'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

[cyberspacestar]

I just noticed the frozen hamburgers I have been buying contains 1g of carb... Yet no sugars!!!! How can beef have carb in it??

I buy a package of 100% pure beef patties brand name 'Topp'.
The package contains 20 frozen beef hamburgers. I just started this diet a month ago, and just noticed the carb count on the box.. When i went food shopping I didn't look at the label cause i though pure beef would have no carb in it!!

I have a whole package of Topp hamburgers to last me until the 1st of the month until i go food shopping again.

Could this stall my weight loss?? I have NOT been consuming over 20g of carb a day...probably less than 20.

Is there another brand of frozen hamburgers at Pathmark that I can buy in bulk that has no carb count?

[*Emma*]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

what does it say in the ingredients?

you could make your own!

[cyberspacestar]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

Since cash is sort of an issue, I have to buy the meat in bulk. There are no additional ingredients on the box at all. Just the nutrition facts. So they must not put anything additional into the meat.

Calories- 230
Fat-17g
Protien -18g
Carb 1g- but the % daily value=0% carb.

why is that?

[*Emma*]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

well thats okay, buy ground mince make your own and freeze them,

i have no clue why that is, i would think there is something in them, theres no ingredients list though?? strange...

[cyberspacestar]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

There is no additional ingredients in the meat... but the daily value of the carb is 0%. I don't know why they have the total carb as 1g with no addition ingredients. It says on the box pure beef. Do you think it will stall me?

What is mince meat? Is that just ground beef? Do i get mince at the meat department?? You think I would get more meat out of it making it myself than the 20 boxed hamburgers for the price?

[*Emma*]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

sorry yeah ground beef, i can make mine at half the price than the preboxed ones

i dont think it will stall you no, i wouldnt worry about it too much, just be aware of it for next time.

[cyberspacestar]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

I always thought buying the ground beef set up in the clear plastic by the meat department was more expensive than buying the pre packaged ones!!

You can really get more hamburgers out of the fresh ground beef packages???

When you form the hamburgers out of the ground beef alone do they fall apart? Or do you add an egg to the ground beef to keep it together?

[*Emma*]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

i add an egg to bind it and some cheese and spices sometimes... depends how im feeling, cheesy or spicy

I guess it depends on the amount you buy, i buy 700g and can make about 15-20 or so.. so thas like... $3? when before now ive bought premades @ 4 patties for $6

[BluegrassMama]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

If you buy the "family sized" packages of ground beef--say, 3 or 5 lbs--you usually get a discount per pound. Then just divide those 3 lbs into 1/4 lb patties--you'd get 12 patties for the 3 lb price. The more "prepared" a food is (pre-formed, individually wrapped, whatever) the higher the price. You can do the same thing with things like pork chops and hot dogs--buy the jumbo package for a couple dollars more and you usually end up with twice the food.

Can you tell we have a deep freeze in our garage?

[CATBLUE]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

My grocery store occasionally has tri-tip on sale. They will sell it for $1.97 a pound sometimes. When they do I buy all of it my freezer will hold. Then when I want to crockpot a roast I'll use a tri-tip... Need ground beef.. I have a grinder. I'll sometimes set it up and grind onion and garlic in with the beef, make my own patties and freeze them. It's so much taster than hamburger made from scraps. It's cheaper too.

[Elizellen]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

I agree with the others - making your own is cheaper and tastier - and you know exactly what is in them!!

I have even bought a sausagemaking gizmo so now I can make my own 'bangers'!!

[sadie147]

Re: 'Topps pure beef hamburgers' Has 1g carb???

One thing I have learned with boxed burgers is that 100% ground beef DOES NOT mean that's the only ingredient. What it does mean is it's 100% ground beef used at the meat, there can still be fillers, spices etc, but it's only 100% beef used (some combine other meats).

Spices have carbs, and it is possible that they've rounded up the carb count to 1 for the spices in them. If they have any other ingredients such as breadcrumbs or spices though they would have to legally specify this on the packaging for people with Celiac disease, wheat allergies or allergies to spices such as garlic or pepper (they could be sued if they didn't and a person had a bad reaction). You might want to look very closely at the package, maybe the ingredients are there in small print and you just missed them?