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Old Thu, Sep-27-01, 09:15
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I've recently begun the Atkins diet and am very happy with how its going, but I have a couple of questions about the heavy and light cream that is mentioned in Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. Does anyone know if we have heavy and light cream in Australia, or do we only have one type? And are creams with artificial sweeteners available?
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Old Thu, Sep-27-01, 14:18
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The way I understand it - and I think it is the same for us in NZ. If the cream you buy can be beaten into whip cream it is "heavy".

Other countries have a light version which no matter how hard out you beat it, it won't whip.

Our normal cream is heavy.

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Old Thu, Sep-27-01, 22:31
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Smile hi Mags, welcome to our forum!

Well, I'm in neither Australia nor NZ, but I have found a few websites that you might find helpful.
  1. The Cook's Thesaurus is a virtual encyclopedia of foods, ingredients, tools and equipment. It includes alternate names of ingredients as well as pictures, and links to other resources. Very useful. Here is the link to the Dairy ingredients page, with details about milks, creams and cheeses.
  2. Measuring conversions from US to Australian, from Allrecipes.com
  3. More measuring conversions from Realfood4realpeople.com
  4. Ingredients substitutions and equivalents, also from Realfood4realpeople .. includes alternate names for many ingredients, dairy, vegetables etc.
Hope this is helpful

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Thank you very much for the tips - Lesley, you were right, we do only have heavy cream in Australia. And Doreen, the websites were very helpful, I'll definitely use them for future reference. It's so nice to have a friendly on-line community like this, it's quite motivating to know that I'm not the only low-carber in the world which is what it feels like living where I do!
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Hi there!

Does pure cream count as a light cream? It doesn't have any gelatin added. I have been using this by the litre in all my drinks.

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