how to tell what put numbers up

It could be because you haven't eaten much that your liver has dumped some glucose to keep you going.

Or it could be the crackers, maybe.

The rum and raisin toffee sounds interesting. Do you have a link? It could be the delicious culprit so we need to see it

mrs gimli said:

I got then from the old fashioned sweet shop .they say sugar free for diabetics (I didn't buy them my husband did bless him)
I thought the seeded jacobs crackers would of been good choice as I've gave up bread ..sob sob

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The toffees sound lovely. I guess a process of elimination would help to pinpoint the food that has spiked you, but as Lenny says, your liver could be the guilty party. Sorry, not much help.

It looks like the crackers are 5-7g per biscuit, depending on exactly which variety they are.

Unfortunately, just because something is marketed as diabetic friendly, it often means sugar free, but still carb laden.

When first diagnosed, I found I had as many challenges around not eating enough as I did finding the correct things for me to eat. Doing without didn't lower my bloods, but just brought my liver into play, and a sense of seep frustration. At that stage my liver would raise my sugars by about 2mmol/L. These days my liver dump impacts by something like 0.3mmol/L, as far as I can tell, without super-obsessive-manic testing.

Over time, things get easier. It's worth putting the effort in to try to get a handle on these things.

You might find you can tolerate carbs better at different times of day. I can't touch carbs till at least lunch time. Even then I can't have much. I'm a very low carber. I aim for 30g a day or less, I'm very intolerant to them.

I checked out a tin of sugar free sweets in Boots yesterday. They were 98% carbohydrates! Forgot to look at the ingredients though.