Since July is National Ice Cream Month, I decided to try the Breyers CarbSmart low carb ice cream. Itโs 4g net carbs for a half cup serving.
My dish of ice cream with fresh strawberries in the picture (which was delicious, by the way!!) was only 5-7 net carbs.
You can get sugar free low carb ice cream toppings like caramel or hot fudge, but personally I donโt like eating โfake on fakeโ.
Instead, I like to combine โfakesโ with real foods, such as vanilla low carb ice cream with fresh chilled strawberries.
Or a couple tablespoons of natural low-carb peanut butter drizzled with warm sugar-free hot fudge sauce.
You can read more about National Ice Cream Month. And guess what? The 3rd Sunday in July is also National Ice Cream Day. So dish it up, and enjoy some low carb ice cream! ๐
How do they account for only 4 carbs? I understand subtracting the dietary fiber content, but event then it would be 10 NET carbs. It appears they also subtract the alcohol carbs.
I donโt understand the reasoning behind this. Do they breakdown or affect weight gain differently? This seems a little misleading from a consumer point of view.
Hi Kim,
If you go by Net Carbs, you also subtract sugar alcohols. If you go by Total Carbs, you do not.
For more on Sugar Alcohol, see: http://www.travelinglowcarb.com/422/sugar-alcohol/