Wendy

The Breyer's CarbSmart is an entirely different product from their No Sugar
Added products.

It's a high fat ice cream. Not grainy, though it has a few more ice crystals
in it than the regular stuff. It does include sugar alcohols and,
regretably, a small amount of high fructose corn syrup.

However, the total carb count including the SA and HFCS is only 10 per half
cup serving and my meter likes it, even though my many products with sugar
alcohols will raise my blood sugar unacceptably.

They also make a chocolate coated popsicle bar which clocks in at 7 grams if
you count all the sugar alcohols. I liked it alot (and the built in portion
control.)

The fudge bar they sell was the only disappointment. It was lower calorie
but struck me as too greasy and not chocolatey enough.

-- Jenny

Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address!

Weight: 168.5/137
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"W. Baker" > wrote in message
...
> In alt.support.diabetes TerryR > wrote:
> : I got the Strawberry at the Vons on Lake Murray/Baltimore in
> : La Mesa. Tastes good, best I've had since eating low carb.
> : There was a coupon in Sunday paper for $1.00 off, doubled at
> : Vons for $2.00 off.
>
> : TerryR
>
> Just a query here, as I have not yet seen this product.
>
> I always found that the Breyers no sugar added ice cream (before the
> fshion in low carb started) was grainy and rather unpleasnt. As the
> term "effective carbs" is now used , probably just eliminating the sugar
> alcohols carbs from the counting, is this a new formulation, or just a
> relabelling of the old? I do have to count some of the sugar alcohols
> in my calculations, as they can keep my bgs up as well as upset my
> stomach.
>
> Wendy