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≤10
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1/2 cup
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100
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Canadian GI
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Low
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Brown basmati rice, Spekko, cooked
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≤20
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1 cup
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120
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GIFSA & DSA
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Low
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Brown rice, Old Millstream, Tastic, cooked
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≤20
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1 cup
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140
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Low
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Brown rice, Spekko, cooked
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≤20
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1 cup
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140
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GIFSA & DSA
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Low
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Buckwheat, uncooked (1/4 c dry = 1/2 c cooked)
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≤20
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1/4 cup
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40
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Canadian GI
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Low
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Bulgur cracket wheat, cooked
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≤20
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1 cup
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160
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Canadian GI
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Low
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Butterbeans, soaked & cooked / tinned
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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90
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Low
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Cannellini (small white) beans, soaked & cooked / tinned
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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100
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Low
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Cassava, Kenyan, cooked
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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100
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Kenyan GI
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Low
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Chick peas, soaked & cooked
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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85
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World average GI; frozen GI = 22
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Low
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Chick peas, tinned
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≤5
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1/2 cup
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80
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Canadian GI
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Low
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Corn / mielies, frozen / tinned
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≤10
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1/2 cup
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95
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Low
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Delmonte, peaches in pear juice
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≤5
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1/2 tin
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125
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Low
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Dhal (split pea flour)
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≤20
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1 cup
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140
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Low
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Digestive bran / wheat bran
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≤5
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1 cup
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44
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Minimal effect on glucose absorption
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Low
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Global Wrapps
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≤30
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1 wrapp
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90
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Low
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Green mielie (whole cob 250g; kernels 165g)
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