Carbquik - incredible product
 

Carbquik is the most versatile, revolutionary new Low Carb product I have ever tried!!

It is a low carb version of Bisquick. Only 2 grams of net carbs per serving and the "other" carbs are only fibre.

I recently got a box to try out; as the product sounded too good to be true.

From this 16 oz box, I made 15 battered chicken fingers;1 coffee cake; 1 large Greek Moussaka (used carbquik for the bechamel sauce and in the meat mixture) and several mini chicken pot pies (for the bread-y topping). Yikes I have never cooked so much at a time and my freezer is full of individual sized meals for later.

This product has no soy and tastes like the real thing. I never used Bisquick before, but I understand Bisquick is simply flour with some baking powder and salt.

I personally hate the taste of soy and unless the product can hide the soy taste I would prefer to do without that product than eat it. Each recipe was about 2-5 grams per serving. The coffee cake was incredible.

This product is made with wheat. And it tastes like it is made from wheat.

I tried the Atkins bake mix, and could not use it for a coating - it did not stick to anything! Plus it tasted too soy for me and I had given up on the bake mixes.

I am a Type 1 Diabetic and saw no impact on my blood sugar. I am also trying to lose a few pounds, so I am into induction, into deep ketosis and have stayed there eating all the above products. (I can't say the same thing about Dreamfields Pasta, but I want to keep experimenting before I can say the negative conclusively).

You can learn more about this product at www.carbalose.com

Next - (when I get a further supply) I will make stew with dumplings, biscuits, pizza (I want to see how this product works with yeast), and pound cake.

:thup: :thup: :thup:

I am sorry, but I can not support it as it has partially hydrogenated soy oil. If they made the Carbalose flour a stand alone product that might be cool.

Steph Z--Did you order yours online? I was just wondering about their shipping charges.. Can't find the info on their website..

Yes the product does have small amounts of trans-fats. The next generation will not have the transfats, I have been told - I called up Tova Industries, the manufacturers of this product. I believe the next generation is imminent. So it may be just a few months for it to become available.

I got my product via a LC colleague who ordered from www.carbavoid.com and passed it onto me. I am not sure what the shipping cost was.

Nutritional FAQ:


Does Carbquik™ contain trans fatty acids?

No. Carbquik is made using partially hydrogenated soy oil, which does contain trans fats. This is used in small amounts in Carbquik and does not contribute nutritionally. According to FDA guidelines, Carbquik™ does not contain nutritionally significant trans fats.


What is enzyme modified wheat?

Enzyme modified wheat is one of the innovations that make Carbalose™ and Carbquik™ so unique. Through a proprietary process, we combine wheat products with enzymes to create a flour-like product with minimal carbohydrates. This creates a product with the taste and properties of wheat flour without the carbs.


Can I Trust Your Nutrition Information?

Yes. Unlike many "low-carb" products, we have submitted Carbquik™, in both dry and baked form, to two independent food labs: Microbac Laboratories and Silliker Laboratories. The results are reflected on our nutrition panel.



Questions? Email us at carbalose~tovaindustries.com

You can order this from netrition.com

I bought some too but i got mine at Krogers here. It really is a good product.

Im sorry but that is pure BS. Just because it has a small ammount, does NOT give them any right to claim it doesnt contain transfats. It has partially hydrogenated oils, it has transfats. period. I dont care how little of the transfats it is, i will still never support or eat ANY foods that have that crap in it. The FDA has stated that "no ammount of transfats is safe for human consumption."

i agree with this. but if you go to lowcarbfriends.com and read some of the threads there, you will see that the owner of netrition has already contacted carbquick and the company has said they have already changed their formula but still have to use up their old labels before they can use labels to reflect these changes. i for one am going to wait till the new labels come out just to be sure!

argo2d and moonwalker,
I posted that info from there website over a month ago.
It is true that they shouldn't have claimed no transfat even if there was a small amount.
They 'claim' just like you said argo2d that they NOW have no trans fats in there product.
Susie

same here, i hope that its true because i would love to have something like that. Thanks for the info :)

i think you mistook my meaning... i am not talking about the website... Tom, the guy in charge of netrition actually talked to the company and they told him they reformulated.... now whether that is true or not is another question!

argo2d,
I didn't misunderstand. :)
I guess I just didn't write my message well.
I was replying to you and to Moonwalker at the same time and I wanted to let Moonwalker know that I sent that other post in over a month ago and that things have changed.
I've read the post that Tom wrote. I was referring to that when I said there is no trans fats now.
Susie

I'm definately looking into this product. Thanks for the info.

Is there another place other than LowCarbFriends? I find them a bit pricey sometimes.

Never mind, just answered my own question

http://store.carbavoidstore.com/display.asp?sku=107

However it is cheeper at Netrition, I'll have to check the shipping charges.

I ordered it today, but I noticed in a review somewhere that it's not a very large amount of the product. I think in my mind I thought it would be like a box of Bisquik.

I'll post after I try making a recipe with it...

oops my bad :)

all in good faith! :)

Carbquik Bake Mix
 

Carbquik Bake Mix...Does anyone have an opinion from your experience in using this product? Also, where is the best place to purchase it?


Thx

http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/s...threadid=255923

Here is a HUGE thread with people obsessed with it. You ahve all the opinions you want there!

I have continued to use the product with great success. I made a pie crust (for meat pie) that I could actually work with (unlike the soy bake mixes). I also used it for a fish batter (too bad I don't like the taste of beer, because there is an excellent recipe at the manufacturers website) which turned out great. I also used it as a coating for veal - and my fussy high carb family loved it too.

Oh, I also used it as a thickener for stew and made dumplings for the stew - they turned out great too. Whew, tired of cooking and baking!!

I love carbquik. So far I've made the copycat red lobster biscuits, cheeseburger impossible pie (bisquick recipe), and I am hoping to make pancakes soon. What I'd really like is if the company would sell a flour, without the added leaveners, salt, and fat, so I could use it in any recipe calling for flour-without having to adjust the salt/fat/leavenings. But it's still a great product and it seems less expensive than some of the yucky soy bake mixes :)

Can you point us to the manufacturer's website so we can check out some of the recipes there? I'm still trying to find this locally so I won't have to pay shipping...

www.carbalose.com

I also use Bisquick recipes and improvise - www.bisquick.com

Is anyone noticing a stall from this kind of food? I have been eating the atkins chips, (too much), need to stop, I know, but...anywho, found real cheap bisquit mix, cake mix (chocolate, and carrot), and cookies. MMMMM!!!


So, again, any stalls detected from this kind of addition to this WOE?

Thank ahead of time!

I find the Carbquik true to their carb count - afterall, the product is very high fibre and we all know that fibre does NOT get digested into the system. I can see people overdoing it on the snack foods, as I have myself. I am a firm believer that to succeed one should follow the noncommerical Atkins approach - read the book and keep away from commercial products ESPECIALLY snack foods. There are several commerical food products that work well in the LC WOL - tortilla wraps, cereals (and the bake mix to assist in dinner meals).

I also believe that one should eat more carbs as vegetables and not the commercial foods. That being said, I would rather pig out on LC chips, icecream or chocolate rather than the sugary type, but these products should be weekly treats and not the everyday fare.

Hope this helps - my own observations. :)

I've tried various bake mixes - soy flour, vital gluten, Atkins bake mix, almond flour, with different results.

Is the carb count on this product similar to the other products? I know some use oat flour, but the carb count there seems to high for me.


Thanks, nosox

CarbQuik is an excellent product. I ordered it last week from Netrition.com.

It is the best tasting LC bake mix around it can be directly compared to Bisquik in taste with very little carbs.

I have used it in sausage cheese balls instead of the regular bisquik. they were great. no weird aftertaste - the texture is correct.

i also made the LC Poundcake with Carbquik which had only 1 carb per piece of cake (used almost the entire box of carbquik). it was excellent it tasted like it was made from regular flour. had to watch the cooking time though it cooked faster in my oven than it was supposed to. the recipe called for it to bake for 55-60 minutes at 45 minutes it was not only done but i should have taken it out a little earlier.

i didnt tell my husband and he couldnt believe it was very very low carb and completely sugar free.

i cant decide if i want to make brownies or cheese biscuits next.

i swear i am going to buy stock in this company - this product is excellent excellent excellent.

i had tried the other lc bake mixes and they really really suck - they were not even close to tasting like the real thing.

Just ordered this today and can't wait until it gets here. My husband is grudgingly going along with my LC-ing, but there are things he really misses that I might be able to make for him with this product. I'll let you know how it goes....

I made the waffles and the pancakes and my husband who doesn't LC LOVED THEM and ate a bunch. I always add extra water since the recipes seem thick to me, but I won't ever be without this stuff. The pancake recipe has too much butter for me so I'll cut that down next time. I made their pizza recipe and it was good too. It tasted like toppings on biscuits and not really pizza dough, but who cares. I will use my own toppings next time, but also plan to make the pizza dough recipe to use for LC 'Hot Pockets' for me to take to work.

I would love the coffee cake recipe if anyone wants to share (hint, hint) :)

I bought mine at netrition and didn't find the shipping to be out of line. It also got to my FPO address really quickly.

How about sharing some other recipes that people have tried? Are you using it in recipes as a direct substitution for flour?

Thanks,
Lynn

Happy to hear your delight with the product. Since it has baking powder, it should NOT be treated like flour - i.e. don't add yeast, because it doesn't appear to work.

The website www.carbalose.com has all the wonderful recipes - like the coffee cake. Hopefully they will add more. The former Atkins chef - Greg Prior loves the product and is the official chef to the company.

ps - I am a Type 1 Diabetic and this product has zero affect on my blood sugar so I believe their LC claims.