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Green peas or sugar snap peas: which one is the starchy vegetable?

Green peas. Sugar snap peas and pea pods are non-starchy.

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  1. Sugar snap peas
  2. Both are non-starchy
  3. Green peas ✔

Why: ADA lists sugar snap peas, snow peas and pea pods as non-starchy, but shelled green peas are starchy, like corn and potatoes. Starchy vegetables go in the carb quarter of the plate.

Huh, didn't know that: Baby corn is on ADA's non-starchy vegetable list, even though regular corn is starchy.

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Answer: Green peas. ADA lists sugar snap peas, snow peas and pea pods as non-starchy, but shelled green peas are starchy, like corn and potatoes. Starchy vegetables go in the carb quarter of the plate.

  1. ADA Diabetes Food Hub: What is the Diabetes Plate? diabetesfoodhub.org/blog/what-diabetes-plate
    Starchy vegetables such as corn, acorn squash, butternut squash, green peas, parsnips, plantains, potatoes, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes/yams
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  2. ADA Diabetes Food Hub: What is the Diabetes Plate? diabetesfoodhub.org/blog/what-diabetes-plate
    Green beans, pea pods, snow peas, and sugar snap peas
    Checked 2026-10-09.
  3. ADA: Non-starchy Vegetables diabetes.org/food-nutrition/reading-food-labels/non-starchy-vegetables
    Baby corn
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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