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. 2024 Feb 19;12:1284671. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1284671

Table 2.

Allowed and restricted food in congenital glucose–galactose transporter deficiency.

Group of food Allowed Restricted
Dairy products None All: milk, human milk, formulas with lactose, butter, yogurt, cheese, ice cream, industrialized food with lactose, condensed milk, cream, all sorts of dairy products
Fruits All kinds: banana, apple, peach, strawberry, oranges, pear, watermelon, unsweetened juice Fruits with added sugar, fruits in syrup, fruit juice with sucrose, marmalade, jellies
Cereals Rice, noodles, potato, quinoa, wheat, unsweetened cereal, bread with fructose, oats, and whole grain without sugary coating Sweetened cereal, biscuits, bread with sucrose and milk, all desserts made with sugar and milk, commercial cookies, and cakes
Vegetables All kinds None
Animal protein All sorts: fish (salmon, tuna, catfish), egg, chicken, beef, turkey, duck, pork, lamb, goat, seafood (shrimp, crab, clams, lobster, scallops, oysters, mussels) None
Legumes Beans, soybeans, chickpeas, lentils, peas None
Nuts All: Cashews, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios Praline nuts with sugar
Fats and oils All vegetable oils Frostings, meringue with sugar
Sweeteners and flavorings Fructose, honey, cocoa, sugar-free marmalade Glucose, dextrose, dextrin, glucose polymers, maltodextrin, maltose, corn syrup, lactose, stevia, sugar (sucrose), candies, chocolate, ketchup with sugar