The hard candy called "Fruit Flavors", sugar free, has 15g carbs and of these 15g are isomalt.

How many of these carbs would count?

thanks

This depends on how well your body deals with isomalt. Sugar alcohols (like isomalt) are poorly digested and many people count them as 0. Other people are more cautious and count half of them (ie 10g count as 5).

The thing you must know about these sugar alcohols is that they can cause gas and make you run to the loo if you eat too much.
Limit them to 25g a day or less.

Robert

P.S. many people find they make them stall - all in all I'm not saying you shouldn't try them - just do so with caution.

Just found this info on the manufacuror's website:

How The Body Uses Isomalt

Isomalt, like all polyols, is a low digestible carbohydrate which is only partially digested in the intestines. In the lower part of the intestinal tract, some of the non-absorbed portion is metabolized by colonic bacteria. These normal physiologic processes, which may sometimes in some people cause softer stools or more intestinal gas than usual, are similar to how the body responds to high-fiber foods, beans and prunes.

A person’s response to low digestible carbohydrates, including isomalt, varies depending on the individual and factors such as one’s total diet, how much and when this type of carbohydrate is consumed. The few people who might be sensitive usually have no problem if they start with small portions and gradually increase their consumption of low digestible carbohydrates.

Robert

A couple weeks ago i bought a whole bunch of atkins bars for those times i wanted something sweet, and calculated the net carbs in my total daily carb count, well yep it happened to me i stalled, stopped eating them and am dropping wt again,

I have not ate these since being on Atkins but be careful because if you eat too many of these things you may be in for a lot of pain! I was doubled over and crying I hurt so much. Went to the ER and it was finely figured out it was what I ate! Soribitol does this too.