No Carb Products- i.e. Blue Cheese Dressing

[PeteinVA]

I bought a bottle of no carb blue cheese dressing (doesn't have much of anything else either!). It's made with sour cream, blue cheese, olive oil etc, and tastes great. It's hard to believe there are no carbs.

I had a bit of the dressing on my salad and didn't add olive oil to compensate.What's the word on NO CARB products? Can they be trusted?

Thanks,

Pete

[JulieB]

No. If a product has < .49 carbs PER SERVING it can say "zero carb" (they round down). It is NOT carb free (how can it be? Sour cream has carbs!).

I count 1/2 carb per serving for these...so if you have 2 servings at lunch & 2 at dinner...that is 2 carbs for the day.

[PeteinVA]

Thanks Julie makes total sense. Besides the blue cheese dressing did wonders for my taste buds after a month of just oil & vinegar- I could have drank the whole bottle! heh

[JulieB]

Blue cheese dressing is legal - you just have to count the carbs

[PeteinVA]

Do you eat any no carb products? I guess I just have to spend more time in the grocery store looking for them I don't really see them popping up all over the place...

[JulieB]

Me? You really don't see much labeled that way here (Canadian Prairies). Stuff that is "sugar-free" is sort-of available, but I don't trust that claim either...I check the list of ingredients. I don't know what the labelling laws are regarding sugar...but I'm sure that they are just as lax as "carb-free".

Also, some sugar-free or carb-free products contain sugar alcohols - apparently your body either processes them as carbs or simply passes them (causing digestive issues ('nuff said)). I avoid sugar alcohols too - I don't need to be RUNNING to the bathroom, or getting "extra" carbs that I'm not planning on.