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Is leek (whole) low FODMAP?
Limited portion · green up to 20 g
Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 20 g, turns orange up to 40 g, and red above that.
How much?
0 g20 g40 g60 g +
Green : 0 – 20 gOrange : 20 – 40 gRed : > 40 g
FODMAPs in this food
- Fructans1.5 g per 100 g
Fructans, found mainly in wheat, rye, onion and garlic.
What to swap it for?
Your whole meal, added up
In a meal, the FODMAPs of every food add up: a green serving can tip the meal into orange. FODMAP Scanner scans your products in the shop and works out the FODMAPs of your whole meal, leek (whole) included.
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Sources
Reliability: value from the literature, to be confirmed.
- Muir J.G. et al. (2007). Fructan and free fructose content of common Australian vegetables and fruit. J Agric Food Chem. doi:10.1021/jf070623x
- Van Loo J. et al. (1995). On the presence of inulin and oligofructose as natural ingredients in the western diet. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 35(6):525-552.
- Ferjančič B. et al. (2024). Fructan content in most commonly consumed Slovenian foods and estimation of daily fructan consumption. Front Nutr 11:1446771. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1446771
Cut-offs per meal: Varney J. et al. (2017), J Gastroenterol Hepatol 32(S1):53-61. Colours apply to the food eaten on its own, for a person without specific tolerances.