Hi LoCarber!

I found a good article here about the sweetener "sugar alcohols" found in those bars (MALTITOL, SORBITOL, ISOMALT , etc.) and it has a calculation you can do (ACK! MATH!) to find out the REAL carb content.... here's the calculation, along with a link to the full article:

Sugar alcohols do have carb calories, and the body will use these as fuel, or store as fat, whether or not insulin is involved. You need to look at the total CALORIES for one serving of the product. Subtract from this total the number of calories from any protein in the product (prot = 4 cal. per gm), then subtract the calories from any FAT in the product (fat = 9 cal. per gm). What's left is the calories from carbohydrate ... divide this remainder by 4 (carbs = 4 cal. per gm). If the number you get is bigger than the number of carbs declared on the label, the product has hidden carbs, and it's most likely the polyol. Calories do not just disappear into thin air!

http://www.lowcarb.ca/tips/tips010.html

Good Luck!!!