carbolite logging help?

lexishistory8

Hey all, I have found out that a local ice cream place has carbolite that I'd like to try as an alternative every once and a while to my usual dairy queen treat

I was wondering how people log this because they claim 1-2 carbs an oz but if you look at the nutrition facts, it is actually 7g of carbs per 40g which is about 1.35oz (I know this conversion is imprecise)

Basically, how do YOU log carbolite if you eat it.

Thanks!

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HellYeahItsKriss

If the ice cream is made with sugar alcohols then the carbs would be lowered as if there was fiber in it.

lexishistory8

thecharon wrote: »

The store is offering the nutrition facts? Name it or give the link. Mom and Pop type places often make mistakes, or simply "fib" their numbers. I remember when Buffalo Wings first came out, there were mistakes all over their nutrition website

http://carboliteyogurt.com/flavors-nutrition/

so here is what carbolite's site says but then the mom and pop place lists it at as 1 carb per oz? from their site "and Carbolite (a water and whey based ice cream, sweetened with Splenda, 99.9% lactose FREE, 8 calories per ounce, and 1 carb per ounce). These come in chocolate, vanilla, swirl, or we can add one of our 24 flavor shots."

I was thinking of just being a total dork and bringing my scale along and weighing it in grams? The range of options on myfitnesspal are like 1g of carb per ounce but some also include fat and protein...there is whey listed. just want to do this as accurately as possible. thanks for your advice.

HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »

If the ice cream is made with sugar alcohols then the carbs would be lowered as if there was fiber in it.

I feel like this is a highly debated issue? why don't sugar alcohol carbs count?

HellYeahItsKriss

lexishistory8 wrote: »

thecharon wrote: »

The store is offering the nutrition facts? Name it or give the link. Mom and Pop type places often make mistakes, or simply "fib" their numbers. I remember when Buffalo Wings first came out, there were mistakes all over their nutrition website

http://carboliteyogurt.com/flavors-nutrition/

so here is what carbolite's site says but then the mom and pop place lists it at as 1 carb per oz? from their site "and Carbolite (a water and whey based ice cream, sweetened with Splenda, 99.9% lactose FREE, 8 calories per ounce, and 1 carb per ounce). These come in chocolate, vanilla, swirl, or we can add one of our 24 flavor shots."

I was thinking of just being a total dork and bringing my scale along and weighing it in grams? The range of options on myfitnesspal are like 1g of carb per ounce but some also include fat and protein...there is whey listed. just want to do this as accurately as possible. thanks for your advice.

HellYeahItsKriss wrote: »

If the ice cream is made with sugar alcohols then the carbs would be lowered as if there was fiber in it.

I feel like this is a highly debated issue? why don't sugar alcohol carbs count?

because sugar alcohols are not absorbed into the blood stream like carbs are, when you have diabetes, a lot of low carb foods are made with sugar alcohols for sweetness without any impact on sugar levels, the sugar alcohols are subtracted from the carb count and you are left with net carbs as a result. Sugar alcohols since they do not get absorbed, will make you fart a lot tho.

lexishistory8

haha so true with the farting. i'll keep this in mind when logging the carbolite. so you would trust their net carbs of 2/oz which they claim on their site? probably with sugar alcohols subtracted

HellYeahItsKriss

The actual company, yes, they are going to give you the most accurate nutritional info to the best of their knowledge of their product. No nutritional information is ever 100% accurate for anything but they are required to be as accurate as possible, same as i am sure not every big mac is 560 calories but as long as i log it as 560 the difference won't really make a big difference in the end.

jennifer_417

Net carbs: difference between units of fiber and units of carbs. My guess is that it's the net carbs rather than the real carbs.