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Garcia Lo's tortilla chips
L Du Bois wrote in
: 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. |
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Garcia Lo's tortilla chips
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. -- read and post daily, it works! rosie http://www.marthastewart.com/ subscribe to her magazine, she was screwed! "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 news:sJU3c.770051$ts4.184250@pd7tw3no... A. Brown wrote: "TavliGal" wrote in news:FDR3c.765202$X%5.425173@pd7tw2no: 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 -- A. Brown remove the junk to email 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. -- A. Brown remove the junk to email -- ______________________________________ Started 01/20/04 362/332/250 ______________________________________ "First do no harm." - Hippocrates --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.619 / Virus Database: 398 - Release Date: 3/10/04 -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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