Crazy places you've found carbs (and how many)!?!
cacolorado
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I ordered a San Pellegrino Pompelmo, a flavorful sparkling grapefruit beverage at lunch today, thinking "oh, nice.... it will be sparkling water with a splash of grapefruit for flavor." UGH! WRONG! There are 34 grams of CARB/SUGAR in WATER!! Utterly ridiculous. Needless to say, that was a big disappointment.
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Seasoning salt! 2 tbsp had 3 g/c I'm like it's seasoning SALT not sugar lol but sugar seems to be in EVERYTHING
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Liquid Smoke and (I suspect) library paste......
PS Does sugar by any other name smell as *kitten* ?
Sugars by other names......
Let's see, mmmm......Maltodextrin, Maltol, Maltose, Mannose - all sugar! (Not to mention corn syrup "solids" ) 1 -
Store bought chicken broth! I was so disappointed! It's not in all store bought chicken broth...but I check the ingredients from now on.1
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Monin brand of sugar-free vanilla syrup that my local coffee shop (Caribou) uses-9g carbs/serving!2
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Bacon. Why would anyone add sugar to bacon? It's just so very very wrong.4
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I was surprised to see 300g of cucumber had 14 grams of carbs0
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Yes and, if I remember correctly, monk fruit as well and there might have been something else I missed as the barista read through the ingredients.1 -
Ground turkey. I was surprised to find not many but some carb grams listed for the frozen turkey patties I've been buying at Sam's Club. When I read the ingredient list, what should appear but sugar. Back to where I should have stayed: sirloin patties, ingredients = sirloin.3
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mandycat223 wrote: »Ground turkey. I was surprised to find not many but some carb grams listed for the frozen turkey patties I've been buying at Sam's Club. When I read the ingredient list, what should appear but sugar. Back to where I should have stayed: sirloin patties, ingredients = sirloin.
You can look through a lot of meat at the deli counter - even pricey Boar's Head stuff - before you find anything without dextrose. And there was even cornstarch in the gouda!1 -
I am guilty of having the occasional soda. I was shocked to realize that Fresca has 1 gram of carb per serving!!! No more for me!0
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Scallops! I know @Gallowmere1984 schooled me on the WWWHHHYYYY?!? But I'm only on my first mug of Joe, so I can't think. But scallops, oysters, clams etc. It has something to do with *shudders* rigor mortis.1
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SuperCarLori wrote: »Scallops! I know @Gallowmere1984 schooled me on the WWWHHHYYYY?!? But I'm only on my first mug of Joe, so I can't think. But scallops, oysters, clams etc. It has something to do with *shudders* rigor mortis.
Yes. Invertebrates don't go through rigor mortis when they die, so they retain their glycogen stores. Beef, chicken, fish etc. would also have carbs if eaten immediately after being killed.
Basically, rigor mortis only subsides once the energy required to maintain rigidity has been burned off.4 -
Wow, I haven't had any since going low carb, I have cut back on eating out a lot. But scallops and clams are things I eat with I travel. I live in the mountain area, so I live to vacation by the sea. Guess I will eat more crab going forwards than scallops which I adore. I have always loved sardines, salmon, and other oily fishes, so I can still have those.
I see by googling shrimp is about 1 carb per shrimp, I can live with that. This is really good stuff to know about, thanks for posting about it.1 -
Don't laugh, but I don't eat oysters any more. It's against my religion. However, I love prawns, mussels and other seafood.... and eat it in abundance. Sashimi, smoked salmon, I make my own gravadlax too... that is so good!1
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Mayo.
Most mayos have added sugar in them, for some unknown reason. I never noticed until I had started making my own (to get away from soy/canola oil), which just consisted of egg, oil, and spices. Then I had a commercial mayo and it tasted sweet! I was like, "WTF?"
Now, trying to find a mayo that doesn't use soy or canola oil and doesn't have added sugar is like a game of "Where's Waldo?" (hard mode if you also want some that's not like $10 for an 8oz jar).2 -
I agree, it's ridiculous, right....? That's why I always make my own. Why pay that much money, when you can make your own for a few cents/pence....? And it takes fewer than 30 seconds - !0
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Seasoning packets... For tacos, pot roast, soups, etc...
The carbs are ridiculous2 -
I was upset when I realized sriracha sauce has 1g per teaspoon rather than per tablespoon. I used to use.... a lot of that on my stirfrys.1
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dulcitonia wrote: »Seasoning packets... For tacos, pot roast, soups, etc...
The carbs are ridiculous
There's sugar in bullion!
For seasoning mixes, I've just given up and made my own. It's better that way, anyway.0 -
AlexandraCarlyle wrote: »I agree, it's ridiculous, right....? That's why I always make my own. Why pay that much money, when you can make your own for a few cents/pence....? And it takes fewer than 30 seconds - !
Here in the South, you can always find Dukes Mayonnaise. It's the only one I know of that doesn't have sugar as an ingredient. If you order online, it's pretty pricey, so I was happy to find Dukes at my local Publix grocery store. My own DIY-mayo attempts have been less than stellar.0 -
Morton's iodized table salt has dextrose on the ingredient list. It doesn't show to add carbs, per 1/4 tsp serving, but why?0
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PaulaJSchiller wrote: »Morton's iodized table salt has dextrose on the ingredient list. It doesn't show to add carbs, per 1/4 tsp serving, but why?
If you measure by the nanogram, you can get away with rounding even mercury, arsenic, and old lace to 0!3 -
retirehappy wrote: »Wow, I haven't had any since going low carb, I have cut back on eating out a lot. But scallops and clams are things I eat with I travel. I live in the mountain area, so I live to vacation by the sea. Guess I will eat more crab going forwards than scallops which I adore. I have always loved sardines, salmon, and other oily fishes, so I can still have those.
I see by googling shrimp is about 1 carb per shrimp, I can live with that. This is really good stuff to know about, thanks for posting about it.
Crab retains its glycogen as well.0 -
Taco seasoning. **grumble grumble** Really grinds my gears....0
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SuperCarLori wrote: »Taco seasoning. **grumble grumble** Really grinds my gears....
"Taco Seasoning I" from allrecipes.com is good to me. No sugar and just 8 or 9 common spices/herbs. I started making it years ago when on a low sodium due to high blood pressure so just left out the salt at that time. I finally ran out of my old batch without salt and made a fresh batch just last night with salt per the recipe. While YMMV, both my husband and I thought it was too salty so you might want to adjust the salt down initially. It is easy to add more later to taste. It will last in the pantry for a very long time without clumping cuz just herbs/spices. We know we like it so I usually make the recipe X 4 or 8.
I just fry up the ground beef, add the spice mix and a little water then simmer for a few minutes while the flavors marry and the water evaporates. Just don't let the meat get too dry. No need for those weird thickeners and other ingredients in prepackaged taco seasoning. I use about a couple tablespoons in 8 oz of ground beef.3 -
Squash Light (from Harboe) - it has between 0-1g of carbs from sugar, and 5 calories per 50cL bottle. Disappointing, but when I have one from time to time (guilty pleasure) I log it as 1 carb, all from sugar. Grumble.2
