Sugar Free Jelly Beans

cristileigh
cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
Don't ya just hate it when you buy something thinking you have made a good choice only to sit down later and really read the label and learn its not as great as you thought. I bought some little things to help get me through the day ... I either want a cigarette or food in my pie hole. I purchased Jelly Belly SUGAR FREE jelly beans... Cant be too bad right? It is 1 carb PER BEAN! I didn't even know carbs were in jelly beans! Ok Ok... how about the SUGAR FREE Trident Gum..its Sugar Free, GREAT... Guess what, its 1 carb PER PIECE.. I need to pay more attention.
Just curious. If I don't swallow the gum does the carb still count? HA

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  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    Doesnt the carb come from sugar alcohol or something, so yeah, you just sort of absorb it.

    The gum carb doesnt seem like an issue...1 carb per jelly belly...that can't be right.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Just how much gum do you chew that you are worried about one carb per piece?
  • cristileigh
    cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
    It states: serving size 35 pieces. Total Carbohydrate 37g. Sugar Alcohol 24g. I don't really understand sugar alcohol or what that means.
  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    usually low fat, or low cal, or SF means higher in carbs..they gotta make it taste good somehow! I usually just stick with the regular stuff if im going to have a few candies etc...plus all the artificial stuff in SF treats give me a MAJOR stomach ache! yuck!!!
  • cristileigh
    cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
    Just how much gum do you chew that you are worried about one carb per piece?

    Well, considering I am chewing it because i'm not smoking... that could be about 20 pieces a day HA! I haven't chewed any yet, I was just surprised that one little tiny piece of gum equaled a carb.
  • JenAiMarres
    JenAiMarres Posts: 743 Member
    Just how much gum do you chew that you are worried about one carb per piece?

    Well, considering I am chewing it because i'm not smoking... that could be about 20 pieces a day HA! I haven't chewed any yet, I was just surprised that one little tiny piece of gum equaled a carb.

    I agree I can definitely go through a pack of gum in a day! I cant even buy it!!!!
  • cristileigh
    cristileigh Posts: 158 Member
    If it taste good... It must be bad for you HA!
  • Sharonks
    Sharonks Posts: 884 Member
    Even with the carb the gum is much better than smoking. The oral fixation thing gets better with time.

    Beware of maltitol that is often in sugar free candies. Too much and it wants to evacuate.
  • Wolfena
    Wolfena Posts: 1,570 Member
    It states: serving size 35 pieces. Total Carbohydrate 37g. Sugar Alcohol 24g. I don't really understand sugar alcohol or what that means.

    Sugar alcohol san seriously mess with your belly and cause excess, um - "potty time" Beware of eating too much til you know how you'll react! (and 24 seems like quite a lot, I've had bad reactions from eating 6) :blushing:

    Unless you're diabetic, my opinion is avoid sugar free candy at all costs - eat small amounts of the real stuff if you NEED it!
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