| 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 | ||||
| Dairy Products and Alternatives | GI | gr/s | GL | |
| Custard | ||||
| 1 | No Bake Egg Custard, prepared from powder with whole milk (Nestlé, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 35±2 | 100 | 6 |
| 2 | Custard, home made from milk, wheat starch, and sugar (Australia) | 43±10 | 100 | 7 |
| 3 | TRIM TM, reduced-fat custard (Pauls Ltd., South Brisbane, Qld, Australia) | 37±4 | 100 | 6 |
| mean of three studies | 38±2 | 100 | 6 | |
| 4 | Ice cream, Regular/NS | |||
| Ice cream, NS (Canada) | 36±8 | |||
| Ice cream (half vanilla, half chocolate) (Italy) | 57 | |||
| Ice cream, NS(USA) | 62 | |||
| Ice cream, chocolate flavored (USA) | 68±15 | |||
| Ice cream (half vanilla, half chocolate) (Italy) | 80 | |||
| mean of five studies | 61±7 | 50 | 8 | |
| 5 | Ice cream, Reduced- or Low-fat | |||
| Ice cream, low-fat, vanilla, 'Light' (Peter's, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 50±8 | 50 | 3 | |
| Ice-cream, low-fat (1.2 % fat), Prestige Light rich vanilla (Norco, Lismore, NSW, Australia) 6 | 47±5 | 50 | 5 | |
| Ice-cream, low-fat (1.4% fat), Prestige Light traditional toffee (Norco, Australia) 6 | 37±4 | 50 | 5 | |
| Ice-cream, reduced-fat (7.1 % fat), Prestige golden macadamia (Norco, Australia) 6 | 39±3 | 50 | 5 | |
| 6 | Ice cream, Premium (high-fat) | |||
| Ice cream, premium, Ultra chocolate, 15% fat (Sara Lee, Gosford, NSW, Australia) | 37±3 | 50 | 4 | |
| Ice cream, premium, French vanilla, 16% fat (Sara Lee, Australia) | 38±3 | 50 | 3 | |
| 7 | Milk, full-fat | |||
| Full-fat (Italy) | 11 | |||
| Full-fat (3% fat, Skånemejerier, Malmö, Sweden) 1 | 21 | |||
| Full-fat (Italy) | 24 | |||
| Full-fat cow's milk, fresh (Dairy Farmers, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 31±2 | |||
| Full-fat (Canada) | 34±6 | |||
| Full-fat (USA) | 40 | |||
| mean of five studies | 27±4 | 250 | 3 | |
| 8 | Fermented cow's milk (ropy milk, långfil, 3% fat) (Arla, Gävle, Sweden) 1 | 11 | ||
| 9 | Fermented cow's milk(filmjölk, 3% fat)(Skånemejerier, Malmö,Sweden) 1 | 11 | ||
| mean of two foods | 11 | |||
| 10 | Milk, full-fat, plus bran | |||
| Full-fat + 20g wheat bran (Italy) | 25 | |||
| Full-fat + 20g wheat bran (Italy) | 28 | |||
| mean of two studies | 27±2 | 250 | 3 | |
| 11 | Milk, skim (Canada) | 32±5 | 250 | 4 |
| 12 | Milk, condensed, sweetened (Nestlé, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 61±6 | 50 | 17 |
| 13 | Milk, low-fat, chocolate, with aspartame, Lite White TM (Dairy Farmers, Australia) | 24±6 | 250 | 3 |
| 14 | Milk, low-fat, chocolate, with sugar, Lite White TM (Dairy Farmers, Australia) | 34±4 | 250 | 9 |
| 15 | Mousse, reduced-fat, prepared from commerical mousse mix with water | |||
| Butterscotch, 1.9% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 36±4 | 50 | 4 | |
| Chocolate, 2% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 31±4 | 50 | 3 | |
| Hazelnut, 2.4% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 36±4 | 50 | 4 | |
| Mango, 1.8% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 33±5 | 50 | 4 | |
| Mixed berry, 2.2% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 36±5 | 50 | 4 | |
| Strawberry, 2.3% fat (Nestlé, Australia) | 32±3 | 50 | 3 | |
| mean of six foods | 34±1 | 50 | 4 | |
| 16 | Pudding | |||
| instant, chocolate, made from powder and whole milk (White Wings, Sydney, NSW, Australia) | 47±4 | 100 | 7 | |
| instant, vanilla, made from powder and whole milk (White Wings, Australia) | 40±4 | 100 | 6 | |
| mean of two foods | 44±4 | 100 | 7 | |
| 17 | Yoghurt | |||
| Yoghurt, type NS (Canada) | 36±4 | 200 | 3 | |
| 18 | Low-fat yoghurt | |||
| Low-fat, fruit, aspartame, Ski TM (Dairy Farmers, Australia) | 14±4 | 200 | 2 | |
| Low-fat, fruit, sugar, Ski TM (Dairy Farmers, Australia) | 33±7 | 200 | 10 | |
| Low-fat (0.9%), fruit, wild strawberry (Ski d'lite TM, Dairy Farmers, Australia) | 31±14 | 200 | 9 | |
| 19 | Non-fat yoghurt, sweetened with acesulfame K and Splenda | |||
| Diet Vaalia TM, exotic fruits (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 23±2 | 200 | 4 | |
| Diet Vaalia TM, mango (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 23±2 | 200 | 3 | |
| Diet Vaalia TM, mixed berry (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 25±3 | 200 | 3 | |
| Diet Vaalia TM, strawberry (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 23±2 | 200 | 3 | |
| Diet Vaalia TM, vanilla (Pauls Ltd, Australia) 1 | 23±2 | 200 | 3 | |
| mean of five foods | 24±1 | 200 | 3 | |
| 20 | Reduced-fat yoghurt | |||
| Reduced-fat, Vaalia TM, apricot & mango (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 26±4 | 200 | 8 | |
| Reduced-fat, Vaalia TM, french vanilla (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 26±4 | 200 | 3 | |
| Reduced-fat, Extra-Lite TM, strawberry (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 28±4 | 200 | 9 | |
| mean of three foods | 27±1 | 200 | 7 | |
| 21 | Yoghurt drink, reduced-fat, Vaalia TM, tropical passionfruit (Pauls Ltd., Australia) 1 | 38±4 | 200 | 11 |
| Soy-based dairy product alternatives | ||||
| 22 | Soy milks (containing maltodextrin) | |||
| Soy milk, full-fat (3%), 0 mg calcium, Original (So Natural Foods, Taren Point, NSW, Australia) 1 | 44±5 | 250 | 8 | |
| Soy milk, full-fat (3%), 120 mg calcium, Calciforte (So Natural Foods, Australia) 1 | 36±4 | 250 | 6 | |
| Soy milk, reduced-fat (1.5%), 120 mg calcium, Light (So Natural Foods, Australia) 1 | 44±3 | 250 | 8 | |
| 23 | Soy milk drinks | |||
| Soy smoothie drink, banana, 1% fat (So Natural Foods, Australia) 1 | 30±3 | 250 | 7 | |
| Soy smoothie drink, chocolate hazelnut, 1% fat (So Natural Foods, Australia) 1 | 34±3 | 250 | 8 | |
| mean of two drinks | 32±2 | 250 | 7 | |
| Up & Go TM, cocoa malt flavor (soy milk, rice cereal liquid breakfast) 1 | 43±5 | 250 | 11 | |
| (Sanitarium, Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia) | ||||
| Up & Go TM, original malt flavor (soy milk, rice cereal liquid breakfast) 1 | 46±5 | 250 | 11 | |
| (Sanitarium, Australia) | ||||
| mean of two drinks | 45±2 | 250 | 11 | |
| Xpress TM, chocolate (soy bean, cereal and legume extract drink with fructose) 1 | 39±2 | 250 | 13 | |
| (So Natural Foods, Australia) | ||||
| 24 | Soy yoghurt | |||
| Soy yoghurt, peach and mango, 2% fat, sugar (So Natural Foods, Australia) 1 | 50±3 | 200 | 13 | |
| 25 | Tofu-based frozen dessert, chocolate with high-fructose (24%) corn syrup (USA) | 115±14 | 50 |
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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. | |||
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Food: Wheat
tortilla (Mexican) Mexico Glycemic Index Value: 30 Glycemic Index Range: |
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Serve Size:
50 Carb per Serve (g): 20.7 Glycemic Load Value: 6.2 |
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