I heard that the new canned adult beverage Palm Breeze mandarin pineapple is 0 carbs. Can this be true? There is no nutritional info on any of the packaging, but it does say gluten free. I want to enjoy some fresh summer drinks on my least week of summer break, but I am not taking a sip til I know for sure!

Palm Breeze "flavored malt beverage" has roughly 222 calories and 34g carbs (sugar) per can. There is a submission at MFP where the person who made the entry put only the calories and left everything else "0". Of course, that's the one Gooogle has featured on its search results page .

There is nothing on the product website nor any other promotional page making a "gluten free" claim. It's described as a malt beverage or "flavored beer", suggesting it's made from grains and therefore NOT gluten free.

If you're concerned about carb/sugar intake, then this is definitely one to AVOID

Doreen- appreciate your response. Thanks. I am steering clear, sounds too good to be true anyway. The can does say gluten free...but that doesn't always imply carb free does it? Plus, I thought food & drink were required to have a nutritional label...whats up with that?

Gluten is a type of protein (not a carb) found in certain grains .. wheat, rye, triticale, spelt, kamut and barley. Pure sugar, sweet fruits and juices, rice and potatoes are naturally gluten free, but they're definitely high in carbs!

In the US, alcoholic beverages aren't subject to FDA labeling regulations. Instead, they're covered by the "Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau" (TTB). At the present time, it's completely voluntary for manufacturers to provide ingredient lists and/or nutrient facts on the labels of alcoholic beverages .. http://www.ttb.gov/rulings/2013-2.pdf.

Here's their proposed paper regarding the use of "gluten free' on alcoholic beverages .. http://www.ttb.gov/announcements/gl...nnouncement.pdf
Caveat emptor, and all that

Thanks for schooling me...appreciate you taking the time! Guess I'm stuck with my homemade sugar free spritzers!

I find it easiest and cheapest to just mix myself, too, although here in Canada, there are many lower-cal/low-sugar drinks with the nutrition facts on the label. I'm actually disappointed in almost all of them. Smirnoff Ice Light, for example, just tastes like vodka and 7-up and not like the original version. I think they know that if they're going to market to nutrition-conscious people, they'd lose too many people like me (us) without including the numbers on the label.