tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post9028631456030877749..comments2024-02-18T15:43:14.717-05:00Comments on Moved to LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/Blog: What's PGPR Doing In Sugar-Free Chocolate?Jimmy Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-73390972357887975492006-09-25T23:31:00.000-04:002006-09-25T23:31:00.000-04:00Oh I almost forgot - I buy my baking chocolate fro...Oh I almost forgot - I buy my baking chocolate from a local chocolate manufacturer, Wilbur's Chocolate in Lititz, Pa.<br /><br />They have excellent chocolates, and you can order the "Reo Wafers" which are chocolate liquor/baking chocolate wafers from their website, wilburbuds.com - click on consumer items, then sugar free to find the baking chocolate wafers.<br /><br />There are other sugar free chocolate items as well, but most of them are sweetened with maltitol. However there is that one item - the Frontier Dark Chocolate Nuggets (Mercury)which are sweetened with isomalt, erythritol and ogliofructose. I'm not very familiar with those sweeteners - the erythritol is obviously a sugar alcohol, but I don't know if it's one of the truly gut wrenching ones or not. Next time I'm in their store, I'll see if they have any of this in stock and find out how much sugar alcohol is in them.<br /><br />A couple of caveats: If anyone is interested in ordering from them, they don't ship during the hot summer months, and they're still not set up to order directly online, but it is possible to order by email, mail, fax or phone. Also, after buying some of the baking chocolate at their store this morning, I see that the prices are a bit higher to order them, plus you'll have to pay shipping too.Caliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00055882170095208056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-35114116157439365442006-09-25T12:20:00.000-04:002006-09-25T12:20:00.000-04:00I went to the LowCarbChocolate.com site and surfed...I went to the LowCarbChocolate.com site and surfed around a bit, but it seemed to me like most of the candies and chocolates on there still had what seemed like an inordinate amount of sugar alcohols in them. (With a few notable exceptions). Maybe not everyone is as sensitive to sugar alcohols as I am, but with anywhere from 17-24+ grams of sugar alcochol per serving (3 measly pieces of hard candy or chocolate), those certainly won't be on my list of treats.<br /><br />If PGPR has no specific safety concerns, I'd a lot rather deal with that than all those sugar alcohols - although in the case of the Dove sugar free chocolates, they still have far too much sugar alcohol in them for me to even consider using them, so it's a moot point.<br /><br />I prefer to come up with my own chocolate concoctions, using baking chocolate (chocolate liquor), stevia, cream, and butter, or cocoa powder, cream cheese, vanilla, etc... You know, <i>real</i> ingredients, instead of something weird that was concocted in a test tube. I'm having trouble getting the results to come out hard and stable (like a chocolate bar) at room temperature, but nibbling on the experimental concoctions certainly satisfies my chocolate cravings.<br /><br />Other than that, I also use the Atkins Caramel fudge bars, because they contain <i>no sugar alcohols at all</i>, and are readily available locally at both BJ's and Walmart. Walmart also carries several of the other Atkins caramel bar varieties, none of which has any sugar alcohols, but the fudgies are my favorite. :)Caliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00055882170095208056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-41745876941183811852006-09-25T12:18:00.000-04:002006-09-25T12:18:00.000-04:00I have had the Dove chocolates and they tasted ext...I have had the Dove chocolates and they tasted extremely good. As I have had no problems with sugar alcohols as long as I stick to the recommended serving size or less, and you state there are no health concerns associated with PGPR, I will likely continue to buy them on the rare occasions when I do buy SF chocolates. Although the ChocoPerfection bars sound great, you have to order them and have them shipped. That would mean I would have too much chocolate sitting in my house tempting me. I do much better if I can go to the store, get one small bag, and eat it over the next few days. If I had a case of chocolate bars in my house I know I would be tempted to eat it daily. Sometimes, in my very hectic life, convenience has to come over quality. Hey, at least I don't hit the vending machines at work and eat McDonald's for lunch anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-20144788902472023202006-09-24T20:04:00.000-04:002006-09-24T20:04:00.000-04:00I'll stick with my ChocoPerfection....and thanks f...I'll stick with my ChocoPerfection....and thanks for that endorsement!Alcinda (Cindy) Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14950698583878546323noreply@blogger.com