African Glycemic Index (GI) and Glycemic Load (GL)

Last Update - 13th January 2016

Your search for African returned the following food items.The item in this description with the lowest GI is Millet flour porridge or gruel (Kenya) with a GI of 107. This is classed as a food item with a high GI level.

The item in the list based around African with the highest GI is Maize meal porridge, refined, maize-meal:water (1:3) (South Africa) which has a GI value of 74 ± 7. This glycemic index is classed as a high level index.

The range for the GI is -33 under the description African.All of the items are classed in the high levels.

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African - GI and GL List Millet flour porridge or gruel (Kenya), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 107 (high) Glycemic Load = NA Maize meal porridge or gruel (Kenya), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 109 (high) Glycemic Load = 83 (high) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 41 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 38 g Ga kenkey, prepared from fermented cornmeal (Zea mays) (Ghana), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 12 ± 1 (low) Glycemic Load = 1 (low) for a typical serving size of 150g Glycemic Load per 100g = 2 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 13 g Brown beans (South Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 24 ± 8 (low) Glycemic Load = 12 (medium) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 6 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 25 g Unripe plantain (Musa paradisiaca) (Ghana), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 40 ± 4 (low) Glycemic Load = 11 (medium) for a typical serving size of 120 (raw)g Glycemic Load per 100g = 14 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 34 g Cassava, boiled, with salt (Kenya), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 46 (low) Glycemic Load = 12 (medium) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 12 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 27 g Gram dhal (South Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 5 ± 3 (low) Glycemic Load = 3 (low) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 1 (low) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 29 g Gari, roasted cassava dough (Manihot utilissima) (Ghana), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 56 ± 3 (medium) Glycemic Load = 15 (medium) for a typical serving size of 100g Glycemic Load per 100g = 15 (medium) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 27 g Yam (Dyscoria) (Ghana), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 66 (medium) Glycemic Load = 16 (medium) for a typical serving size of 150g Glycemic Load per 100g = 24 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 36 g M’fino or Morogo, wild greens (South Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 68 ± 8 (medium) Glycemic Load = 28 (high) for a typical serving size of 120g Glycemic Load per 100g = 34 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 50 g Maize meal porridge, unrefined, maize meal:water (1:3) (South Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 71 ± 6 (high) Glycemic Load = 51 (high) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 26 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 36 g Maize meal porridge, refined, maize-meal:water (1:3) (South Africa), GI and GL Glycemic Index = 74 ± 7 (high) Glycemic Load = 59 (high) for a typical serving size of 50g Glycemic Load per 100g = 30 (high) Availabe carbohydrate per 100g = 40 g

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