I'm annoyed!

[Richt]

I went to see my mum and dad at the weekend, and bless them they thought they were being so thoughtful. They had bought be a back of "Heinz Carb Wise" biscuits / cookies.

Mum was very anti my atkins woe a couple of years back, but I have finally won her over.

Anyway, before I ate a cookie, I checked the nutritional values, and for each biscuit it was 8.4 grams of carbs. I compared them with a standard biscuit that she had elswhere in the house, and the standard one was 8.7 grams of carbs per biscuit.

My mum, without realising it, had fallen for the biggest marketing con in the world! Saying its "carb wise", yet it was only ever so sligfhtly lower. I think its disgusting that these bigger companies are pulling the wool over peopls eyes like this. Ok, so people like me, who know what to look for and have been eating this way for sometime realise and are wary. But what about those poor souls that have only just started out. Absolutely disgusting!!!!!!!

Rant over.

Rich

[changing]

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Richt, I HATE that!

Those food companies love to mark up a product 50%, slap low-carb on it and squeeze a fraction of a gram of carbs from it... I know that not everyone on Atkins reads the book (though they reeeeally should), and little tricks like these could really work against the casual Non-Atkins low-carber.

I also bet that the food companies are scared at the idea of people losing weight and keeping it off... there goes their massive food consumptions and their massive market for "diet" products.

I'm annoyed too.

[Richt]

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I used to think that all of the scarmongering about how bad Atkins is for you was started off by some of the bigger Bread makers!

Hows that for a conspiracy theory?

[LC_Dave]

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Man that sux! You would have been better off with some nice fresh strawberries! A much nicer treat in my opinion!

There are some good low carb companies. I think ANA is one. I know people don't like the net carbs things, but those things are good for people on induction.

[jsj0305]

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Oh man, that stinks. I'm sorry. I hate when people get ripped off.

That was so sweet of her to get those for you! Yea, she got ripped off, but you know what, she tried to do something really nice for you ,and that's so awesome. I wish my Mom was like that! LOL

As for your conspiracy theory, I totally agree.

[Richt]

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Man that sux! You would have been better off with some nice fresh strawberries! A much nicer treat in my opinion!

There are some good low carb companies. I think ANA is one. I know people don't like the net carbs things, but those things are good for people on induction.

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She did buy me some peanuts aswell. She knows what she is looking for occasionally.

[sadie@136]

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Anyway, before I ate a cookie, I checked the nutritional values, and for each biscuit it was 8.4 grams of carbs. I compared them with a standard biscuit that she had elswhere in the house, and the standard one was 8.7 grams of carbs per biscuit.

Roflmao
well that WAS low carb u cant complain..0.3grams is Lower

[biogeek]

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I had that same problem when it came to low-carb salad dressing! Hubby bought some & I compared it to regular salad dressing...hardly any difference except for the price and the taste!!! The special "low-carb" version had an off taste to it. grrrrr!

[ladysinger68]

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Roflmao
well that WAS low carb u cant complain..0.3grams is Lower

what did you have for .3?

[cruiser gal]

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That's why I read the labels so carefully. Buzz words don't mean a thing. They are marketing tactics used to try to trick people. You gotta love the fact that your mother's thoughts were in the right place!!!

[sadie@136]

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what did you have for .3?

i meant they were 0.3 grams lower,so they were low carb