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bmcky - 26 Oct 2005 10:08 GMT
Howdy -

I went looking LC tortilla's in my local supermarket and the best I
could find were something sold under the 'Mission' label.  The have a
LC line listed with Tot Carbs 18 less 11 g of dietary fiver for a net
carb count of 7 per tortilla.  These are pretty good sized, about 7
1/2 inches in diameter, but are 7 g of carb a lot for one tortilla?
I'm just curious if I should keep looking around or go with these.
Thanks for any advice (besides eat less and exercise more :P )

bmcky

Boston, MA  
OmManiPadmeOmelet - 26 Oct 2005 10:58 GMT
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Keep looking.
Mission "low carb" tortillas taste like cardboard.

YMMV.

I use HEB's brand at only 4 grams net carbs, and they are delicious. ;-d

Cheers!
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JC Der Koenig - 26 Oct 2005 12:19 GMT
No wonder you stalled.

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Scionyx - 27 Oct 2005 18:06 GMT
I find the Mission taste the best, but they have the most fat, totaling 200
Calories.

Have not seen/tried HEB.  But locally I do find La Tortilla Factory (70
cals) and I -think it's called, "Don Jose Wraps", whole wheat, 7-9 net Carbs
and 70-100 cals.

The Mission LC comes in 3 sizes; Fajita, Taco, and Burrito.  I have not seen
a whole wheat variety.

Check other labels - Whole Wheat tortillas have a lot of fiber so the net
can be low, but many brands haven't put "LC" on the packaging (yet).

HTH

Steve

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sentience_soma@yahoo.com - 26 Oct 2005 15:02 GMT
> I went looking LC tortilla's in my local supermarket and the best I
> could find were something sold under the 'Mission' label.  The have a
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> I'm just curious if I should keep looking around or go with these.
> Thanks for any advice (besides eat less and exercise more :P )

I see you're in Boston - another one you might want to try is Trader
Joe's low-carb whole wheat tortillas.  I've found them at both the
Cambridge and Arlington locations.

I really like them - 50 cals, 4 g net carbohydrate, fiber and protein
to boot.  They're probably more like 5-6" diameter, though.  Nice and
chewy - great for fajitas or huevos rancheros. Disclaimer: I'm not on
the Atkins diet; I'm just watching intake of refined carbs.

Cheers
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Pat - 26 Oct 2005 15:27 GMT
I use Mission Low carb tortillas and one I get at Sam's Club--it's brand is
Santa Fe tortilla company. Their "carb choppers" are 13 g carbs with 7 g
dietary fiber. They are wheat tortillas and are about 9" across.
www.santafetortilla.com is their address, but, like I said, I get them at
Sam's.

Pat in TX
OmManiPadmeOmelet - 26 Oct 2005 17:29 GMT
> I use Mission Low carb tortillas and one I get at Sam's Club--it's brand is
> Santa Fe tortilla company. Their "carb choppers" are 13 g carbs with 7 g
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Pat,

do try the HEB brand low carb tortillas. :-)
They are SOOOO much better than the Mission brand!

Cheers!
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Pat - 27 Oct 2005 00:19 GMT
: Pat,
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: do try the HEB brand low carb tortillas. :-)
: They are SOOOO much better than the Mission brand!
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: Cheers!

The only H.E.B. store around here that I can think of is Central Market. I
was there last week for some Guinness, but I didn't see the tortillas.
Okay, so maybe I was distracted....

Pat in TX
OmManiPadmeOmelet - 27 Oct 2005 01:31 GMT
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<lol> It's easy to get distracted at Central Market!!! ;-D

Cheers!
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Pat - 27 Oct 2005 13:30 GMT
: <lol> It's easy to get distracted at Central Market!!! ;-D
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: Cheers!

And well fed. I had tastes of cheese, ham, sausage, olives--you name it.
Made for a good lunch if you consider walking from item to item acceptable.
The price was right, though!

Pat in TX
OmManiPadmeOmelet - 27 Oct 2005 18:23 GMT
> : <lol> It's easy to get distracted at Central Market!!! ;-D
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I know what you mean. ;-)
Saturday is a good day to go there!

Cheers!
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A.D.C - 27 Oct 2005 14:01 GMT
the wheat mission LC tortillas have only 4 net carbs.
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Curt - 27 Oct 2005 22:21 GMT
Try this, Sami's has low carb Lavash (it's like a tortilla) or a flat
bread. ZERO Carbs. Works for pizza shells, and wraps.

Great Products and Tested on TV by a local tv station.

http://www.samisbakery.com/pd_detail2.asp?str=5
Bob Geary - 27 Oct 2005 23:03 GMT
> Try this, Sami's has low carb Lavash (it's like a tortilla) or a flat
> bread. ZERO Carbs. Works for pizza shells, and wraps.
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> Great Products and Tested on TV by a local tv station.
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> http://www.samisbakery.com/pd_detail2.asp?str=5

Those aren't zero carb.  (God, did I just channel JCDK for a second?)

65 total calories, minus the 12 calories from 3g of protein, minus the 9
calories (from 1g of fat) leaves 44 calories coming from carbs (because
there's no place else for calories to come from).  44 calories means 11g of
carbs, so the fiber has already been subtracted from that "11g" carb count.

I think there must not be a strict requirement in the US that manufacturers
do this one way or the other consistently - I see some food labels where the
fiber grams aren't subtracted from the carb count, and some where they are.
(Not surprisingly, most of the products where it's subtracted are
"reduced-carb" products.  They're probably hoping that people have just
adopted the simple "subtract fiber grams from carb grams" rule, and thus
their products look lower-carb than they are, without the manufacturers
having to actually come out and lie or anything.)

I've heard, but not looked closely enough to know, that on EU labels, carb
counts always mean "net carbs", and fiber counts always mean
indigestible/non-caloric fiber.  That makes sense to me - but until the US
goes consistently one way or the other, shopping will involve math.  (I
don't mind doing math, but I do wish labels were more useful)
FOB - 28 Oct 2005 00:02 GMT
It's my impression that they include the fiber carbs in the calorie count.
Eleven grams sound high for one of these, but looking at the ingredients, 0
also looks low.

| Those aren't zero carb.  (God, did I just channel JCDK for a second?)
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| goes consistently one way or the other, shopping will involve math.  (I
| don't mind doing math, but I do wish labels were more useful)
Roger Zoul - 28 Oct 2005 10:58 GMT
:> Curt wrote:
:>> Try this, Sami's has low carb Lavash (it's like a tortilla) or a
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:> involve math.  (I don't mind doing math, but I do wish labels were
:> more useful)

The sad thing about Sami Lavish is that they state on the package 0 carbs!
 
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