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I found low-ish carb wraps in Sainsbury's !!

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Rosie9876

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Perhaps this is nothing new to some of you, but I haven't seen diabetes-friendly bakery items in supermarkets and the one bread I tried from Holland and Barrett I found unpalatable. But today I saw Mission Carb Balance wraps in Sainsbury's. I haven't tried them yet, but they get good reviews and with 9g carbs and 14g fibre per wrap, that makes them a minus 5 net carb. Can't be bad. Ordering from online sources is so expensive, unfortunately.
 
Rosie9876 said:
Perhaps this is nothing new to some of you, but I haven't seen diabetes-friendly bakery items in supermarkets and the one bread I tried from Holland and Barrett I found unpalatable. But today I saw Mission Carb Balance wraps in Sainsbury's. I haven't tried them yet, but they get good reviews and with 9g carbs and 14g fibre per wrap, that makes them a minus 5 net carb. Can't be bad. Ordering from online sources is so expensive, unfortunately.
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Sorry don’t want to burst your bubble but the fibre is already taken away from the carbs as it’s a UK product so they are actually 9g net carb a wrap - it’s impossible to have a minus carb. They are still lower carbs than other ones you can buy in the supermarket so you may be lucky & be able to tolerate them. No harm in trying them & testing to see :)
 
lovinglife said:
Sorry don’t want to burst your bubble but the fibre is already taken away from the carbs as it’s a UK product so they are actually 9g net carb a wrap - it’s impossible to have a minus carb. They are still lower carbs than other ones you can buy in the supermarket so you may be lucky & be able to tolerate them. No harm in trying them & testing to see :)
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:( I was elated for half a day. I now need a reset, as I've been subtracting the fibre for net carbs from other purchases, including Robert Andrew sourdough bread. Still wish Supermarkets would have a low carb section. Even the smaller branches have a "Free From" section, for gluten free products.
 
So far, Mission Carb Balance wraps have been a huge success. I had an egg mayo, avocado and tomato wrap for breakfast one day. My glucose went up by 2 mmol/L, which it often does when I have NO carbs at breakfast. Next day, I had a mozzarella, chili pesto and salad wrap for a late lunch. My glucose didn't go up at all, which is very unusual for me. And the wraps are very tasty, as good as the best carby wrap I've ever had, which can't be said for low-carb bread. Here is one convenient, adaptable, portable, "normal" meal I can enjoy again. My bubble is no longer burst @lovinglife. :)
 
Glad you’re happy @Rosie9876 :)

If the filling has virtually no carbs it’s still a relatively low carb meal at 9g not everyone needs to be mega low carb to get good results. We all have our sweet spot. I do buy these wraps but for hubby - he’s not a big bread eater but he likes these when I make fajitas- which I’m doing tonight as it happens, they are too many carbs for me so I either use the srslylowcarb ones or sometimes just lettuce
 
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