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. 2018 Dec 20;11(1):13. doi: 10.3390/nu11010013

Table 2.

Absolute intakes of nutrients, foods, glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) as measured by the general-FFQ, glycaemic index FFQ (GI-FFQ) and 2-day 24 h-recalls.

GI-FFQ General-FFQ 2-day 24 h-Recall
GI 1 Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Energy, kJ/day - 5854 1725 9054 2113 9084 2028
Carbohydrates, g/day - 214 65 234 63 237 64
Mono/disaccharides, g/day - 100 39 103 33 107 38
Polysaccharides, g/day - 114 36 132 41 130 39
Fibres, g/day - 20 6 25 7 24 7
Bread, g/day 63 127 60 137 58 149 69
Breakfast cereals, g/day 54 8 14 14 35 11 19
Potatoes, g/day 85 62 39 82 57 103 98
Pasta, g/day 46 27 22 26 24 49 99
Rice, g/day 72 24 22 31 29 36 79
Vegetables, g/day 20 110 71 156 83 166 104
Fruit, g/day 47 207 126 193 126 203 136
Dairy, g/day 33 331 210 352 182 354 186
Soup, g/day 42 44 43 44 53 98 150
Coffee, g/day 62 486 287 466 312 465 293
SSB, g/day 62 52 115 25 61 89 178
ASB, g/day 11 25 97 22 67 43 134
Fruit juices, g/day 54 89 121 61 75 106 160
Alcoholic beverages, g/day 89 75 145 154 196 194 247
Savoury snacks, g/day 57 44 41 39 37 22 41
Cake/cookies, g/day 61 38 28 36 27 52 43
Sweets, g/day 52 33 28 32 24 33 25
GI - 54 3 53 4 53 5
GL - 117 37 126 38 127 37

1 Mean GI of the included food items in the GI-FFQ; SSB: sugar sweetened beverages; ASB: artificially sweetened beverages.