100% dark chocolate. Too good to be true?

(Mike W.) #1

I found this a while ago and have been eating, let’s call it “a bar or so a week :joy:”. Is it really as low carb as it looks? It’s from the UK if that makes any difference. It almost feels too good to be true…

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How does this dark chocolate have so many carbs?
(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” ) #2

Yeah Trader Joe’s started stocking this last year. It’s good; I think the carbs listed are NET carbs, FYI. But it does scratch the itch, especially with a drop or two of stevia.

#3

I get the cacao nibs, and chew on them or crush them to put in things.

(Mike W.) #4

So total carbs would be 10g?

(Gabe “No Dogma, Only Science Please!” ) #5

My guess is yes, but you’d have to look up what the UK’s nutrition box standards are.

#6

That looks like a US nutrition label. Total carbs includes fiber, so to get net carbs you subtract the fiber from the total carbs = 2 g per serving. I know from another thread the Brits all think this is a silly way to label it. :smile:

Oh wait, that’s being sold in Britain? I guess I stand corrected. The way the nutrients are listed are how we see it on all our foods here. Total carbs (6g) - fiber (4 g) = Net carbs (2 g)

I thought your labels were different?

(less is more, more or less) #7

That looks correct to me. I ignore net carbs. 6g is one-quarter of my daily carb intake goal, so this would be a rare treat, but good to know about.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #8

That’s even better than what I’ve been eating. I’m going to have to look for that at TJ’s.

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(Joe) #9

I hit this up too. Keep it to one square though.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #10

Umm… I feel guilty admitting this now, but usually have two squares. And I top with either a half tablespoon of no sugar added peanut butter or marscapone flavored with vanilla, cinnamon and a drop of Stevia.

It’s my dessert.

But I’m still within all my carb levels because the rest of my day is practically zero carb.

(Joe) #11

Screw guilt girl. I saw your before and after post. Keep rocking it. If you don’t enjoy life skinny living ain’t worth living.

(Bunny) #12

Mmmm!

(TJ Borden) #13

Even though it’s a UK product, it looks like they followed the US label format (note that “fiber” is spelled correctly). I’d read it as 2 net, 8 for the whole bar. That doesn’t sound crazy too far off for 100%

This is the info for 100% from Ghirardelli.

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(Robert C) #14

I don’t think super dark (so low carb) chocolate is kryptonite for most people but, I wouldn’t pop open some low carb wine on the same night I got a 10-pack from Amazon.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #15

That is a U.S. nutrition label, because the product is for sale here, so it’s total carbs, not net. I ran a comparison between this label and the label on my box of Baker’s Unsweetened 100% Cacao, and with the servings normalized to 100g the quantities are consistent, though not identical.

Edit: I also ran the two Ghirardelli’s bars through my spreadsheet, and got similar results, despite the added sugar in the 92% (5.9g/100g).

(Alec) #16

Hmmm… a matter of opinion!:see_no_evil:

(Robert C) #17

Or location? :sunglasses:

(Allie) #18

Yes it’s good stuff :heart_eyes:

(Mike W.) #19

Thanks everyone. I shall keep indulging :heart_eyes:

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#20

This is the montezuma label from a UK bar, as you can see, carbs listed are net, to get total you’d have to add the fibre number too. I eat loads of this stuff and view it as almost free :slight_smile:

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