Basamic Vinegar OK?

[johnoo]

I know we only use a little but is it very low carb/suger?
Thinking of mixing with Olive oil as I used to

 

[Bluetit1802]

I use vinegar all the time. I believe it can be beneficial in keeping spikes down.
It should tell you on the label if there are any carbs in it.

 

[Fruitella]

I use it in place of mayonnaise etc. on salads and stir fry. Our local garden centre does a good range including raspberry and ginger flavours.

 

[johnoo]

Thanks, I'll use it.
The bottle has not got an ingredients list, purchased in Italy!

 

[nomoredonuts]

Hi @johnoo there are 17g or carbs in 100g of balsamic vinegar. This about four tablespoonsful. If you have a serving of one tablespoon of a oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, you will be consuming about 1.5 g of net carbs. Hope that helps.

 

[Brunneria]

Balsamic vinegar is surprisingly sweet, but I usually use very little at a time, so don't worry about the carb content.

 

[Hotpepper20000]

Straight up balsamic is ok, but be careful of those with flavour in it. We have a store here that sells ones with things like basil, lemon, orange and such as flavouring in it. They do add sugar to enhance the flavour.

 

[Resurgam]

I have to make a special trip to a supermarket other than Lidl in order to find vinegar without added sugar - I buy red and white wine vinegar, without added unfermented juice, which is high in fructose.
It doesn't seem worth having extra carbs even though my sense of taste is quite acute. The wine vinegars I get are from Tesco

 

[Jordi77]

I just use malt vinegar as I can get it without the added sugar and I just add that to sea bass, cod, tuna and salmon as that is the only fish I eat with chips and a couple of slices of low carb bread with a cuppa

 

[Bluetit1802]

I am a pleb. I buy ordinary bog standard malt vinegar.

Carbs per tablespoon <0.5g
of which sugars <0.5g

Carbs per 100ml <0.5g
of which sugars <0.5g

 

[Hotpepper20000]

Oh but a nice fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil salad is just not the same with malt vinegar.

 

[Bluetit1802]

Oh but a nice fresh mozzarella, tomato and basil salad is just not the same with malt vinegar.

I don't put it on salads, just mayo on the side. I do add a bit to salmon and when I have chips.

 

[Jordi77]

I eat all my fish fresh from the water as I clean them and fillet them and then cook it with a little oil and on a gridle pan as the chips are cooking and add salt and pepper and then when everything is cooked the malt vinegar and serve

 

[Speedbird]

Or just lemon juice. X