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dancer

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For several years I've been taking a Benecol yogurt most days, to finish off my evening meal. I noticed weeks ago that I was heading low around 2 hours after dinner, so I changed my carb ratio (basal was ok).

Last week I was putting away the shopping and noticed the Benecol pack looked a little different. I saw "no added sugar" and wondered if this was new, or had the yogurt always been like this. I checked the carbs on the pack and they had changed.

The old yogurt was around 14g per pot but the new ones around 6g per pot!

I started using the new carb value when bolussing my evening meals and have now noticed a pattern of highs afterwards.

It looks like Benecol changed to "no add sugar" weeks before I noticed, so I now have to change my evening ratio back to what it was.

Just goes to show that we should still read the carb content of food, even if we've been buying it for a long time.
 
Just goes to show how much sugar they were adding before and Benecol is supposedly a 'health' food.
 
To be picky its not sold as a health food but as a cholesterol lowering food which is somethig very different
 
I've just noticed auto-correct has changed the title from Benecol yogurt to Benevolent yogurt. . . . I suppose it's quite apt.:)
 
Boo1979 said:
To be picky its not sold as a health food but as a cholesterol lowering food which is somethig very different
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I have to disagree, here. Benecol products were advertised originally as a cholesterol lowering aid because lowered cholesterol levels were touted as a boon to health. You will have noticed that the advert for their margarine is no longer showing people all smiles at the affect this stuff has had on their levels.
 
dancer said:
I can assure you the Benecol fat free yogurts now have no added sugar.
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Cheers - sorry I only looked at the nutritional info on their full fat yogurts - seems to be a case of either full fat, full sugar or fat free, sugar free - have to say neither really appeals
 
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