A new tortilla with minus carbs ??

peds · 11-15-2003, 12:16 PM

I bought some tortillas at the health food store today and now I wonder if it is "safe" to eat? They are Moctezuma brand Special thick FLOUR tortillas. The owner said that she ordered them for a customer who has lost a lot of weight on Atkins and uses them like bread. Each tortilla contains: Total Carbs 18 Dietary Fiber 25g sugars 1.7g

Ingredients: Enriched Flour, Water, Veg. shortening, Baking Powder, Salt, Sodium Propionate added as preservative.

They are only $1.59 for a pkg. of 12.
Do you think they really are 0 carbs??

auntie3 · 11-15-2003, 12:52 PM

Sorry, but no way can they be zero carbs!

My guess is that the fiber has already been subtracted, and that they are 18 grams ecc. However, having said that, with those ingredients, I can not understand where there would be 25 grams of fiber! I'd be giving them to somebody else to eat, cause there's no way I'd have enriched flour in my plan!

11-15-2003, 12:16 PM	#1
peds Senior LCF Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 296 Gallery: peds WOE: Atkins	A new tortilla with minus carbs ?? I bought some tortillas at the health food store today and now I wonder if it is "safe" to eat? They are Moctezuma brand Special thick FLOUR tortillas. The owner said that she ordered them for a customer who has lost a lot of weight on Atkins and uses them like bread. Each tortilla contains: Total Carbs 18 Dietary Fiber 25g sugars 1.7g Ingredients: Enriched Flour, Water, Veg. shortening, Baking Powder, Salt, Sodium Propionate added as preservative. They are only $1.59 for a pkg. of 12. Do you think they really are 0 carbs??

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11-15-2003, 12:52 PM	#2
auntie3 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 10,067 Gallery: auntie3 Stats: 217 / bouncing around / 140 WOE: Low Carb/ Lower GI Start Date: Jan 24/01	Sorry, but no way can they be zero carbs! My guess is that the fiber has already been subtracted, and that they are 18 grams ecc. However, having said that, with those ingredients, I can not understand where there would be 25 grams of fiber! I'd be giving them to somebody else to eat, cause there's no way I'd have enriched flour in my plan!