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. 2015 Apr 8;69(6):740–745. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.50

Table 1. Composition of the cereal products and breakfasts.

  Hi-SDS breakfasts
Lo-SDS breakfast
  Biscuit 1 Biscuit 2 Biscuit 3 Extruded cereals
Starch
 Total (g) 33.0 36.9 36.9 34.1
 SDS (g) 15.3 17.0 15.5 0.1
 RDS (g) 18.9 21.0 24.5 36.4
 SDS/RDS 0.81 0.81 0.63 <0.01
 SDS/total 0.46 0.46 0.42 <0.01
 
Cereal product
 Mass (g) 72 72 72 66
 Energy (kJ) 1381 (330 kcal) 1373 (328 kcal) 1377 (329 kcal) 1213 (290 kcal)
 Protein (g) 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.6
 Fat (g) 11.9 11.3 11.4 7.3
 Fibers (g) 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1
 Available CHO (g) 51.6 51.6 51.8 51.5
 Sugars (g) 18.5 14.6 14.6 17.4
 Sugars/available CHO 0.36 0.28 0.28 0.34
 GI 46 50 52 60
 Insulin index 63 50 57 63
13C/12C (δ13C ‰/VPDB) −10.2 −11.0 −11.0 −12.4
 
Skimmed milk
 Volume (ml) 150 150 150 150
 Energy (kJ) 209 (50 kcal) 209 (50 kcal) 209 (50 kcal) 209 (50 kcal)
 Protein (g) 5 5 5 5
 Fat (g) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
 Sugars (g) 6.9 6.9 6.9 6.9
 
Vegetable oila
 Mass (g) 4.5
 Energy (kJ) 171 (41 kcal)
 
Total
 Energy (kJ) 1590 (380 kcal) 1582 (378 kcal) 1586 (379 kcal) 1593 (381 kcal)
 Protein (g) 9.5 10.0 10.0 9.6
 Fat (g) 12.2 11.6 11.7 12.1
 CHO (g) 58.5 58.5 58.7 58.4
 Coffe or tea (ml)b 300 300 300 300

Abbreviations: CHO, carbohydrate; GI, glycemic index; RDS, rapidly digestible starch; SDS, slowly digestible starch; VPDB, Vienna Pee Dee Belemnitella standard (13C/12C = 0.0112372).

a

Vegetable oil (2.25 g rapeseed oil and 2.25 g palm oil) was added to the Lo-SDS breakfast for compensating for the lower content of fat in the extruded cerals than in biscuits.

b

Unsweetned and decaffeinated or detheinated.