Newbie here! I just want to know how much net carbs per serving…
I know I am to subtract fiber from the total carb but I see here they use erythritol and I’ve read that erythritol isnt counted towards net carbs… so does this mean that the net carbs per serving is 1 carb (17-12-4=1)?
NutiLight nutrition fact clarification
Yes.
The only things you might want to consider are:
- that there is fiber and fiber - some arcane, highly processed fibers may count in a lab but not in real life - your body can still process them.
- Erythritol is great but some people have an insulinogenic response (you’d be unlucky if that were you)
Assuming the best case, 1g net carbs.
EDIT - reviews on Amazon are very equivocal, about 30% crappy reviews which is over my threshold for DO NOT BUY. These things are a matter of taste but the bad reviews are pretty specific on the criticisms (taste, texture, sweetness). It certainly seems too good to be true which is a good but disappointing rule of keto versions of carbage. Most find that they get off their sweet cravings after a few weeks or months or make their own fat bombs with 100% chocolate, coconut oil, sweetener, peanut butter, etc. It’s fine to get this stuff and dabble in keto carb-a-likes but the odds are you will be so disappointed that you ween yourself off quicker
So you’re saying that while it says x fiber, I shouldn’t 100% feel confident that I can just subtract it away? But I suppose this worries me going forward in terms of calculating my macros… Just for my information would you be able to give me an example of some food where it says there’s x amount of fiber but I actually still absorb it and therefore couldnt just subtract it away per se? And I hope I’m not one of those unlucky people regarding erythritol…
None of this is etched in stone and the truth is always n=1 (what it does to YOU). The thought is that weird fibers made out of highly processed stuff like (made up) the dried foam off the top of natto fermentation is usually untested with respect to human metabolic impact. Quest bars used to have all kinds of weird fibers with variable impacts on people. They now use Soluable Corn Fiber which sounds awful but is apparently the real deal (not insulinogenic and prebiotic - even though it is made from the devils, grain ) The fiber in vegetables and nuts and natural products is all fine… Chicory sourced fiber sounds fine.
Here is more about fiber than you’d want to know…
https://ketogenic.com/nutrition/guide-to-fiber/
n=1 says, get some, try it and report back to us so we can get our Faux-tella fix or save some bucks!
PS Don’t worry about erithrytol - it is about the safest and nicest tasting (if not the sweetest).
I like NutiLight, but I don’t use it often…just on cupcakes I make with a recipe for chocolate donuts.
Pre-Keto, I used to eat regular frosting directly out of the can.