Sugar Alcohol & Net Carbs?

Alice_in_VVonderland

I started keto recently, and I'm a bit confused on how to count sugar alcohol carbs. On a related note, my diabetic mother eats low carb cookies sometimes, and I'm not sure how much sugar alcohol affects her blood glucose levels.

I read somewhere that sugar alcohol is only HALF absorbed, so you would count half the carbs.
However, I see a lot of products figuring that NONE of the sugar alcohol carbs count.

So for an example I just saw a low carb brownie with these nutrition facts-

Total Carbohydrates - 20g
Fiber - 8g
Sugar Alcohol - 10g

It claims that the brownie is only 2g net carbs, but is it really 7g?

BodyByButter

That matches up with what I read on the American Diabetes Assoc website.

Antaste

Kind of depends.
If they're using IMO or maltitol then it's partially (~50%) digested. If it's SCF, chicory root fiber, polydextrose, tapioca fiber or glycerin then it's around 10-15%. In case of erythritol, sucralose and allulose none of the sugar alcohol carbs count.

Old_Cat_Lady

I still can't get low carb cookies out of my head. So I googled it. Walmart showed a low carb cookie. 320 calories each.
I can see there is a difference between going low carb and counting calories. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Chocolate-Chip-Protein-Cookie/657675885 The print is really small, but I believe the serving is one cookie.

T1DCarnivoreRunner

Antaste wrote: »

Kind of depends.
If they're using IMO or maltitol then it's partially (~50%) digested. If it's SCF, chicory root fiber, polydextrose, tapioca fiber or glycerin then it's around 10-15%. In case of erythritol, sucralose and allulose none of the sugar alcohol carbs count.

With allulose, about 65%-68% of carbs are not metabolized and do not become glucose.

ETA to correct by adding "not."

Also - will clarify that this is according to Tate & Lyle, the inventor or allulose.

Alice_in_VVonderland

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

I still can't get low carb cookies out of my head. So I googled it. Walmart showed a low carb cookie. 320 calories each.
I can see there is a difference between going low carb and counting calories. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Chocolate-Chip-Protein-Cookie/657675885 The print is really small, but I believe the serving is one cookie.

Sorry, I meant to say "sugar free" cookies. This is what my mom gets-
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Sugar-Free-Fudge-Graham-Cookies-12-5-oz/36073905

Antaste wrote: »

Kind of depends.
If they're using IMO or maltitol then it's partially (~50%) digested. If it's SCF, chicory root fiber, polydextrose, tapioca fiber or glycerin then it's around 10-15%. In case of erythritol, sucralose and allulose none of the sugar alcohol carbs count.

If erythritol and sucralose don't count at all, that means the chocolate chip keto cookies I made are even better than I thought, and mom's sugar free cookies are doing even less to her blood sugar.

Thanks for the info!

Antaste

TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »

I still can't get low carb cookies out of my head. So I googled it. Walmart showed a low carb cookie. 320 calories each.
I can see there is a difference between going low carb and counting calories. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Low-Carb-Chocolate-Chip-Protein-Cookie/657675885 The print is really small, but I believe the serving is one cookie.

Lmao, thanks for showing these. "Low carb protein cookies" with only 16g of protein and over 20g of carbs, funny

nicci288693

Go by net carbs. (Carbs - fiber - sugar alcohols = net carbs) Thats what I've gotten from research. I've been doing keto for a little more than a month and have lost 22 pounds.