I havent tried many of the Atkins products but have had the bars, and I just could not acquire a taste for them.
I have recently tried the Breyers low carb ice cream and found the strawberry and chocolate to be very tasty. A slight Splenda after taste with the strawberry but still good. It is much creamier than the Atkins Endulge, and a whole lot cheaper!
I just love the Carb Countdown dairy product from Walmart! The regular is so so, but the chocolate is wonderful! Only 100 calories, 2 carbs for a cup and I thought it was pretty cheap.
Ive only been able to get the La Tortilla once, and it was the whole wheat, and I really liked them. I didnt taste any real difference from the real thing.
THe Davinci syrups are okay, a bit sweet for me, but they are good.
Finally my most recent specialty product was the ATkins cinnamon bagels. They were pretty good, just not as dense as a regular one, but Id buy them again. They are pricey but I figure they are nice to have in the freezer for a breakfast on the go.
Leasa

Like many mentioned before DaVinci SF vanilla syrup is very good. I use it in my coffee.

Russell Stover sf coconut miniatures and peanut clusters are very good. Hidden carbs are about one per piece, but they make a great "desperate for something sweet" solution as long as one has the will-power to just have one.

Liquid Stevia was a great disappointment. It is so expensive and doesn't have the sweet taste I was expecting. I'd love to find a liquid splenda to eliminate the carb count. Anyone know where to get it?

I am still dabbling with the lc and sf products myself. This is a very helpful post....Thanks!

liftmyburden

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I'd love to find a liquid splenda to eliminate the carb count. Anyone know where to get it? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> This co-op distributes a form of liquid splenda as a "syrup base": Locarb.com Syrup Concentrate

Nature's Flavors has a syrup base, too:NF Syrup bases I noticed they had a brown sugar flavor syrup - that looks intriguing!

~~~Teelbee

174 (Mar. 2002, highest weight), 164 (Jan. 2003, begin LC)
174/132/137-134
remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic

[This message was edited by Teelbee on 10-29-03 at 10:11 PM.]

Love Keto ketchup taste's a lot like Heinz. also Russell Stover candy is too good. I am really disappointed in most of Atkins brand products. Arnold LC bread isn't too bad. Davinci products are good.SO Interesting to see likes & dislikes.

I hope that with the popularity of the diet and more retailers coming on board that competion will make LC food more affordable.

Elys

Oh, glad to hear there is a more "Heinz-like" ketchup out there; I will be trying it.

Michelle, I felt just like you about the tortillas. I moved to Michigan from the Southwest, where the tortilla department at the grocery store was bigger than the bread department! The La Tortilla ones are a pretty good substitute. The only thing I didn't like is that I like my tortillas to be just a teeny bit "al dente." Not tough, but a little bit of bite texture, and I thought the La Tortilla ones lacked that. I don't quite know how to describe it...sort of like biting into cake as opposed to bread, if you know what I mean. The texture was a real drawback when making a quesadilla (but not enough to keep me from eating it, ha ha!) Also, they are quite small; the "burrito" size one is what I would call "taco" size. But, they have to hold that carb count down somehow!

Aderyn

WOW, Teel! You found the actual "holy grail" of Splenda at that food co-op! Woo-hoo!!!!

I just scarffed up a couple of bottles of the co-op's product. Picked up some of their wheat protein isolate, too.

Thank you!

Maggie
5'1" ~~ Atkins since '98 (160)/Maintaining nicely (110) ~~ Redhead until further notice!

Maggie, I just bought the same two items!

I thought their shipping price was ridiculous though. But I paid it anyway, what does THAT tell you...... LOL!

Char

Don't squat with yer spurs on!

Great topic--

Like or will buy again:
DaVinci syrups
**La Tortilla, tortillas (try toasting them for better texture)
The Chocolate Decadence Advantage bar
The Cinnamon ? flavor Atkins Breakfast Bar
Sugar Free jello
Russell Stover sugar free turtles

OK:
Wasa Fiber Bread crackers

Blahh:
Some of the bars -- forgot the names on purpose

Things I haven't tried:
most LC stuff --- price and availability is prohibitive.

Judy

180/142/138
"How long does getting thin take?"
Winnie the Pooh,Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne

The things I really love are:

Russel Stovers sugar free candies (much better than atkins or anything else I've tried.

Keto Hot cereals

Pro-Slim LC pasta

Almond flour

Diet Rite (all flavors)

Ready to drink bottles of Crystal Light

DaVinci Syrups

LC and feeling better every day!

Atkins since 7/18/03
210/182/140

Judy, thanks for the tip on toasting the tortillas! I'll try it. I forgot, I also tried the Wasa Fiber Rye crackers and I agree, they're okay; they have a nice crunch (geez, I guess I'm really into textures!) with things like tuna salad or egg salad on them. And I totally forgot sugar-free Jell-O, yes, yum yum, and versatile, too!

Aderyn (anybody besides me remember making "bug juice" with Jell-O at Girl Scout camp?)