I guess I’m supposed to do clickbait titles if I want more traffic, but I prefer to get the conclusion out there and then back it up in the body.
A question came up about how well powdered cream could be used for Keto Chow instead of the liquid heavy cream. The Amazon Page doesn’t show any nutrition information and I couldn’t get a response from the manufacturer… so logically I bought some.
Here’s the nutrition information. Pay attention to the grams of fat + grams of protein + grams of carbohydrates != serving size.
OK, so the math doesn’t add up. Besides that I can work with the calories and carbohydrate numbers to see how many carbs would be in the same calorie amount as liquid heavy cream. For reference, here’s the nutrition for Darigold 40% cream:
0 carbs, none. Granted, in the US you can call anything below 1g 0 but I’m inclined to believe the 0 figure. So let’s do math. To equal the 518 calories in the heavy cream we’re going to need 58 servings (maybe 4g, maybe 7g going by my math) of the powder. That will give us 29g of carbohydrates (specifically sugars thanks to the #1 ingredient “sweet cream”) that aren’t there when using heavy cream. That would bring your daily net carbs up from 10.9 to 39.9. Did I mention that it will cost you $2.30/day for the powdered cream vs $0.75 for the liquid.
So yeah, not suitable. I looked into another powdered cream and found the same conclusion.
Are there any non-dairy substitutes that will work?
Check out https://old.ketochow.xyz/2015/08/keto-chow-for-the-lactose-intolerant/
blah. I should I have looked at this before I bought that same thing.
I was able to get a refund from Amazon when I bought it.
What about powdered heavy cream that has the only ingredient as sweet cream solids and listed as 0 carbs?
might work if it’s not insanely expensive – got a link?
It’s Anthony’s Heavy Cream on Amazon at $12.99/lb. Hopefully the link works. I’ve only been using a tbsp for 9g of fat and it’s still pretty creamy. Probably some trace carbs not listed and I’m hoping it’s not too good to be true. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A03E494/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Nice. I contacted them on their site http://www.anthonysgoods.com/products/heavy-cream-powder-gluten-free – we’ll see what the reply is.
Thanks!
“Each serving (1 tsp – 4 grams) has ~.48g of carbohydrates.”
…and here is my analysis.