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  • Title: Cariogenic potential of foods. I. Caries in the rat model.
    Author: Mundorff SA, Featherstone JD, Bibby BG, Curzon ME, Eisenberg AD, Espeland MA.
    Journal: Caries Res; 1990; 24(5):344-55. PubMed ID: 2261606.
    Abstract:
    As part of a major study to identify cariogenic elements of foods, the cariogenic potential of 22 foods relative to sucrose (confectioners' sugar) was determined over six intubation rat caries experiments. Cariogenic potential indices were calculated for each food from sulcal and buccal-lingual caries based on both number and severity. Those foods with the lowest cariogenic potential indices were peanuts, gelatin dessert, corn chips, yoghurt, and bologna; with the highest cariogenic potential indices were sucrose, granola cereal, french fries, bananas, cupcakes, and raisins. There was no simple relationship between food sucrose content and caries. Enhanced cariogenic potential was associated with foods containing approximately 1% or more hydrolyzable starch in combination with sucrose or other sugars.
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