Urgggg ! Can't find good Keto breath mints!

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #1

I have looked high and low, but nearly every “sugar free” breath mint on the market either has, instead, has either Xylitol or Sorbitol ! …which can have 2/3rds as many carb cals straight table sugar. Because of this, most of these mints contain 1 carb, or more. Now I know that 1 carb doesn’t seem significant, but I know I could easily eat 20 of them in a full day of driving, and be at my 20 gm per day limit on carbs… And I have not even eaten any real food yet !

I swear I’m fixing to try to make my own breath mints… I’d use mostly peppermint oil, and Sucralose ! Bam ! That would be a real Keto breath mint !

BTW, on the weekends, I drive a TON with passengers (ride share) and I really don’t eat much (fasting) so my breath tends to get rough, at the worst time and place for bad breath :frowning:

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #2

Ha :slightly_smiling_face: Brainstorm…
It doesn’t have to be “hard candy” mints per say…

Do I’m fixing to get a little dropper bottle. Fill it 3/4’s with water. Then start putting a drop at a time with straight peppermint oil, and another drop at a time of sucralose, until I hit the perfect mix … Which for me would be strong, yet Sweet :wink:

I’m going to try this for sure. Will report back…

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #3

I bought peppermint extract and put a few drops in water in a little spray bottle. Easy-peasy.

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #4

And I thought I was doing something revolutionary :slight_smile: lol
But yes, I’m going to basically do the same thing… Except I’m going to sweeten it with Sucralose :slightly_smiling_face:
A little spray bottle is a great idea… One handed instead of two, with a dropper. Hmmm. Where to find little spray bottles ?

Probably, Amazon, like everything else :slightly_smiling_face: I swear I buy do much random stuff from Amazon, at least weekly !

(Susan) #5

I would just check at your local dollar store; Chris, it will be a lot cheaper than Amazon =).

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #6

Probably… I’m just an Amazon addict ! :grinning: Lol

('Jackie P') #7

Ingredients . pullulan, menthol, flavor, sucralose, potassium acesulfame, polysorbate 80, copper gluconate, glyceryl oleate, carrageenan, methyl salicylate, eucalyptol, thymol, menthyl succinate, ceratonia siliqua (carob) gum, glucose, propylene glycol, xanthan gum, green 3.

Listerine Pocketpaks, Oral Care Strips, Cool Mint - 72 Strips https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0052FZ35A/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_..wzDbCEDHW7G

I use these! Oops! Sucralose :joy::joy::joy::rofl::rofl:

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #8

I’ve used those too. I liked them a lot… But they were expensive, plus in a hot car, I’ve went to pull one or two out, had them stick together, and I pull the whole containers worth out !

('Jackie P') #9

:slightly_frowning_face: no such luck in the UK! I like a pack in my pocket on a 12 1/2 hour shift or in my bag.

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #10

I’m just pre-revolutionary.

Man-up and go look in the cosmetics department for little spray bottles. Maybe with travel things. That’s where I get my little salt boxes too.

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #11

Does Wal Mart even have a cosmetics Dept ? :grinning: Lol

Wait. Okay. I saw that area before…

If I get in there soon, I’ll see if they have those. Thank you.

(Steve) #12

Altoids only have 3g of carbs for 2 mints (so, 1.5g each).

Yes, it’ll be great when they make them with alcohol sugars, but it’s not enough to get in a tizzy over unless you’re eating them by the handful. :slight_smile:

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #13

Well first off, I dont eat a handful at a time…
But I might eat a handful in a day, and that in itself, is enough to use up my daily 20gm carb allowance.
Secondly, most of the alcohol sugars they use in place of sugar, is still 2/3rds as many carb cals as actual sugar, so I’m not hoping for that either. They need to make Sucralose breath mints with zero carb cals !

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #14

Ya da :smiley: so I found about a half bottle (1oz) of this stuff in my GF’s cabinet…


Poured it in a 2oz Cobalt Boston round bottle with atomizing sprayer… And added 10 drops of this stuff…
SucraDrops 4 oz Bottle of Premium Liquid Sucralose Sweetener, 2,720 Servings, Free Travel Size Bottle https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VL9Q4WW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_oJFADbBSG61PE

And Bam ! One spray and whooosh ! Super strong, but no weird aftertaste :slightly_smiling_face: And most importantly, zero carbs :slightly_smiling_face:

I even found that Watkins peppermint extract, six 2oz bottles for like $15. I think that will last me years :slightly_smiling_face:

(Liz) #15

I use Sula brand, mint humbugs when I can’t stand my own breath :joy:.
They are sweetened with isomalt and sucralose and don’t impact my blood sugar, they taste great and really freshen my mouth…think they are available worldwide.

Sula - Boiled Sweets - Mint Humbugs - 42g

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #16

Well I looked those up, and they sounded really tasty ! Unfortunately, they are 3gms of carbs each :slightly_frowning_face: So for me to have a bag of those in my car on a weekend, would be a disaster. I’m sure I would eat 10 or more, which would put me way over my 20gm a day carb limit, without even eating any real food yet !

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #17

I had to look that up. Apparently, it is just a cobalt bottle. Learn something new every day!

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #18

I never knew what they were called either… But have bought several in Amber and Cobalt blue lately, for different things. Starting with home made vanilla extract :slightly_smiling_face:

(Liz) #19

Oh heck! I was not counting them as carbs by subtracting the polyols…fortunately I only eat one a day max and not every day and as I tend to eat carbs only from cream or cheese it hasn’t been an issue. Please let us know if the breath spray suggestion works, sounds like it could be a solution for alot of us :handshake:

(Dirty Lazy Keto'er, Sucralose freak ;)) #20

Well, only for those of us who are not afraid of Sucralose :slightly_smiling_face: lol

I actually did try to hit it straight without any sweeteners and it wasn’t terrible… But didn’t have such a great aftertaste . The Sucralose helped a lot.