Vegetables
1,663 foods
Every food on this list is ranked by its glycemic load per 100 g, lowest first, so the best choices for blood sugar come first. Open a food for the portion-based load, nutrition facts and alternatives.
Sorted by glycemic load per 100 g, lowest first.
Vegetable and seaweed broth (without miso) Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 
Mushroom and seaweed broth (low sodium) Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 Broth with fresh herbs Low GI 10 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 
Vegetable broth Low GI 10 GL 0.1 / 100 g 6/10 
Basil leaves Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 Purple basil Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 
Sweet basil Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 Tulsi (holy basil) fresh or dried leaves Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 
Reduced vegetable broth sauce (unsalted, with herbs and spices) Low GI 10 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 
Vegetable jelly on broth without salt Low GI 10 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 Aloe vera leaf Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9/10 
Celery leaf Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 
Cilantro Flavoring Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Boiled nopalitos Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Cactus pads Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Cactus pads Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Cooked cactus pads Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Cooked nopal Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 
Fermented vegetable broth Low GI 10 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9/10 
Kale and arugula salad blend Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 
Saffron milk cap Low GI 10 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9.8/10 
Homemade leafy greens broth (spinach, kale, herbs, minimal salt) Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 
Reduced sodium vegetable broth Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 8/10 Unsalted vegetable broth Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 8/10 
Vegetable Broth with No Added Sugar Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9/10 
Alfalfa sprouts Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Cantonese pak choi Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 
Chinese cabbage Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9.5/10 Chinese greens (bok choy) Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Cooked chinese cabbage Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Fresh green herbs (parsley, cilantro, basil) Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Herbs and botanicals Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Kaffir lime leaf Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Kaffir lime leaves Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Pechay (Bok Choy) Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Peeled cucumber Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Fresh herbs Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Parsley Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 Asperges en conserve Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 7/10 
Butter lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 Butterhead lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 8/10 
Curly lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9.5/10 Gentile lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Half-sour pickle Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 6/10 Lollo bianco lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Lollo rosso lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Mizuna Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Oak leaf lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 Organic batavia lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Organic Lollo Bionda lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Raw Portobello Mushroom Cap Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9.5/10 
Unsalted fermented cucumbers Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Wild forest mushrooms Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 
Dill pickle Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 5/10 
Dill pickles (no added sugar, chopped) Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 6/10 
Dill Weed Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 5/10 Rose petals Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Canned dill pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 
Herb pickle Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 7/10 
Pickle chips Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 
Pickle Chips Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 4/10 
Pickled cucumber Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 
Cucumber pickled with minimal salt and no added sugar Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 
Portobello mushroom Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 Cactus salad Low GI 7 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 Fermented cucumber Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 Leafy greens with raw hemp seeds Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Lemon balm leaves Low GI 5 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Mint Low GI 5 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 Sugar-free pickled ginger Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 Wakame seaweed seasoned with rice vinegar and sesame seeds Low GI 5 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 
Grilled Portobello Mushroom Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Roasted mushroom Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9.5/10 Baby lettuces Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Broccoli rabe Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Green lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Head Lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 
Leaf Lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 
Romaine or iceberg lettuce leaves (raw) Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Wild lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Fermented celery Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 Garlic herb sauerkraut Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 8/10 Wakame seaweed Low GI 5 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 
Canned celery Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 6/10 
Ash gourd Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Baked zucchini Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 
Cos lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9.5/10 Cucumber ginger soaked Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 Cucumber zucchini Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Diced iceberg lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 7/10 
Fresh zucchini, diced Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Güicoy squash Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 
Herb cucumber Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 
Iceberg lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 7/10 Mesclun Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Morning glory (raw) Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 
Pepperoncini peppers Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 7/10 
Pureed zucchini Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 
Romaine lettuce salad Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 
