Confused about coconut flour

[Dizzydools]

I am Type 2 and in remission. I love to cook and try new recipes. I generally manage my carb intake pretty well. However I’m am alway looking to make meals more interesting.
I love curries and have been looking at ways to make flatbreads/naans. Coconut flour seems the way to go but although it is very low in carbs it is particularly high in sugar. This is what I find confusing.

 

[Leadinglights]

I am Type 2 and in remission. I love to cook and try new recipes. I generally manage my carb intake pretty well. However I’m am alway looking to make meals more interesting.
I love curries and have been looking at ways to make flatbreads/naans. Coconut flour seems the way to go but although it is very low in carbs it is particularly high in sugar. This is what I find confusing.

Coconut flour is low carb and high fibre, look at the carb value rather than the 'sugar'. Different brands do seem a bit different in the amount of carbs and the proportion which is sugar so look carefully at the nutritional information when choosing.
H & B for example, have several ones some higher carb than others with a higher amount of 'sugar'
The alternative would be almond flour.

 

[rebrascora]

My coconut flour is 16g carbs/100g of which 8.6g is sugar as oppose to wheat flour which is 70% carbs but < 0.5g sugar, so yes you are right that there is more natural sugar in the coconut flour.
The important thing to remember is that 16% is still very much lower than 70% and flour is so highly processed that all the carbs will break down quickly not just the sugar, so it really doesn't matter how much sugar it contains, as long as the carbs are low.
As suggested ground almonds have less carbs still and would probably make an interesting peshwari naan, or a mix of ground almonds and coconut would work too I imagine.

 

[Dizzydools]

Thanks for you quick response it was helpful

 

[Tdm]

The other thing to remember is you only use small amounts of coconut flour as it soaks up masses of liquids (eggs etc).

 

[Dragonheart]

Almond flour is lower per 100g than coconut but you usually use about a quarter to a third the amount of coconut flour as it’s much more absorbent (and needs more liquids as a result) so overall coconut is less than almond in an item.

Also almond flour is fairly consistent in carbs whereas coconut flour varies a lot by brand. Anything under 20% is doing ok but I’ve seen it much much higher. I have two packets at the moment. One which is my usual (groovy food) is 19g/100 carbs (and 8.6 sugars). The other was a random purchase from an unheard of brand and it claims 59g/100 carbs (and 19.8 sugars). I won’t be using the latter one.

As a type 2 I ignore the of which sugars bit of the label. All the carbs end up as glucose and that’s what concerns me rather than the speed they do it at.

 

[Dizzydools]

Almond flour is lower per 100g than coconut but you usually use about a quarter to a third the amount of coconut flour as it’s much more absorbent (and needs more liquids as a result) so overall coconut is less than almond in an item.

Also almond flour is fairly consistent in carbs whereas coconut flour varies a lot by brand. Anything under 20% is doing ok but I’ve seen it much much higher. I have two packets at the moment. One which is my usual (groovy food) is 19g/100 carbs (and 8.6 sugars). The other was a random purchase from an unheard of brand and it claims 59g/100 carbs (and 19.8 sugars). I won’t be using the latter one.

As a type 2 I ignore the of which sugars bit of the label. All the carbs end up as glucose and that’s what concerns me rather than the speed they do it at.

That was interesting and very informative thank you