I thought the same thing about mushrooms, good and low cal...no way...but now they are a diet staple for me. AND OMG, I'm glad someone else got super gassy after eating the noodles too (well not GLAD, but relieved that I'm not a freak).
This is the first time I've read the thread and I am intrigued. Where do you get these noodles? Ever since I've become aware how high pasta/bread is in calories I've been avoiding, but I sure could use something similar from time to time!
I think it's a little wierd that they don't actually list the calorie count in the nutrition info. Then elsewhere on the page they state "almost no calories"...I'd venture a guess they actually do have calories.
That being said - I'm a fan of the House brand shirataki noodles. I like them when DH is having pasta...I get the volume without the high calorie count.
if its 3 g of carbs doesnt that make them 12 calories??? sint it 4 calories per gram of carb??... either ay next to nothing .. you porbably burn more then tht just chewing them.. lol
Amy - 12 cals is prolly about right...I just find it annoying that they don't just say that. While it's true the actual calories are probably so low as to not make much of a difference...but ya don't gotta lie.
So do you think it's 12 cal then? That's makes me sad that they lied. My friend got them off the website I listed at the beginning, but I'm going to look at the Asian grocery to see. They got to be cheaper than online....
Oh - I wasn't aware of the second one. I'll try em if I see them.
But the original post was about a different brand (Konjac). And it might be a small lie the difference between 5 calories and zero calories....but it's still a lie. And I think leaving it off of the nutritional information is cheesy.
Carbs have 4 calories per gram, but I believe it is common practice in food labeling to deduct the fiber calories b/c they aren't actually digestible. So 3 g carbs = 12 calories, but as it is all fiber, 0 calories.
Shiritaki noodles are made from a Japanese mountain yam (what we call yams here in the US aren't really true yams they are sweet potatoes.)
I would venture to guess there are some calories in them, but probably not much. My question would be, what are they calling a serving size? If you have more then a serving you are most certainly eating some calories.
All of the brands I've seen that are just made with the yam (no tofu) are 5 cals a serving. It's possible that the brand you had was 1. either subtracting the fiber or 2. has a smaller serving size.
