There seems to be a debate on the nutritional value, so I did some
googling. I also weighed one at work and it weighed out to 5.2 grams in
actual weight. According to the package (and it's been pointed out to me
that imported items seldom have accurate nutritional information which
is something I already knew) it has around 5.1 grams of carbs.

This site shows one at slightly over 7 grams:

<http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutriti...ic/rice-paper-
wrapper>

Or:
<http://tinyurl.com/ollsdc>

Odd, someone last week said that it was 35 grams per wrapper. No way as
they don't even weigh anywhere near that. <g>

Doing a bit more searching, there seems to be some variation and there
is no question that lettuce wraps are better, but since I try to stay
below 20 grams net carbs per day, having a couple of these from time to
time (not daily) should not be so bad, and better than a pita or low
carb tortilla wrap? Plus they are just plain fun...

They make a great BLT with a little mustard. ;-d
Limit the tomato of course!
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"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
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Omelet wrote:
> There seems to be a debate on the nutritional value, so I did some
> googling. I also weighed one at work and it weighed out to 5.2 grams in
> actual weight. According to the package (and it's been pointed out to me
> that imported items seldom have accurate nutritional information which
> is something I already knew) it has around 5.1 grams of carbs.
>
> This site shows one at slightly over 7 grams:
>
> <http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutriti...ic/rice-paper-
> wrapper>
>
> Or:
> <http://tinyurl.com/ollsdc>
>
> Odd, someone last week said that it was 35 grams per wrapper. No way as
> they don't even weigh anywhere near that. <g>
>
> Doing a bit more searching, there seems to be some variation and there
> is no question that lettuce wraps are better, but since I try to stay
> below 20 grams net carbs per day, having a couple of these from time to
> time (not daily) should not be so bad, and better than a pita or low
> carb tortilla wrap? Plus they are just plain fun...
>
> They make a great BLT with a little mustard. ;-d
> Limit the tomato of course!
>


The wrappers I just bought, is the same brand I bought last 3-4 times.
This time, the nutritional label says it has 19 grams of carbs for 3
wrappers. The last package, said 31 grams for 3 wrappers. Next time, I
will shuffle the packages around and look for one with the lowest
carbs. Think that would work? lol


Like you said, as long as you eat these on special occasions, how much
could it hurt.


Becca

In article >,
Becca > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > There seems to be a debate on the nutritional value, so I did some
> > googling. I also weighed one at work and it weighed out to 5.2 grams in
> > actual weight. According to the package (and it's been pointed out to me
> > that imported items seldom have accurate nutritional information which
> > is something I already knew) it has around 5.1 grams of carbs.
> >
> > This site shows one at slightly over 7 grams:
> >
> > <http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutriti...ic/rice-paper-
> > wrapper>
> >
> > Or:
> > <http://tinyurl.com/ollsdc>
> >
> > Odd, someone last week said that it was 35 grams per wrapper. No way as
> > they don't even weigh anywhere near that. <g>
> >
> > Doing a bit more searching, there seems to be some variation and there
> > is no question that lettuce wraps are better, but since I try to stay
> > below 20 grams net carbs per day, having a couple of these from time to
> > time (not daily) should not be so bad, and better than a pita or low
> > carb tortilla wrap? Plus they are just plain fun...
> >
> > They make a great BLT with a little mustard. ;-d
> > Limit the tomato of course!
> >
>
>
> The wrappers I just bought, is the same brand I bought last 3-4 times.
> This time, the nutritional label says it has 19 grams of carbs for 3
> wrappers. The last package, said 31 grams for 3 wrappers. Next time, I
> will shuffle the packages around and look for one with the lowest
> carbs. Think that would work? lol

One could only wish. <g> I'll just count on 5 to 10 grams per wrapper
and limit myself accordingly!

>
>
> Like you said, as long as you eat these on special occasions, how much
> could it hurt.
>
>
> Becca

Yep!
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Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:11:56 -0500, Omelet wrote:

> There seems to be a debate on the nutritional value, so I did some
> googling. I also weighed one at work and it weighed out to 5.2 grams in
> actual weight. According to the package (and it's been pointed out to me
> that imported items seldom have accurate nutritional information which
> is something I already knew) it has around 5.1 grams of carbs.
>
> This site shows one at slightly over 7 grams:
>
> <http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutriti...ic/rice-paper-
> wrapper>
>
> Or:
> <http://tinyurl.com/ollsdc>
>
> Odd, someone last week said that it was 35 grams per wrapper. No way as
> they don't even weigh anywhere near that. <g>

I posted the info from my package the other day, but it was
inconclusive because the numbers were so out of whack (A 12oz
package contained 5 servings of 12oz each !?!)

I would think the carb count would be closer to 10-15 per wrapper
(assuming a 10" square or round wrapper. IIRC, rice is pretty high
up there.

-sw

In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:11:56 -0500, Omelet wrote:
>
> > There seems to be a debate on the nutritional value, so I did some
> > googling. I also weighed one at work and it weighed out to 5.2 grams in
> > actual weight. According to the package (and it's been pointed out to me
> > that imported items seldom have accurate nutritional information which
> > is something I already knew) it has around 5.1 grams of carbs.
> >
> > This site shows one at slightly over 7 grams:
> >
> > <http://www.thedailyplate.com/nutriti...ic/rice-paper-
> > wrapper>
> >
> > Or:
> > <http://tinyurl.com/ollsdc>
> >
> > Odd, someone last week said that it was 35 grams per wrapper. No way as
> > they don't even weigh anywhere near that. <g>
>
> I posted the info from my package the other day, but it was
> inconclusive because the numbers were so out of whack (A 12oz
> package contained 5 servings of 12oz each !?!)
>
> I would think the carb count would be closer to 10-15 per wrapper
> (assuming a 10" square or round wrapper. IIRC, rice is pretty high
> up there.
>
> -sw

It can be, but these things are awfully thin. The packages I get are 35
wrappers each, 340 grams (labeled) per package, so that would work out
to just under 10 grams each.

The math does not work no matter how it's worked. <g>

The main point is, they do need to be limited if one is low carbing, but
they are better than two slices of bread...
--
Peace! Om

"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down."
--Steve Rothstein


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