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Lizzie
DAFNE Graduate
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital 87 posts |
Does anyone know how many carbs are in this? It has nothing on the packaging to say. But during a recent holiday it seemed effective at treating hypos (nibbling a bit and guessing when to stop). |
novorapidboi26
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire 1,819 posts |
from googling, it looks like a chocolate bar............is that the right one.............? |
Simon
Site Administrator
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 578 posts |
The oil is probably in the chocolate surrounding it - you can get varieties without choc so they might be slightly faster acting. |
Lizzie
DAFNE Graduate
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital 87 posts |
Thanks. I think the peppermint oil is just a flavouring, it is basically pure glucose set in a bar. I just found it to be more palatable than glucose tablets and easier to carry around than lucozade. |
novorapidboi26
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire 1,819 posts |
Might need to try this out, the fact that its set in some kind of fatty [all oil is kinda fat] coating then it will be slowed, but maybe not as much as normal chocolate with lots of saturated fat........... |
Lizzie
DAFNE Graduate
Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital 87 posts |
You can get it without the chocolate on, it is mainly available in outdoors type shops except in the Lake District. I have emailed the manufacturers about precise carb values and will report back if I get a response. |