Carbohydrate sources

The picture features foods and snacks that contain carbohydrates. Sugar, honey, sweets, bread and baked goods, porridges, cereals, and muesli, dairy products and ice cream, legumes, potatoes, rice, pastas, and corn, berries, fruits, and juices all contain carbohydrates. Vegetable-based products like oat and soy drinks and yoghurts also contain carbohydrates. The amount of carbohydrates in these may vary significantly depending on the ingredient used.

The picture features foods and snacks that contain 10 g of carbohydrates. For example, 2 dl of milk, unflavored sour milk or yogurt, 1 dl of sweetened yogurt, one fruit weighing about 100 g or half a banana, 2-3 dl of berries, 1 dl of cereal, 1 dl of porridge, one bread slice weighing about 20 g, half a Karelian pasty, one egg-sized potato, one crispbread, just under 1 decilitre of rice, pasta or mashed potatoes, and 1 dl of ice cream each contain about 10 g of carbohydrates.

The picture features foods and snacks that do not contain carbohydrates. For example, fish, chicken, eggs, meat, spreads and oils, cheeses, coffee, tea, unsweetened light juice, vegetables, and nuts do not contain significant amounts of carbohydrates.