no carb flax crackers

[Ilovedogs2]

The other day when I was at the health food store, I found some "crackers' that are made out of whole flax seeds(ingrediants in order..... water, whole flax seeds,tomatoes,onions,sea salt,garlic,garlic powder.) per 30 gram serving the carb count is 2 grams, but there is 8 grams of fibre. I had some of them yesterday with some tuna salad and was surprised at how yummy they were .the brand name is Glutino and they are called cracker flax (the flavour I had were tomato and onion, but they make an apple raisin one as well with a slightly higher carb count) the web site is www.glutino.com and they are made in canada so I am not too sure if you can get them in the states but check it out , because I thought they were a great substitute for a cracker or crisp bread. I actually wrote this before I looked at the web site, but they do ship to the U.S as well.

[hollabell]

Thanks for the info, i am gonna go to the health food store saturday and look for them..

[LadyBelle]

Considering the body can't digest whole flax seeds, I can see why they would be low in carbs :p

[Ilovedogs2]

Resident loud mouth eh? I actually wasnt aware of that fact, as I am relatively new to this wol, and I am sure there are many more people on this forum that didnt know that either :p BTW, GROUND flax has no carbs either.

[mary_low]

I would love some crackers. I can make almost any type of dip I want, but I'm sick of using celery to dip with. (I don't like any other raw veggies, so no broccoli or cauliflower.) I hope my local health food store has them, because I love the flavor of flax seed. Ilovedogs, thanks for putting the ingredients, because some "low-carb" things have starchy fillers, and that just pisses me off. I'll let you guys know if I can find them here. I tried to see if it would let me buy them through the website, but it was being funky.
Mary

[Nancy LC]

I might try to make them. Flax meal is very high in calories, but if flax seed goes through undigested, it might be a lot lower calorie way to have some crunch!

[LadyBelle]

BTW, GROUND flax has no carbs either.


Ground flax does have carbs. Most prepackaged subtract the fiber out before listing carbs. There was a few long threads about this in one of the other help sections.

It's not a great amount of carbs however, and it does help get things moving for alot of people and adds fiber to the diet. It is not a free food however.