Product Review: Great Low Carb Bread Company!
One of the hardest things about working towards my super-low A1c has been cutting carbs almost entirely. For me, restricting carbs is a sure way for me to crank my numbers down. I use the rule of small numbers: small amounts of carbs mean small amounts of insulin which means small mistakes. Making small mistakes means there’s less likelihood for wide swings in my BGs and a free ticket on the Glucoaster (and everyone knows that ride sucks!).
But, no one said that would be easy all the time. I miss things like bread and bagels and pizza, especially on the weekends when we cook at home a lot. There’s nothing better than a lazy Saturday morning with a big pot of coffee and some home-made eggs on toast (two poached eggs on a lonely plate by themselves is…a bit depressing…plus I’ll be hungry literally one hour later).
So when Great Low Carb Bread company said “hey, wanna try some of our products?” I was absolutely game. Great Low Carb bread company wanted to create low-carb bread products that would have a minimal impact on blood sugars. They use high-quality, non-GMO ingredients like almond flour, flax meal, oat fiber, and all-natural stevia. Their ingredients are Kosher, and their products are free of soy and hard-to-digest sugar alcohols, which is good news for my tummy. One thing I noticed and liked about the company right away was that all they make is bread products: bagels, sliced breads, hot dog buns, even pizza crust. They’re not trying to make every product low carb, they’re just doing breads in an amazing array of options (seriously though, check out all their products here – it’s expansive). I love that kind of focus and commitment to quality!
I was lucky enough to be able to try their Everything bagels and their plain sliced bread – and I put them to the test. Their bagels list a total carb count of 16 grams (14 being fiber), while the sliced bread clocks only 8 grams (7 fiber). I toasted, sandwiched, cream-cheesed, grilled cheese, and buttered their products (not all at the same time…that would be weird) to see what they could do and here’s what I found:
The taste was…well to me, it was low-carb. Listen, nothing will ever replace the real thing and that’s exactly the challenge that we face with diabetes. But the taste for both products overall was pleasant – certainly nothing bad about it but a little “plain” might be how I put it. But since we’re most often not snacking on plain bread and bagels, this was ok. Once toasted and dressed, they crunched in all the right places, just like the real deal. And the best part was, the carb counts rang absolutely true for me: one unit of insulin needed for a slice of the bread, two units for the bagels, like clockwork. That is nothing compared to what I have to take for the real thing. I can recall days of taking SIX units for a regular bagel and still ending up in the 300s post-meal. Not cool.
I absolutely loved being able to make a big breakfast for me and my husband on the weekend and not have to leave out the toast or bagels. And come lunch time, it was a relief to be able to make a quick sandwich instead of slicing up everything needed for a salad, which can be so time-consuming sometimes. Only having to bolus four units for a super-satisfying sandwich (and not ending up high anyways) was the best part though.
Overall, I have to say I was quite satisfied with these products as great alternatives to the full-carb versions. It doesn’t taste quite like the real thing, but like I said, the fact that I can still make some of the meals I’ve been missing and not sacrifice my total daily units is huge. If you’d like to try them for yourself, you can get there on their website here, or on Amazon.com (search Great Low Carb Bread Company). Happy Low-Carbing! And special thanks to Great Low Carb Bread Company for generously offering their samples to me!
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THANK YOU!!! I am a type 2 diabetic on Metformin, so my blood sugar measurements of their products may not accurately represent their carb count (it can be artificially low, but not artificially high, to clarify, so I was afraid there were more carbs than I was measuring).
I just want to say that their bagels are so good! The texture is slightly off (more chewy), but still fantastic! This is the closest I’ve ever gotten to REAL bread since I was diagnosed… I’m going to try their bread loafs!
I ate an everything bagel this morning and it changed my life, no lie! It turned my low carb lifestyle change into a low carb adventure lol! YUUUUUUUUM
I am pretty sure this “article” is paid for by the company in question. I just tried 4 of their products at FIFTY dollars including shipping, and I threw them away immediately! Anyone who likes this Low “Carbage” is proof that you can force yourself to think you like anything if you want to achieve a goal. This crap tastes like wallpaper paste, and you can’t even tear the uncut “hot dog buns” in half, they stretch like Dr Fantastic of the Fantastic 4 cartoon! You can’t swallow the breads or bagels, your gag reflex won’t let you, makes you spit em out. Disgusting and a total waste of money!
B- if you were expecting to get “real” full carb bread taste out of low bard bread then it’s no wonder you were disappointed. It always amazes me when folks trash a product and call it inedible because it doesn’t taste like the ” real” thing. Trust me, if the “real” thing was out there we wouldn’t be searching blogs and websites for an alternative. I have been ordering from this company for almost a year. I live on the East coast so shipping sucks, quite frankly, but to me it’s worth it. I get to have toast with my eggs, make a roast beef panini, have that bagel with cream cheese I crave once in awhile, hamburger WITH the bun that we butter and toast on the grill and hot dogs WITH the bun. I have even tried their pizza crust, which isn’t my favorite, but it’s an option. The reality is if you want to add bread back into your low-carb life then you have to lower your standards a bit. Not a lot, but just enough to get some joy out it:0) And no, I don’t work for or advertise for the company, otherwise I would get free shipping at least……..
Just had a grilled cheese, 3 slices at 6 carbs, chipped ham, 0 carbs and 2 slices of Great LowvCarb Bread. Blood sugar this morning was 111, approx an hour before the sandwich. Ahalf hour after eating it, my sugar was 174. Wouldn’t call that low carb. Only one semi test but makes me wonder. ps. Will try it again without the ham.
OK - an EXCELLENT low carb bread company that tastes delicious and not like a low carb product is Angelic Bakehouse - http://www.angelicbakehouse.com/ - they really are incredible. The rest of the family even eats this bread instead of “normal” bread it tastes so good. If you give them a try, please let me know what you think!