Sugar Lurks In Unsuspected Places!

We usually buy some of those frozen beef patties from Walmart or Kroger to use when we just want a quick hamburger patty for a sandwich or just to eat.
So, this morning, I was having one along with an egg for breakfast, and was going to log this meal into my Carb Manager app. I decided to just go ahead and scan in the barcode, and then I would have my exact nutrients and portions for these beef patties for whenever I have one.
To my surprise, when I looked at the nutrition info on the back of the package, it said that each patty had 5 grams of carbohydrates !
Since meat has NO carbs, I started looking for the ingredients of my "beef" patties. When I found the list, it said that they were made with beef, beef hearts, TVP (textured vegetable protein)--in other words ----SOY, and also contained maltodextrin, which we all know is another word for sugar.
In its defense, 4 of those 5 grams did turn out to be fiber, so that is not all bad; but still, it seems like very close to mis-labeling this product.
We are trying to avoid soy, since it is well-known to be bad for us to eat unless it is fermented in to either soy sauce or tofu; so once this package of beef patties has been used up, this is certainly NOT something that I will be purchasing again.

 

If you re buying fresh ground beef or turkey, then it should not have fillers in it. We buy the packages of fresh hamburger, but usually use those for making tacos, or something besides a hamburger patty. The frozen ones are easy to keep in the freezer and handy when you just want to make a quick burger sandwich. Or like me, a burger patty and an egg.
Once these are gone, we will just buy the fresh packages from now on, and make a patty when we want one. That way, we can know we are not getting soy and sugar fillers added in that we don't want to be eating.