Breyer's LC Ice cream anyone?

[krp1010]

ANyone had it? what do you think? did it cause any probs?

[brpssm]

It is THE BEST low carb ice cream going. But major beware, the chocolate is so good portion control might be an issue!!!

I find it is so rich and creamy and there is no "spenda" aftertaste at all, IMO.

Doesn't cause me the "problems" you might be referring to (the gasto type ones caused by sugar alcohols).

Also, no trans fats in the Breyer's!

[jenijeni]

It tastes GREAT, but not worth it. I never lose when I eat that stuff. But for a once a in a great while treat, go for it! get the ZERO carb one if possible. But, yes, the 4 carb one tastes better. but WHO can just eat HALF A CUP?!! NOT ME!!! I eat 1 to 2 cups...EASY!!!!

[besoge]

i used to eat one to two cups easy, just like you but i find that if im going to have ice cream i have it right after dinner, and i can manage to keep it to a half cup.

[liz072273]

It's ok...if you want an even better ice cream you should definitely try the Dreyers CarbBenefit ice cream - the chocolate is super rich and creamy and hasn't caused a single problem plus it's only 3 net grams of carbs per serving.

[Moonwalker]

i like le carb ice cream myself.

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Moonwalker: I believe LeCarb has been discontinued. I do not see it at Super Wal-Marts anymore.

Am I the only one who is sugar alcohol sensitive? I cannot tolerate Sorbitol :tears:

[vaBchRog]

We are on our second 1/2 gallon of Byrers Carb Smart Neapolitan 0 carbs. My 8 year old son Charles loves it my 8 year old daughter Marley doesen't like it a lot but she has never been big on sweets. kind of bland but for 0 carbs whose complaining.

Roger Corrie
Virginia Beach, VA

[Karen44]

Yummmmmy! We have bought it all along, never caused a stall, and hubby usually puts his daily nut stash on his....lol.....makes that 1/2 cup last longer! The mint choc. chip is soooooooo good! :p K

[mskitty331]

It is great, I love it. I've also tried the Breyers "Cal Smart" ice cream it is lower in calories, fat and is the same amount of carbs as the Breyers carb smart ice cream, so just because of it being lower in calories and fat I have decided to eat the "Cal Smart", I should've said it is lower in calories and fat compared to the "carb smart" ice cream carb smart ice cream has 130 calories per serving and the cal smart has 70 calories per serving, can't remember the fat amount but it too was lower. :)

[besoge]

does it taste any different? have a different texture?

[mskitty331]

To me it taste just as good as the carb smart ice cream.

[besoge]

hmm maybe i'll have to pic some up, it has the same carb count right?

[mskitty331]

yes it does have the same carb count.

[DJ Jayito]

There are a lot of good low carb ice creams out there. I have to agree with something JENIJENI said... I tend to stop losing weight when I add LC ice cream to my menu. Even if that's the only thing I add. I don't overeat the ice cream, either, so I think it's the sugar alcohol. I might lose slowly, but it's so slow, I don't notice weight loss.

[VictoriaT]

I tried Carbsmart LC Vanilla YOGURT ice cream the other day. It was on sale and I had a 75 cent coupon too.

IT was AWESOME!!!!!!!! Im not a fan of the choc ice cream-tastes too fake for my chocoholic tastes LOL

I put strawberries and whipped cream on the frozen yougrt and it was delicious! :)

[LoCarbHope]

Bryer's Sugar Smart, which came out recently, is very good.

It is Polydextrose/Maltodextrin-based, which leads to higher carb count on the label, but you should count these similar to how you count sugar alcohols -- either not at all (because of slow absorption) or by their absorption levels ( roughly 1/4 sugar -- so under this system 4 grams of polydextrose would equal 1 net carb )

Their Carb Smart ice crem has lots of saturated fat. =/ I know some people only hate trans fats -- but seriously saturated fat does the same thing.

[VictoriaT]

HMMMMMMMM thanks for the info. Its interesting.

I got my blood work back. When I started this WOL, my cholesterol was 243, LDL 120, HDL 52 and trigs 320!!!!! After 3.5 months, cholesterol dropped to 225, LDL went up tto 145 HDL went up to 57 and trigs dropped to 116!!

I wonder if eating more sat fat makes my LDL go up? IS this true?

I may try the sugar smart and see how it is.

Vicki :)

[LoCarbHope]

Bryer's Sugar Smart, which came out recently, is very good.

It is Polydextrose/Maltodextrin-based, which leads to higher carb count on the label, but you should count these similar to how you count sugar alcohols -- either not at all (because of slow absorption) or by their absorption levels ( roughly 1/4 sugar -- so under this system 4 grams of polydextrose would equal 1 net carb )

Their Carb Smart ice crem has lots of saturated fat. =/ I know some people only hate trans fats -- but seriously saturated fat does the same thing.Actually I should clarify here -- I get this mixed up a lot because I'm dumb. XD Polydextrose is a low-absorption carbohydrate and works much like polyols. It's an excellent additive for low-carb foods. You don't have to count it if you're doing a polyols-don't-count-type calculation, or you can count it as 1/4.

Maltodextrin on the other hand is a 4-calorie-per-gram carbohydrate and you should count that as "real" carbs as it will cause a glycemic response.

Unfortunately the label on the "SugarSmart" ice cream doesn't tell you how many of the "other" carbs are from polydextrose, and how many are from maltodextrin. Polydextrose appears first in the ingredients list, however. I'm not sure however, they may be counting it as "fiber". It's confusing.

Also on the ingredient list is glycerine, which does not cause a glucose spike (although it is still fully metabolized -- just slowly).

I recommend that the vanilla SugarSmart ice cream be counted as 6 net carbs per serving just to be safe (assuming they're counting the Polydextrose as fiber, and 1 of the grams of "other" carbs is glycerine), or 7 net carbs in worst-case scenario (using the "regular" method of counting). In reality it could be as little as 5.

Not as good a carb count as the CarbSmart ice cream -- but it's ALMOST as good and it has way less artery-clogging stuff and less total energy content by far.