Low carb potatoes

[Magisham]

A friend in Australia has just told me about low carb potatoes that they can get over there. They are called Carisma potatoes and are about half the carbs of regular potatoes. I googled them and found an article from 2013 that said the company in Australia was in talks with Tesco about distributing them in the UK. I can't find anything about buying them here though. Ideally I would like to be able to grow my own, but would be happy to buy them. I have e-mailed Tesco to see if there is any hope of getting them. Has anyone here heard anything about them? I heard mention of Nicola and Nadine potatoes being lower carb too, but I don't know anything about them. If more people could e-mail Tesco about them we might get them.

 

[zand]

How low carb are they? A while back @Sid Bonkers posted about a variety in UK called Vivaldi (available from Sainsbury's when I last looked) which were lower carb than some.

 

[bulkbiker]

In Oz they seem to be marketing them as more Low GI than low carb. Looks like they may be about 10g of carb per 100g although I can't seem to find any detailed info yet. @Indy51 do supermarkets in Australia not publish nutritional info on their websites? I was checking on the coles.com.au to see the nutritional info for the carisma potato but they didn't seem to list anything.

 

[azure]

There is some nutritional information here:

http://www.carismapotatoes.com.au/?p=tf&s=2

I note on other pages on that site they mention that the cooking method will affect the GI.

I've never tried Charisma, but I do find sweet potatoes give me less of a spike than normal potatoes (I'm Type 1)

Edited to add that it's not clear if that info is raw or cooked weight

 

[Deleted member 308541]

We buy the Spud Lite brand of low carb spuds from Woolies, they certainly keep my craving for spuds down. The best part they are just as reasonably priced as "normal" ones.


http://au.openfoodfacts.org/product/9311331111114/spud-lite-low-carbohydrate-potato-zerella-fresh

http://zerellafresh.com.au/spudlite/

 

[PenfoldAPD]

How low carb are they? A while back @Sid Bonkers posted about a variety in UK called Vivaldi (available from Sainsbury's when I last looked) which were lower carb than some.

Per 100g of potato Vivaldi has 22g of carbs per the JS website. How big would a baked pot be? Maybe 150/200g?

Probably too much carbs, a shame as this variety was always my absolute favourite for a baked potato - really tasty variety

 

[Magisham]

Per 100g of potato Vivaldi has 22g of carbs per the JS website. How big would a baked pot be? Maybe 150/200g?

Probably too much carbs, a shame as this variety was always my absolute favourite for a baked potato - really tasty variety

Found some info on a web site. As we can see in the table above the carisma potatoes contain about half of the calories that white and sweet potatoes have. The reason for that is their low amount of carbohydrates (9 grams). Their glycemic index (if prepared appropriately) is 53 so it is very low. According to carismapotatoes.com.au:

 

[PenfoldAPD]

Found some info on a web site. As we can see in the table above the carisma potatoes contain about half of the calories that white and sweet potatoes have. The reason for that is their low amount of carbohydrates (9 grams). Their glycemic index (if prepared appropriately) is 53 so it is very low. According to carismapotatoes.com.au:

Guess like everything you are never going to know until you eat and test .......

 

[Magisham]

Found some info on a web site. As we can see in the table above the carisma potatoes contain about half of the calories that white and sweet potatoes have. The reason for that is their low amount of carbohydrates (9 grams). Their glycemic index (if prepared appropriately) is 53 so it is very low. According to carismapotatoes.com.au:

I have had a reply from Tesco already saying they will pass on my e-mail to their buying department and get back to me. Will keep you posted.

 

[Magisham]

Guess like everything you are never going to know until you eat and test .......

If I can ever get hold of any!

 

[Deleted member 308541]

If I can ever get hold of any!

I will think of you tonight when I have low carb spuds with my dinner.

 

[Magisham]

Ha ha! Yes, do that. I did do roasted cauliflower one day with a roast and have to say it was a lot nicer than the roast celeriac (or "Celery Yak" as my local Turkish supermarket calls it!). It's still not a potato though.

 

[Shar67]

Nicola potatoes have 16g per 100g cooked. You can seed potatos from suttons online

 

[Magisham]

Nicola potatoes have 16g per 100g cooked. You can seed potatos from suttons online

Thanks. I'll have a look.

 

[slinkimalinki]

I am an Aussie and have a pack of Carisma potatoes here, they are 9gm carbs per 100gm

 

[Magisham]

I am an Aussie and have a pack of Carisma potatoes here, they are 9gm carbs per 100gm

My friend in Australia is friendly with the guy who developed these Carisma potatoes. Her husband seems to think that they can only be grown in Australia, but they are going to see the guy soon and ask him about the possibility of getting some over here.

 

[Pinkorchid]

I still have a baked spud with lots of tuna and cheese for lunch once in a while they were always my lunchtime standby and so low carb potatoes would be wonderful and I could have them more often.

 

[BeccyB]

Low carb spuds would be amazing!!

 

[Nicksu]

My friend in Australia is friendly with the guy who developed these Carisma potatoes. Her husband seems to think that they can only be grown in Australia, but they are going to see the guy soon and ask him about the possibility of getting some over here.

It's not so much they can only be grown in Australia, its just they have not been grown anywhere else! They started life in the Netherlands and have landed in Canada, but don't seem to have been grown in the UK or the EU. Must get my dad looking into this - he being an avid grower of all things (particularly foodstuffs!). He'd definitely be interested.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

Low carb spuds would be amazing!!

They are amazing, had mashed spud lites with dinner last night.