South American Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL)

Last Update - 13th January 2016

Your search for South American returned the following food items.The item in this description with the lowest GI is Pinto beans, boiled in salted water with a GI of 14. This is classed as a food item with a low GI level.

The item in the list based around South American with the highest GI is Arepa, made from ordinary dehulled dent corn flour (25% amylose) which has a GI value of 81. This glycemic index is classed as a high level index.

The range for the GI is 67 under the description South American.All of the items are classed in the range low through to a high level glycemic index.

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South American - GI and GL List Pinto beans, boiled in salted water, GI and GL Glycemic Index = 14 (low) Glycemic Load = 2 (low) for a typical serving size of 150g Glycemic Load per 100g = 4 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 25 g Wheat tortilla served with refried pinto beans and tomato sauce (Mexican), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 28 (low) Glycemic Load = 5 (low) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 5 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 18 g Black beans, GI and GL Glycemic Index = 30 (low) Glycemic Load = 5 (low) for a typical serving size of 150g Glycemic Load per 100g = 7 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 23 g Wheat tortilla (Mexican), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 30 (low) Glycemic Load = 16 (medium) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 8 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 26 g Brown beans, GI and GL Glycemic Index = 38 (low) Glycemic Load = 6 (low) for a typical serving size of 150g Glycemic Load per 100g = 10 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 25 g Corn tortilla, served with refried mashed pinto beans and tomato sauce (Mexican), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 39 (low) Glycemic Load = 9 (low) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 9 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 23 g Arepa, made from dehulled high-amylose (70%) corn flour, GI and GL Glycemic Index = 44 (low) Glycemic Load = 11 (medium) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 11 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 25 g Corn tortilla (Mexican), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 52 (low) Glycemic Load = 25 (high) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 12 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 24 g Nopal (prickly pear cactus), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 7 (low) Glycemic Load = NA Arepa, corn bread cake, made with corn flour (Mexico), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 72 (high) Glycemic Load = 31 (high) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 31 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 43 g Corn tortilla, fried, with mashed potato, fresh tomato and lettuce (Mexican), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 78 (high) Glycemic Load = 12 (medium) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 12 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 15 g Arepa, made from ordinary dehulled dent corn flour (25% amylose), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 81 (high) Glycemic Load = 35 (high) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 35 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 43 g

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