Low-carb foods
1,896 foods
Foods with few carbohydrates per 100 g. Most of them have a low glycemic load, and many have no glycemic index at all because there is nothing to raise blood sugar. 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.
Bone broth with low-carb vegetables Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 Vegetable and seaweed broth (without miso) Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 Gelatin or agar jelly with sweetener Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 7/10 Water with fresh peach slices Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 10/10 Basil extract Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 6/10 
Poultry sausage Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 4/10 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 Vegetable stock Low GI 10 GL 0.1 / 100 g 7/10 Lyoner with bell pepper Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 3/10 Flax egg Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 Tulsi (holy basil) fresh or dried leaves Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 Konjac noodles Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 8/10 
Low carb noodles Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 9/10 Low-sodium soy sauce, ginger, garlic, monk fruit sweetener blend Low GI 5 GL 0.1 / 100 g 7/10 Mushroom coffee Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 7/10 
Pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 5/10 Aloe vera leaf Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9/10 Baked cheese Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 6.8/10 Baked parmesan crisps Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 6.8/10 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 Grilled nopal Low GI 7 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Herbal extracts Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 8/10 
Kale and arugula salad blend Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Sugar free cranberry juice Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 8/10 
Sauerkraut Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 8/10 
Spinach Low GI 15 GL 0.2 / 100 g 10/10 Ground flax seeds soaked in water (flaxseed gel) Low GI 5 GL 0.2 / 100 g 9/10 Bologna sausage Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 2/10 Coffee with full-fat coconut milk Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 5/10 Macadamia milk Low GI 25 GL 0.3 / 100 g 7/10 Pickle juice Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 3/10 
Radish Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 Chinese greens (bok choy) Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Parmesan crisps Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 6.8/10 Spicy beef bouillon Low GI 20 GL 0.3 / 100 g 2/10 Terrine Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 5/10 Tuscany style salmon Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 7/10 
Watercress juice Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 
Arugula Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 
Green seaweed Low GI 5 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 
Napa cabbage Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 9/10 Asperges en conserve Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 7/10 Bibb lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Canned pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 5/10 Fermented pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 7/10 Lollo rosso lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Mizuna Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 
Mushrooms Low GI 10 GL 0.3 / 100 g 8/10 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 Sucrine lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 10/10 Chicory coffee Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 8/10 Dill pickles Low GI 15 GL 0.3 / 100 g 6/10 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 
Fried mushrooms Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 
Portobello mushroom Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 Baked omelet Low GI 20 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 Demi-glace sauce Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 4/10 
Frozen plain unsweetened Greek yogurt bites Low GI 11 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 Grass jelly Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 Homemade turkey gravy thickened with almond flour Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 7/10 Lacto-fermented vegetable juices 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 Low carb garlic sauce Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 Low-sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos with ginger, garlic, and monk fruit/stevia Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 Pork chop coated in almond flour and baked Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 7/10 Rabbit sauce Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8.3/10 
Sausage Low GI 28 GL 0.4 / 100 g 4/10 
Skim greek yogurt Low GI 11 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 Steak taco filling Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 7.2/10 Sugar free lemon granita Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 Sugar free protein shake Low GI 25 GL 0.4 / 100 g 7/10 
Zero calorie tortilla Low GI 5 GL 0.4 / 100 g 6/10 
Brown mushrooms Low GI 10 GL 0.4 / 100 g 9/10 Low fat greek yogurt Low GI 11 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 
Broccoli rabe Low GI 15 GL 0.4 / 100 g 10/10 
Greek yogurt Low GI 11 GL 0.4 / 100 g 8/10 
Cauliflower Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 Garlic herb sauerkraut Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 8/10 
Iceberg lettuce Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 
Canned celery Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 6/10 
Scrambled eggs Low GI 30 GL 0.5 / 100 g 7/10 Beef filling Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 6.8/10 Black beer Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 2/10 Chinese kale Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 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 Ginger juice Low GI 10 GL 0.5 / 100 g 8/10 Güicoy squash Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Lettuce salad with vinegar Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 Marinated honey mushrooms Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 6/10 Milk caps Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9/10 Morning glory (raw) Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 10/10 Ohitashi Low GI 15 GL 0.5 / 100 g 9.2/10 
