Garcia Lo's tortilla chips

L Du Bois wrote in
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Nice find thanks for sharing it....but I know I'd be in trouble cause
even if the net carb is 9 knowing me and chips 1 oz (5 chips?) would
not be worth it. Linda


I just weighed them... got 8 to an ounce, for anyone who's interested.


Gee... I didn't mean to start a big controversy. I just thought I'd give my
review of the product in case anyone was interested - I did say that
they're not really "low carb", and that they'd still be too high in carbs
for a lot of people.

As I said originally, I normally wouldn't even buy (or eat) something like
this - I got them more for my boyfriend than for me, since he won't give up
chips and crackers (but at least he tries to eat whole grain ones). I _do_
eat whole-grain crackers, but no more than a couple of times a week at
most.

But... I bought them, I tried them, I found them pretty decent-tasting, and
I commented on them. Would I buy them again? Not for myself, but if BF
likes them, then maybe. He'll get his chance to try them tonight.

Peter Schrader wrote:
These calculators are helpful, but they really don't give you the whole
picture. As I said, manufacturers are allowed to exclude calories from
insoluble fiber, but you don't know for sure if they did or they didn't...if
the fiber is a mix of both soluble and insoluable fiber , well, did they
count 4 calories for each gram of fiber, or 0 calories for each gram of
fiber, 4 for some and 0 for others? I mean, you don't really know if ANYof
the info on the label is accurate.

Also, several plant proteins and carbs are well lower than 4 calories
per gram. The 4-4-9 equation for carbs, protein and fats is only a
rough estimate. Because of this, and that grams on labels are rounded,
and calories rounded to multiples of 5, Mary's calculator can come
up with incorrect results on labels that are accurate.
See http://www.nutribase.com/a****er.shtml


" rosie" wrote in message
...
if you use this calculator, you can tell what has been subtracted
and what hasn't:
http://www.geocities.com/msweathe/fiber-calc.html

it was given to us by mary, on old regular around ASD-LC.

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"Peter Schrader" wrote in message
om...
The problem with doing these calculations (besides a
manufacturer's flat-out
lying) is that when food contains fiber, manufacturers are
allowed to
exclude calories from insoluble fiber, but soluble fiber must be
included as
4 calories per gram. And jsut because they are allowed to do, you
still
don't know if they did it or not. And if the fiber is a mix of
insoluble
and soluble?...well, it just gets more and more confusing...I'll
just stick
to pork rinds for now.

"TavliGal" wrote in message
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A. Brown wrote:
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A. Brown wrote:
A review....

Yesterday I was at Big Lots (discount/closeout store) and
saw bags
of chips called "Garcia Lo's" - "Lo Carb Tortilla Chips".

(And yes, I know, tortilla chips are not a low carb food.)

Anyway, I usually don't eat chips, and I also normally
don't buy
"low carb" versions of non-low carb foods, since they're
usually
filled with stuff I don't care to eat - I'd rather have
smaller
amounts of "real food". But these caught my eye because of
the
"Organic" label on the front, so I picked it up to take a
closer
look.

Back of the package says "40% Fewer Carbohydrates Than
Most
Tortilla Chips", and shows Total Carbs as 14g, minus 5g
fiber,
for net carbs of 9g.

I checked out the ingredients which a

Organic yellow corn, organic soy grits, organic brown flax
seed,
corn oil or sunflower oil, sea salt, water, trace of lime.

So okay, I figured the ingredients sounded alright. I try
to avoid
soy other than soy sauce and occasional tofu, but I figure
it's
okay once in a while. And while I don't usually eat chips,
sometimes I'm in the mood for them, or I have a party and
need
some sort of snack food. So I decided to grab a bag and
try them.

My impressions:

Pretty good! I actually thought they tasted a bit more
like
popcorn than like normal tortilla chips or Fritos. The
flaxseed
gives them a unique "spotted" look, and a bit of a nutty
flavor.
The texture is nice and crunchy, and they don't taste
greasy.

Now, obviously at 9g per oz, they're not going to fit into
everyone's diet, but if you're going to have chips anyway,
I guess
they're a pretty decent alternative.

Here's the nutritional information:

Serving size: 1 oz
servings per container: 10
Calories: 140
Calories from fat: 70
Total fat: 8g
Saturated fat: 1g
Mono Saturated fat: 3.5g
Poly Unsaturated fat: 3.5g
Trans Fat 0g
Total Carbs 14g
Dietary Fiber 5g
Sugars 0
Protein 6g


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Hi there,
I'm sorry to tell you but it seems there is an actual count
of 13g.
This is according to the hidden carb calculator at:
http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-tools/hidden_carbs.html
When a product seems to good to be true, it usually is. I
have no
idea how many carbs you allow yourself a day, so maybe
they're still
viable. HTH, Monica

Ummmm... what do you think I said? I noted above that the
label says
14g of carbs (9g net if you subtract the fiber).


From what I understand, that 13grams or 11grams whatever you
want to use,
IS
the net carb. Not 9g. Ummmm...thats all I was trying to tell
you.
Monica



By the way, I used that carb counter you mentioned, as well
as a
different one,
(http://www.geocities.com/msweathe/fiber-calc.html)
and both came up with an "actual carb count" of 11g, which is
lower
than what's indicated on the package.

Personally, I don't trust the nutritional labels anyway,
especially
for any product that is marketed as a "diet" food - whether
it's
sugar-free, low-fat, or low-carb. Plenty of tests have shown
that a
lot of manufacturers print flat-out lies.

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