Palmnut soup anyone?

[Efia]

Hello, I am desperately looking for the carb count of palmnut fruit(pulp). My husband is Ghanaian and he made palmnut soup last night which is a tradtional african stew and it was delicious! but I couldnt enjoy it because I didnt know if I was blowing my diet that I just started. The pulp came in a can that was a product of ghana and it had no nutrional label on it. Please help! I spent hours looking it upon the net. know exactly what my husband put in the soup but what I dont know is how many carbs in palm nut pulp or fruit. it was can of what is called palm nut cream and it looked like finely crushed green olives but it actually has a smokey cheese smell and taste. Its delicious! if You get a chance try it. we had with pork. so I only ate the pork with a little sauce. my husband eats it with fufu. Can anyone help?

[Georgiana]

Re: Palmnut soup anyone?

I am not able to find nutritional information for palm nut either, but it wouldn't matter anyway since palm nuts are not allowed during Induction. Here is the list of acceptable foods:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-low-carb-dieting-faqs/6781-what-foods-can-eaten-induction.html

and here are the rules of Induction:

http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-low-carb-dieting-faqs/6782-what-rules-induction.html

[Elizellen]

Re: Palmnut soup anyone?

I think Georgiana is right - it looks to me as if it would be OK on the nuts/seeds level/rung of OWL though

Fitday seems to lump palm kernel oil with coconut oil so maybe you can use a similar carb count to coconut 'meat' or the flesh of the palmnut? Fitday has one cup of shredded coconut meat as having 12.2 carbs including 7.2 grams of fiber - so a net carb count of 5 per cup

I found someone's photos and description of the same recipe here
Aapplemint: Ghanian Palm Nut Soup

[Efia]

Re: Palmnut soup anyone?

thank you so much eliz. I ate so little so Im ok. I dont think the amount I ate will prevent ketosis. I ate so little. thank for the info.