Hi James. In other ansewers about gi, you referred about it costs to know gi (L. 3500), now about law. Can company afford the test and give the information with the limits that you explained before? Thanks and regards
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Page 17 makes specific reference to GI:
"Some issues related to the Article 13.1 list, considered within the Code, are commented on below.
Glycaemic index claims
The concept of glycaemic index (GI) is a well-defined way of ranking foods high in carbohydrates owing to their effect on the blood glucose response. Thus, ālow GIā would be well defined once an upper value for what is considered as ālowā is set. Within the Code this upper limit was set to 55, using glucose as a reference (GI = 100) (8; Box 1). In the Regulation, GI claims might be considered as Article 13.1a claims, i.e. claims referring to the role of a nutrient (carbohydrates) in the functions of the body (blood glucose response). However, since many factors, including food matrix and food processing, influence the GI value of a food, determinations in humans are required on each product. Experiences from handling GI claims within the Code strongly stress the importance of consulting expertise for a standardized evaluation of GI determinations. A premarketing evaluation would be useful to avoid misleading GI claims, at least until the methodology for GI determinations has been further developed and harmonized.
Since specific health outcomes of a low GI food or diet, e.g. reduced risk of a disease or beneficial effects on a risk factor for disease, satiety or body weight, have not been considered as well established 35, no such claims are included in the SNF list."
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Thanks for that, Ric
This issue needs more fuller investigation.
So are we any nearer knowing what the GI of Huel is? Iād be amazed if not pretty low as I have experienced a much more stable sugar level since using Huel. I used to have real troughs, cold sweats and all. Since Huel (and Yoga) not getting anything like this.
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Just another person registering their interest in what the GI of Huel is like.
We will probably get it tested once new version is out, in the next couple of months.
The cost of testing at Ā£3500 is the problem.
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And Iām guessing youād need to pay Ā£3.5k for ānormalā huel, then Ā£3.5k for āgluten freeā huel, then Ā£3.5k for the sweetener packs, then Ā£3.5k for the next version, and Ā£3.5k for the gluten free version, etc, etc.
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@nickymoo yes that is correct if we wanted to be 100% accurate. But in theory the difference between the different versions of Huel should be very small, especially between gluten free and non gluten free, in terms of GI.
@Ric we have finally had Huel tested for GI.
The result is: 27 (Low)
Please see the document from Oxford Brookes University.
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Amazing. Great work guys!
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Donāt know much about these things. How does that compare to other foodstuffs?
About the same as milk
I am researching Huel as a part of my diet. Iāve done DNAfit (www.dnafit.com) test which recommended daily Glycaemic Load below 70. Taking into account that GI for Huel Vanilla is 27, and the way to calculate GL, according to http://www.dummies.com/food-drink/special-diets/glycemic-index-diet/how-to-calculate-glycemic-load/, is GICarbs_in_portion/100, and the portion of Huel is 121g, then GL of Huel Vanilla must be 2738.1*1.21/100=12.4. This means that I can have 4 portions of Huel in a day and still have 20 GL āto spareā. Very nice, thank you!
Would you recommend the dnafit test? Which one did you go for?