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Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load: Infant Formulas
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Below is a table with the glycemic index and glycemic loads of infant formulas.
High glycemic index foods increase calorie intake by 50 to 80 percent when compared to medium- and low-glycemic index foods according to one study.
Low glycemic index foods reduce calorie intake and are associated with lower body weights.
Some researchers believe that low-carbohydrate diets work because they are low glycemic index and low glycemic load foods.
Glycemic index is how quickly a given amount of food raises blood sugar levels relative to pure glucose (blood sugar).
Glycemic load is a ranking of how much a standard serving of food raises your blood sugar. Glycemic load is calculated by multiplying the amount of carbohydrate in a food by the glycemic index and dividing by 100. Glycemic load of a food is a better tool than the glycemic index value of a food when evaluating the foods you eat.
A more complete description of glycemic index and glycemic load can be found here.
Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load of Infant Formulas and Weaning Foods | ||||
| INFANT FORMULA AND WEANING FOODS | Glycemic Index | Glycemic Load | Serving size | Available carbohydrate |
(Glucose = 100) | (per serving) | grams | grams per serving | |
| 445 Formula | ||||
| Infasoy, soy-based, milk-free (Wyeth Nutritionals, Baulkham Hills, Australia) | 55 ± 6 | 4 | 100 mL | 7 |
| Karicare gold starter formula with omega plus LCP oils (Nutricia, Auckland, New Zealand) | 35 ± 5 | 2 | 100 mL | 7 |
| Nan-1 infant formula with iron (Nestlé, Sydney, Australia) | 30 ± 6 | 2 | 100 mL | 8 |
| S-26 infant formula (Wyeth Nutritionals, Australia) | 36 ± 6 | 3 | 100 mL | 7 |
| Weaning foods | ||||
| 446 Farex baby rice (Heinz Wattie’s Ltd, Malvern, Australia) | 95 ± 13 | 6 | 87 | 6 |
| 447 Robinsons First Tastes from 4 months (Nutricia, Wells, UK) | ||||
| Apple, apricot and banana cereal | 56 ± 8 | 11 | 75 | 13 |
| Creamed porridge | 59 ± 8 | 5 | 75 | 9 |
| Rice pudding | 59 ± 6 | 6 | 75 | 11 |
| 448 Heinz for Baby from 4 months (Heinz Wattie’s Ltd, Australia) | ||||
| Chicken and noodles with vegetables (strained) | 67 ± 11 | 5 | 120 | 7 |
| Sweetcorn and rice | 65 ± 13 | 10 | 120 | 15 |
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