Manual of Clinical Nutrition

Dietary Management with the Exchange System

Manual of Clinical Nutrition Management C- 30 Copyright © 2 013 Compass Group, Inc.

FREE FOODS

A free food is any food or drink that contains less than 20 kcal or no more than 5 g of carbohydrate per serving.

Foods with serving sizes should be limited to three servings per day. Be sure to spread them out throughout the

day. If you eat all three servings at one time, it could raise your blood glucose level. Foods listed without a

serving size can be eaten whenever you like.

Low-Carbohydrate Foods Serving Size Condiments Serving Size

Cabbage, raw ½ cup Barbecue sauce 2 tsp

Candy, hard (regular or sugar-free) 1 piece Catsup (ketchup) 1 tbsp

Carrots, cauliflower, or green beans, cooked ¼ cup Honey mustard 1 tbsp

Cranberries, sweetened with sugar ½ cup Horseradish --

substitute Lemon juice --

Cucumber, sliced ½ cup Miso 1½ tsp

Gelatin Mustard --

dessert, sugar-free -- Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 1 tbsp

unflavored -- Pickle relish 1 tbsp

Gum -- Pickles

Jam or jelly, light or no sugar added 2 tsp dilla 1 ½ medium

Rhubarb, sweetened with sugar substitute ½ cup sweet, bread and butter 2 slices

Salad greens -- sweet, gherkin ¾ oz

Sugar substitutes (artificial sweeteners) -- Salsa ¼ cup

Syrup, sugar-free

2 tbsp Soy saucea, light or regular 1 tbsp

Modified-Fat Foods with Carbohydrate Serving Size Sweet chili sauce 2 tsp
Cream cheese, fat-free 1 tbsp Taco sauce 1 tbsp
Creamers Vinegar --
nondairy, liquid 1 tbsp Yogurt, any type 2 tbsp
nondairy, powdered 2 tsp
Margarine spread
fat-free 1 tbsp Free Snacks
reduced-fat 1 tsp These foods in these serving sizes are perfect
Mayonnaise free-food snacks.
fat-free 1 tbsp 5 baby carrots and celery sticks
reduced-fat 1 tsp ¼ cup blueberries
Mayonnaise-style salad dressing ½ oz sliced cheese, fat-free
fat-free 1 tbsp 10 goldfish-style crackers
reduced-fat 1 tsp 2 saltine-type crackers
Salad dressing 1 frozen cream pop, sugar-free
fat-free or low-fat 1 tbsp ½ oz lean meat
fat-free, Italian 2 tbsp 1 cup light popcorn
Sour cream, fat-free or reduced-fat 1 tbsp 1 vanilla wafer
Whipped topping
light or fat-free 2 tbsp Drinks/Mixes
regular 1 tbsp Food on this list without a serving size can be
consumed in moderate amounts.
Seasonings Bouillon, broth, consomméa
Foods on this list can be consumed in moderate
amounts.

Bouillon or broth, low-sodium

Carbonated or mineral water

Club soda

Cocoa powder, unsweetened (1 tbsp)

Flavoring extracts (for example, vanilla, almond,
peppermint)
Garlic Coffee, unsweetened or with sugar substitute
Herbs, fresh or dried Diet soft drinks, sugar-free
Nonstick cooking spray Drink mixes, sugar-free
Pimento Tea, unsweetened or with sugar substitute
Spices Tonic water, diet
Hot pepper sauce Water
Wine, used in cooking Water, flavored, carbohydrate-free
Worcestershire sauce
a480 mg or more of sodium per serving