Product: Tumaro's Garden Vegetable Low-in-Carbs Gourmet Tortillas

I found these at my local Kroger's today. They are sold in the Mexican Food section and do not need refrigeration before opening. I came home and used one to wrap my turkey & swiss cheese in for lunch. It tasted good and the texture was soft and pliable. Check out the web site by clicking on the title above. They come in 3 other flavors besides Garden Vegetable (Green Onion, Multi Grain, and Salsa) and all have between 4-7 g of carbs and each one has 8 g of fiber. For complete nutrition information on all 4 flavors, click here.

Pros:  low carb, hi fiber, widely available
Cons: 1 g sugar
Cost: $3.29 for 10
S/C: 1/1

Product: Trader Joe's Double Roasted Salsa

This salsa with an S/C value of 0/0 would be a favorite, even if it wasn't a 0/0. It's heat value is advertised as medium hot but to my burnt out taste buds, it's pretty mild. It's got great flavor, though, brought on by the double roasted anaheim peppers and cilantro. The TJ's Fire-Roasted Salsa, also shown, may sound better but has sugar so doesn't get the 0/0 S/C rating.

Pros: no sugar, great taste
Cons: none that I can see
Cost: $2.49 for 12 oz jar
S/C: 0/0

Product: Santa Fe Tortilla Company

This company makes many varieties of tortillas. I recently bought a couple pkgs when I was in Santa Fe and put them in my freezer. Amber (of meandjorge fame!) just tweeted about finding a tortilla with less than 18 g carbs. I went out to my freezer and pulled out both bags. I bought them at different times in different places and thought the only difference was the size of the package. Upon reading the nutrition labels, I find that I have 2 kinds. The packaging is very similar so if you are looking for the highest fiber/lowest carb variety, make sure you are buying their Homestyle Whole Grain Tortillas, not the Homestyle Whole Wheat Tortillas. What's the difference, you say? Yes, they both sound healthy and they are, compared to your run of the mill tortilla. In doing a little googling, I find Santa Fe also has a variety called "Carb Chopper" which I haven't seen but will be looking for. Check the diffs in nutrition per serving:

Whole Wheat Whole Grain Carb Chopper

carb 25 13 7

fiber 4 7 3

protein 5 8 4

sugar 0 0 0

fat 2.5 3.5 2.5

sodium 293 490 260

S/C 0/2 0/1 0/1 (for 2!)

Product: Brownberry Carb Counting Multigrain Bread

I was in my local Sam's Club today and stumbled upon this low carb bread. If you are doing Jorge Cruise's Belly Fat Cure, you can have 2 slices of this for less than 20 g of carbs and 6 g of fiber. That means sandwiches with both sides instead of open face! For complete nutrition information click here. Now, I did notice that even though it's rated at 0 g sugar and has no high fructose corn syrup, it does have sucralose listed as the very last ingredient. I had a piece with my oatmeal for breakfast and it's certainly not my favorite. I think it lacks texture, even with all of the fiber. I would prefer it have some crunchy bits as one of my favorite breads, Arnold Bakery Natural Wheat bread. Of course it is loaded with carbs compared to this bread. The Natural Wheat is still doable with BFC. I'll review it separately. To check to see if Carb Counting bread is available near you, click on the title link above which will take you to the Brownberry web page where you can enter your zip code to check. Bottom line, I think I'd rather have one slice of the Natural Wheat than 2 slices of the Carb Counting. I will, however, use this to make sandwiches where it helps to have 2 pieces to hold stuff together.

Pros: low carb, high fiber

Cons: minute amount of sucralose

Cost: $5.66 for 2 loaves @ Sam's Club

S/C: 0/1 (for 1 or 2 slices)