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Sirio biscuits, are these ok for diabetics?

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Ruthjo

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I bought the oaty ones and the digestives, sugar free and very palatable! Am I missing something, or can they be part of a calorie controlled diet? Any advice, thoughts or comments?
 
Hi - I see from Sainsbury's website that although being described as "sugar-free" these biscuits are 73% carbohydrate, which of course is digested to glucose. They claim 60kcals "per portion" which I think may mean "each biscuit".

Ingredients are
  • Wheat Flour (56%) (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin),
  • Wholemeal Wheat Flour (17%),
  • Palm Oil,
  • Sweetener (Maltitols),
  • Oligofructose,
  • Salt,
  • Raising Agents (Ammonium Carbonates, Sodium Carbonates),
  • Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin)
I know there's a few things here that are red flags for many people.

I don't control or even count my calorie intake so I won't comment directly on that. The carb content is much too high for me for just a biscuit. That's in terms of my overall aim of around 20g carb/day, which I'd reach with two biscuits.

If you're counting calories, I don't know whether you can fit a couple of biscuits within what ever you're aiming for each day.
 
I wouldn't eat them and I was pre diabetic now with normal blood glucose levels but those are much too carby for me.
 
Ruthjo said:
I bought the oaty ones and the digestives, sugar free and very palatable! Am I missing something, or can they be part of a calorie controlled diet? Any advice, thoughts or comments?
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@Ruthjo do you have BS monitor? Unfortunately many of the sugar free foods contain a high number of carbs which are not good for diabetics. However we all react differently and I’m lucky in that I can tolerate more carbs than many on this forum but, even now having had normal hba1c for 10 years, any new carby food I still test a couple of times to see whether it’s a ‘keeper’ or not. Looking at the ingredients I suspect it wont be but you never know - I’ve been surprised a couple of times!!
 
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