Product Reviews

Looking for a snack on the Belly Fat Cure? Joseph's Sugar Free cookies are a great little snack that doesn't taste at all like "diet food" and have Jorge Cruise's Belly Fat Cure Seal of Approval.

Amy Dungan reviews GG Scandinavian Bran Crispbread. One whole, somewhat large, cracker gives you seven carbs, with five of those being fiber.

I discovered Wasa Fiber Rye Crispbread several years ago when I did the Weight Watchers Core Plan (WW did away with that diet plan!). But I fell in love with these little cracker/breads and was thrilled to see that they fit into the Belly Fat Cure and Low Sugar diets perfectly!

When I first heard about this tasty sounding new product called Grace Island Baked Cheese Crisps, I'll admit to having high hopes. Having lived through the whole "low-carb craze" era, where every manufacturer and his dog were pushing their products as low-carb, I'll also admit to being skeptical. Many of those products were not truly low-carb, and some of them were down right nasty tasting. (Nasty as in maybe a dog really did come up with the product.)

One of the products I've most wanted to try on the Belly Fat Cure is the elusive Nature's Hollow Preserves. I just woke up one day craving toast and jam. I had the right bread for toast, but was lacking the jam!

Low Carb Product Reviews by Amy Dungan

Trying to find a decent low-carb pancake mix is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. It's a tough search. To be honest, I've held out little hope for these mixes. Many of them are loaded with so much soy that I can't get past the taste. I've also noticed they seem to have a rubbery texture. Neither is cause for celebration.

I'm a chocolate fanatic, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I'm pretty sure you could dip just about anything in chocolate and make it edible. Since starting my low-carb lifestyle in 2001 I've tried several brands of sugar-free chocolates. While most of them taste good, those containing sugar alcohols usually start a storm raging in your gut that would make a tornado jealous.

In the process of collecting all this low carb food, I've tried a great many low carb specialty products. Note that I am aspartame-intolerant, so there are many perfectly good low carb products that I've never bought after reading the labels. Also, there are many products I haven't tried because I've already found something good in that category and therefore haven't explored further. Keep in mind, too, that tastes differ, and you may love something I hated or vice versa. So here, without further ado and in alphabetical order, are my picks and pans.

Low Carb Products Without Sugar Alcohols - As a service to those who are sensitive to polyols, we have identified some of those sugar-free products that we carry which contain no sugar alcohol. The following is a partial list of the most popular sugar-free products that DO NOT contain any polyols in them. These are no sugar and NO SUGAR ALCOHOLS foods.