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Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Apple: small |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Banana: large |
1 |
30 |
2 |
Berries: blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries |
1 cup whole |
15 |
1 |
Canned fruit: in juice |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Cherries |
15 |
15 |
1 |
Clementines |
2 |
15 |
1 |
Grapefruit: medium |
1/2 |
15 |
1 |
Grapes |
15 |
15 |
1 |
Kiwi: large |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Mango |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Melon |
1 cup cubes |
15 |
1 |
Nectarine: medium |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Orange: medium |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Peach: medium |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Pear: small |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Pineapple |
1 cup |
20 |
1 |
Plums: small |
2 |
15 |
1 |
Raisins |
2 tablespoons |
15 |
1 |
Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Apple, grapefruit, orange or pineapple |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Cranberry juice cocktail, grape, prune |
1/3 cup |
15 |
1 |
Fruit juice blends (100 percent juice) |
1/3 cup |
15 |
1 |
Fruit juice: reduced calorie |
1 cup |
10 to 15 |
1 |
Tomato juice |
1 cup |
10 |
1 |
Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Milk: buttermilk, skim, whole, 1 percent, 2 percent |
1 cup |
15 |
1 |
Milk: chocolate |
1 cup |
30 |
2 |
Milk: soy (plain or flavored) |
1/2 to 1 cup |
15 |
1 |
Yogurt: plain or artifically sweetened |
3/4 cup |
15 |
1 |
Yogurt: sweetened with fruit |
3/4 cup |
30 |
2 |
Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Angel food cake: unfrosted, 1-inch slice |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Brownie: unfrosted, 2-inch by 2-inch |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Cake: unfrosted, 2-inch by 2-inch |
1 |
15 |
1 |
Cheesecake |
1/12 of 9-inch |
35 to 45 |
2 1/2 to 3 |
Chips: potato or tortilla (regular) |
10 to 15 |
15 to 20 |
1 |
Cookie: 3-inch |
1 |
10 to 15 |
1 |
Cupcake: frosted, small |
1 |
30 |
2 |
Frozen yogurt |
1/2 cup |
25 |
1 1/2 |
Gelatin: regular |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Honey: regular |
1 tablespoon |
15 |
1 |
Ice cream cone: cake, sugar, wafer |
1 |
3 to 9 |
0 to 1/2 |
Ice cream: light, low-fat, regular |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Jam and jelly: regular |
1 tablespoon |
15 |
1 |
Pie: single crust |
1/8 of 9-inch |
25 to 45 |
1 1/2 to 3 |
Pie: double crust |
1/8 of 9-inch |
45 |
3 |
Popcorn |
3 cups |
15 |
1 |
Pretzels: mini twists |
20 |
25 |
1 1/2 |
Pudding: regular |
1/2 cup |
30 |
2 |
Pudding: sugar-free |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Sherbet, sorbet, gelato |
1/2 cup |
30 |
2 |
Sugar: brown packed or white |
1 tablespoon |
15 |
1 |
Syrup: light |
1/4 cup |
25 |
1 1/2 |
Syrup: regular |
1/4 cup |
52 to 60 |
1 |
Syrup: sugar-free |
1/4 cup |
15 |
1 |
Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Casserole (hot dish) |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Chili |
1 cup |
30 |
2 |
Pasta or potato salad |
1/2 cup |
15 to 25 |
1 to 1 1/2 |
Soup: broth type |
1 cup |
15 |
1 |
Soup: cream type |
1 cup |
15 to 30 |
1 to 2 |
Sub sandwich |
6-inch |
45 |
3 |
Food |
Serving Size |
Carbohydrate Grams |
Carbohydrate Choice |
Asian | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Chinese egg noodles |
1/3 cup |
15 |
1 |
Chow mein |
1 cup |
15 to 20 |
1 |
Chow mein noodles |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Egg roll: 5-inch |
1 |
23 |
1 1/2 |
Fried rice |
1/3 cup |
15 |
1 |
Lo mein (meat, noodles, vegetables) |
1 cup |
30 to 50 |
2 to 3 |
Stir fry (meat, no rice) |
1 cup |
10 |
1 |
Sweet and sour: chicken or pork (no noodles, no rice) |
1 cup |
45 |
3 |
Sweet and sour sauce |
1 tablespoon |
15 |
1 |
Italian | |||
Lasagna |
4-inch by 4-inch |
45 to 60 |
3 to 4 |
Pizza: thick crust |
1/8 large |
30 to 45 |
2 to 3 |
Pizza: thin crust |
1/8 large |
25 to 35 |
1 1/2 to 2 |
Ravioli (no sauce) |
9 to 11 |
45 to 60 |
3 to 4 |
Tomato sauce |
1/2 cup |
15 |
1 |
Mexican | |||
Burrito: 6- to 8-inch |
1 |
45 to 60 |
3 to 4 |
Enchilada: 8-inch |
1 |
50 |
3 |
Fajita: 6- to 8-inch |
1 |
20 |
1 |
Quesadilla: 8- to 10-inches |
1 |
30 to 40 |
2 to 3 |
Refried beans |
1/2 cup |
20 |
1 |
Source: Allina Health Patient Education, Basic Skills for Living with Diabetes, fifth edition, ISBN 1-931876-32-0
First published: 12/01/2006
Last updated: 02/05/2013
Reviewed by: Allina Health Patient Education experts

