Sugar free jello

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #43

Hi! Can you repost it? The photo isnt showing.

(Candy Lind) #44

@Abby_Valenzuela16 your photo isn’t showing up for some reason.

#46

No! SF Jello brand products have maltodextrin now. Maltodextrin has an extremely high glycemic index and causes major spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels when consumed. This can severely hamper weight loss and swiftly kick you out of ketosis. Maltodextrin’s glycemic index is between 105 and 185, which is actually worse than white sugar’s glycemic index of 65. Maltodextrin ranks highest on the glycemic index. If sugar will kick you out, maltodextrin certainly will! It is also in most powdered drink mixes. Regularly check ingredients because they change. :angry: SF Pillsbury cakes and such have maltodextrin.

#47

I know I’m British…and I know I have a search engine.

But, WTF is jello?

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #48

It’s a commercial brand of flavoured, sweetened gelatin, intended as a dessert. The manufacturer spells it Jell-O. There are also unsweetened, generic products, which you might use, say, if you were making an aspic.

(Bob M) #49

You know, I know people like jello, but honestly as a dessert, this would be way down on my list. Maybe at the bottom. So low that I wouldn’t even think of it, if I was bringing a dessert.

According to this, “Jelly” = “jello”:

Edit: although they say “Jelly is the wobbly dessert that you eat with ice cream when you’re a kid. Americans children eat it too, but they call it ‘Jello’.” Ah, if you had ice cream, why on earth would you eat jello with it? Toss the jello, eat more ice cream.

(KM) #50

Hmm. Was that written in the UK? I’m from the US and I’ve never eaten jello and ice cream together in my life. And I agree with you, Jello is pretty uninspiring. I watch a lot of British Baking Show and I’m always wondering why on earth they’re so fond of gelatin layers.

(Bob M) #51

I think it was written in the UK or at least somewhere not the US. I also (being in the US) never ate jello and ice cream at the same time – at different times, but not at the same time.

Though the US is big, with many different areas, so maybe somewhere kids are eating both jello and ice cream at the same time? Maybe it’s like grits – you have to be in certain areas of the country to get grits, maybe jello + ice cream would be the same?

I have not yet seen the British Baking Show, though it’s on our list of things to watch. Yeah, before I added gelatin, I’d add pudding. Probably harder to bake with pudding, though.