Glycaemic index of common foods

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Food group	Low (20-50)	Moderate (51-70)	Hight (>71)
Cereals	Parboiled rice(47.6)	Brown rice (55.3)	Ragi (86.1)
	Barley(25.2)	White rice (58.1)	Jowar (77)
	Wheat vermicelli(35)	Bajra (57.4)
	Oats(38.5)	Whole wheat flour (69.3)
		Semolina (suji) (65.8)
		Sweet corn (54.6)
		Maize (62.3)
		Rice vermicelli (58.1)
		Pop corn (55.3)
Pulses and legumes	Bengal gram (chana) dal (11.2)	Black gram (urad) dal (42.7)
	Green gram (moong) dal, washed (29.4)	Green gram (moong) whole (56.7)
	Kidney beans (rajmah) (18.9)	Bengal gram, whole (kala chana) (51.1)
	Soybean (17.5)
	Red gram (arhar) dal (25.2)
	Cow pea (lobia) (41.4)
Nuts	Peanuts (14.7) *
Fruits	Apple (37.8)	Banana (53.9)	Watermelon (72.1)
	Apricots (30.8)	Mango (56)
	Cherry (22.4)	Papaya (58.1)
	Grapes (46.2)	Pineapple (65.8)
	Orange (44.1)
	Peach (42)
	Pear(37.1)
	Plum (38.5)
Vegetables	Peas (47.6)	Beet root (63.7)	Carrot (70.7)
		Potato (56.7)	Sweet potato (72.1)
		Yam (51.1)	Pumpkin (74.5)
Sugars	Fructose (22.4)	Sucrose (64.4)	Glucose (95.9)
	Lactose (45.5)	Honey (58.1)	Maltose (105)

* low glycaemic index but high fat content.