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Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
I do not want you to take this the wrong way but it is almost as though you are saying that you want all the choices you've ever had before but with a convenient label of low carb. This, to me, is anathema as I deem things like convenience foods to be just as bad any other highly processed rubbish on offer. Convenience to me is not have to kill my own chicken and butcher it!
I am sure that the food producers/supermarkets are catching onto this as I have seen low carb noodles (made with fish protein) and ice cream ( called OPOP on a current thread at Sainsburys). As you say its a business opportunity even if low carb packaged food goes against the ethos of many choosing to eat natural low carb foods. I dread to think what franken foods they will come up with probably made with plenty of salt and vegetable oil or the dreaded 'no aded sugar' (= lots of starch and sweetners). Also don't forget that Diabetes UK got the manufacturers/retailers to not label anything Diabetic (not very tasty food with a laxative effect due to the sorbitol) and whilst there is still controversy at National Guide liines level about the merits of low carb/high fat this might inhibit development of such foods as will the cost of using low carb alternatives to thicken and flavour foods.Yes, I understand that, but by the same thoughts, why have a low-fat range then.
Suggest that all the low-fat customers make their stuff from scratch.
My point is that there should be a huge market out there for a wider range of low carb foods - not neccessarily highly proceesed foods, just a wider range that drop the flour in favour of nut flours or lose the refined sugar.
Typo sorry - the rather nice low carb ice cream is called OPPO and is curtently on offer at JS!I am sure that the food producers/supermarkets are catching onto this as I have seen low carb noodles (made with fish protein) and ice cream ( called OPOP on a current thread at Sainsburys). As you say its a business opportunity even if low carb packaged food goes against the ethos of many choosing to eat natural low carb foods. I dread to think what franken foods they will come up with probably made with plenty of salt and vegetable oil or the dreaded 'no aded sugar' (= lots of starch and sweetners). Also don't forget that Diabetes UK got the manufacturers/retailers to not label anything Diabetic (not very tasty food with a laxative effect due to the sorbitol) and whilst there is still controversy at National Guide liines level about the merits of low carb/high fat this might inhibit development of such foods as will the cost of using low carb alternatives to thicken and flavour foods.
Wouldn't it be lovely to have a low carb sandwich to buy - maybe made with cloud bread, wouldn't it be great to have a small range of low carb biscuits made from nut flours - wouldn't it be great to have low carb ice-cream. Low carb meriques. Celery and chicken ready meals, low carb tomato and meatballs to pick up for handiness.
All those items I cook myself and freeze, but I love to cook, but so many people out there don't want to cook, so they choose the pizza or whatever. It frustrates me that I cannot buy some normal convenience foods that are devoid of sugar and flour. I can't help but think the market must be out there - I mean there's a huge gluten free market now.
Lot of low carb food in superrmarkets, you just have to read the nutrition labels on the back of the packet / bottle etc.I can't understand why supermarkets have no low-carb
That's where good stuff is.Yes, this is all true. However, there are aisles full of low carb foods - the vegetable aisles, dairy aisles, butchers and fish stalls to name some.
I get get low carb bread from where I shop, I do not buy gravy as I use pan juices. Sauces I can take them or leave them I do buy a hot peri peri sauce though.yes of course, but no sauces, no gravies, no ready meals, no low carb breads etc nothing specifically for low carb.
Asda have got new filter so when you are doing your online shop you can chose low or high carbs I find it saves me a lot of timeI can't understand why supermarkets have no low-carb
Everywhere is fat free, or low sugar ( full of flour) or gluten free.
All sorts of ready meals for everyone except low carb.
Surely there is a huge market out there
Type low carb into Tesco or Asda online grocery and you get:
No products found for "low carb"
There's a load of them, a quick Google search using low carb online store in the UK brought up this lot @Indy51.ISTR that someone posted a link to a low carb online store in the UK quite a while back, maybe try searching online.
Yes, I understand that, but by the same thoughts, why have a low-fat range then.
Suggest that all the low-fat customers make their stuff from scratch.
My point is that there should be a huge market out there for a wider range of low carb foods - not neccessarily highly proceesed foods, just a wider range that drop the flour in favour of nut flours or lose the refined sugar.
I agree with everything you've said. My local supermarket has NO full fat yogurt, every single yogurt on the whole Isle is low fat/fat free, therefore high carb.Yes, I understand that, but by the same thoughts, why have a low-fat range then.
Suggest that all the low-fat customers make their stuff from scratch.
My point is that there should be a huge market out there for a wider range of low carb foods - not neccessarily highly proceesed foods, just a wider range that drop the flour in favour of nut flours or lose the refined sugar.
I have found a low carb bread in S.J last week.I can't understand why supermarkets have no low-carb
Everywhere is fat free, or low sugar ( full of flour) or gluten free.
All sorts of ready meals for everyone except low carb.
Surely there is a huge market out there
Type low carb into Tesco or Asda online grocery and you get:
No products found for "low carb"
Now there's a low carb bread on S.J available.I can't understand why supermarkets have no low-carb
Everywhere is fat free, or low sugar ( full of flour) or gluten free.
All sorts of ready meals for everyone except low carb.
Surely there is a huge market out there
Type low carb into Tesco or Asda online grocery and you get:
No products found for "low carb"
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