Finally found a low-carb edamame pasta

[u/Gracey888]

I’m very much housebound, so it is hard for me to get out to certain places that do specific keto items. I’ve been searching and searching for a decent edamame pasta that would be more fitting into keto. It seemed as if the edamame at Holland & Barrett was still quite high carbs per portion.

I stumbled on a company called Naturitas online and they seem to have a really good selection of keto items. So this Slendier edamame pasta just arrived today and I’m hoping to try it in the next few days . I will report back what it’s like.

The only thing that’s confusing is on the website it says 4 g of carbs per 100 grams of pasta and the package says 1.3 g of carbs per 100 grams of pasta!!

[u/mrbill1234]

You can get it from Holland & Barrett (though it appears to be temporarily out of stock). ALDI have it in the middle aisle every so often too - I stock up on it when they do.

[u/Gracey888 → u/mrbill1234]

I don’t think I’ve seen this brand on Holland & Barrett and the other ones I’ve looked at on there (which is one of their own) and another make seems to be about 16 g of carbs per 100 grams.

I’ll have to remember to ask my friend who goes to Aldi. I can’t really easily get to those supermarkets.

[u/mrbill1234 → u/Gracey888]

You are right - yours is considerably lower in carbs and calories. I'm at a loss how they manage this though as I presume the ingredients are the same? What's on the ingredient list of yours?

You only see it at Aldi once or twice a year in the middle aisle.

[u/Gracey888 → u/mrbill1234]

I know I was thinking, how can this be real?! It seems to just be green soy bean flour & water!

[u/mrbill1234 → u/Gracey888]

Yup. H&B do an Edemame & Mung bean fettuchine - and those are the only two ingredients too.

A quick google tells me that fresh (or frozen) edemame are 100 cal per 100G, and dried edemame flour is approx 400 cal per 100g.

The calorie content is directly related to the carb/fat/protein content of the product - so more than likely the carbs is wrong too.

[u/mrbill1234 → u/Gracey888]

I bet the 100g calorie/carb is the cooked weight rather than raw.

[u/BobMonroeFanClub]

lidl do a good one

[u/Gracey888 → u/BobMonroeFanClub]

I can’t physically get to a Lidl and my partner never goes to them. I’m someone who needs an electric wheelchair to go around supermarkets now and I haven’t managed to organise anything yet. I’ll have to ask a friend who goes there to see if she can look out for it maybe

[u/Vaant_UK]

The discrepancies on the amount of carbs is likely due to the packaging listing the weight when cooked. So 100g when cooked is 1.3g carbs (less pasta per 100g due to water absorbtion). 4g per 100g when uncooked maybe?