Unbelievabuns

[mhtyler]

Hi, the picture below is of a product I think some of you may be interested in. Its in the US. I don't think its available in the UK, but some enterprising person might want to contact the inventor/owner about a franchise. Why? Because as a T2D I've been looking for the holy grail of diabetic bread for years. I've gone the chaffle route, tried many a recipe. Some are ...okay. Unbelievabuns are made of some sort of protein flour. Each bun, which is a regular size, not some skimpy keto version has only 9 carbs. What is more, it doesn't spike my glucose. I can even eat 2 or 3 of them and I STILL don't get a spike. They're shipped to me from the factory frozen, although they're not frozen when they arrive. I simply put most of them in the freezer, and one box in the fridge for immediate use. Taste? Like real bread, which I suppose it is. It is chewier than a regular bun, so I'd rate it 95% of regular bread untoasted. Toasted: 100 per cent GOLD. Downside? Price. I order in bulk to get a discount, and I eat a lot of them, so it's not cheap. It does have wheat gluten in it, so if you've a problem with that, these aren't for you. Bread is just about my favorite thing to eat, so having one that doesn't hurt, and in fact helps me control my glucose is worth every penny. I don't know what you have at Tesco, but I can tell you that there are plenty of keto breads on the shelf here, and they all SUCK. Basically, they take an ordinary slice of bread, shrink it 30 per cent, stuff in some fiber, and call it keto. Two slices of this keto mini bread fails to satisfy but it spikes my glucose even though technically it has the same carbs as a single large unbelievabun. I can have a sandwich now whenever I want. I can have toast whenever I want. I don't know if it could be duplicated from just the ingredients, but I guess I could send a picture if anyone is interested. This is the most exciting keto product I've ever had.

 

[Leadinglights]

There is a seller in the UK Etsy where they are £36 for 24 rolls so pretty pricy. That is $45.

 

[Docb]

Sadly they are American. Sadly because their website, which is so busy extolling their virtue, it does not give a complete list of ingredients or a full nutritional breakdown. Love to see a photo of that if it is on the packet @mhtyler. Is it a yeast risen thing?

It is obviously low carb and your comment that it does not spike your BG is interesting. Also interesting that you say it actually has the similar characteristics as conventional bread. I agree with you about supermarket "keto" bread....to me their recipes produce something closer to an unsweetened cake than bread!

 

[mhtyler]

Hi, the picture below is of a product I think some of you may be interested in. Its in the US. I don't think its available in the UK, but some enterprising person might want to contact the inventor/owner about a franchise. Why? Because as a T2D I've been looking for the holy grail of diabetic bread for years. I've gone the chaffle route, tried many a recipe. Some are ...okay. Unbelievabuns are made of some sort of protein flour. Each bun, which is a regular size, not some skimpy keto version has only 9 carbs. What is more, it doesn't spike my glucose. I can even eat 2 or 3 of them and I STILL don't get a spike. They're shipped to me from the factory frozen, although they're not frozen when they arrive. I simply put most of them in the freezer, and one box in the fridge for immediate use. Taste? Like real bread, which I suppose it is. It is chewier than a regular bun, so I'd rate it 95% of regular bread untoasted. Toasted: 100 per cent GOLD. Downside? Price. I order in bulk to get a discount, and I eat a lot of them, so it's not cheap. It does have wheat gluten in it, so if you've a problem with that, these aren't for you. Bread is just about my favorite thing to eat, so having one that doesn't hurt, and in fact helps me control my glucose is worth every penny. I don't know what you have at Tesco, but I can tell you that there are plenty of keto breads on the shelf here, and they all SUCK. Basically, they take an ordinary slice of bread, shrink it 30 per cent, stuff in some fiber, and call it keto. Two slices of this keto mini bread fails to satisfy but it spikes my glucose even though technically it has the same carbs as a single large unbelievabun. I can have a sandwich now whenever I want. I can have toast whenever I want. I don't know if it could be duplicated from just the ingredients, but I guess I could send a picture if anyone is interested. This is the most exciting keto product I've ever had.

Sadly they are American. Sadly because their website, which is so busy extolling their virtue, it does not give a complete list of ingredients or a full nutritional breakdown. Love to see a photo of that if it is on the packet @mhtyler. Is it a yeast risen thing?

It is obviously low carb and your comment that it does not spike your BG is interesting. Also interesting that you say it actually has the similar characteristics as conventional bread. I agree with you about supermarket "keto" bread....to me their recipes produce something closer to an unsweetened cake than bread!

I'll take a pic of the ingredients and upload shortly...should have done that with the original post. My Wife thinks she could duplicate it.

 

[mhtyler]

There is a seller in the UK Etsy where they are £36 for 24 rolls so pretty pricy. That is $45.

Interesting. With discount I get 4 packs of 6 ea. so 24 for 36 dollars.

 

[mhtyler]

Sadly they are American. Sadly because their website, which is so busy extolling their virtue, it does not give a complete list of ingredients or a full nutritional breakdown. Love to see a photo of that if it is on the packet @mhtyler. Is it a yeast risen thing?

It is obviously low carb and your comment that it does not spike your BG is interesting. Also interesting that you say it actually has the similar characteristics as conventional bread. I agree with you about supermarket "keto" bread....to me their recipes produce something closer to an unsweetened cake than bread!

 

[mhtyler]

You can check out reviews on youtube. In fact I'm planning to post one myself. SERIOUS KETO has done a couple of reviews. He is the real deal keto-wise, even tho he's not diabetic. Jerrod from Unbelievabuns is also on youtube. Put it this way, I'm spending nearly 150 dollars a month on this bread. Its good, and it just works.

 

[mhtyler]

You can check out reviews on youtube. In fact I'm planning to post one myself. SERIOUS KETO has done a couple of reviews. He is the real deal keto-wise, even tho he's not diabetic. Jerrod from Unbelievabuns is also on youtube. Put it this way, I'm spending nearly 150 dollars a month on this bread. Its good, and it just works.

Here is serious keto first review...

 

[Lucyr]

If they’re 9g carb each then plenty of loaves are that carb value from Tescos and way cheaper. Get yourself a loaf of small Warburtons, 9.0g a slice and only 99p a loaf so loads cheaper.

 

[mhtyler]

If they’re 9g carb each then plenty of loaves are that carb value from Tescos and way cheaper. Get yourself a loaf of small Warburtons, 9.0g a slice and only 99p a loaf so loads cheaper.

If you have a 99p loaf that doesn't spike your glucose, then good on you. The 9 carbs in an unbelievabun DON'T spike me at all.

 

[Lucyr]

If you have a 99p loaf that doesn't spike your glucose, then good on you. The 9 carbs in an unbelievabun DON'T spike me at all.

There’s multiple choices for that carb value. The goal isn’t to eliminate spikes anyway, for T2 the ideal is to be under about 2.5mmol higher than you started 2hrs after eating. The goal isn’t to have totally flat blood sugars with no spikes, even non diabetics have spikes.

 

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There’s multiple choices for that carb value. The goal isn’t to eliminate spikes anyway, for T2 the ideal is to be under about 2.5mmol higher than you started 2hrs after eating. The goal isn’t to have totally flat blood sugars with no spikes, even non diabetics have spikes.

This may not be available in the U S.

 

[Lucyr]

This may not be available in the U S.

It may not but I’m sure they have similar bread available for 9g carb a slice without going to a specialist supplier

 

[mhtyler]

It may not but I’m sure they have similar bread available for 9g carb a slice without going to a specialist supplier

There are many breads here (USA) with 9 carbs, and call themselves keto. They're small, and cause spikes. I avoid spikes where practical. The 9 carbs in unbelievabuns don't behave the same. I can't explain why, but its true.

 

[BobbleHat]

I think the Mega bread (wheat gluten version) recipe you can find on lots of keto sites might be similar to this - if your wife is looking for a place to work out how to replicate it. The recipes are mostly loaves but I don't see why they couldn't be buns too.

I've never tried it myself. I like the Panda bread (with yeast) recipe (and have made that as buns too) but I wasn't a bread fiend before diagnosis so I'll acknowledge that my view of what constitutes 'proper' bread might be more lax than yours!! I'm just happy to have something that I can add a sandwich filling to for my packed lunch.

Oh, and if you do decide to give a recipe a whirl, the advice about ground husks rather than psyllium powder, given in most recipes, is sound. The powder absolutely works to bind but it dyes the dough purple! Doesn't change the taste and I'm quite partial to my purple bread buns but ... yeah. Free advice if you prefer your bread to be bread coloured

 

[Docb]

I note that the recipe lists stevia (a non sugar sweetener) amongst its ingredients. Sugar is sometimes added to bread to feed the yeast and does not appear in the final product but stevia? Also contains modified wheat starch. Isn't that one of the things the anti-ultraprocessors have in their sights? A lot of marketing going on about protein and no preservatives but no mention of those issues.

I also note the price. I doubt they would sell many outside the US, especially with the direct marketing model which seems to be used. I presume that is because the product has limited shelf life and would not be attractive to a conventional retailer.

If it works for you @mhtyler then brilliant. My own thought is that it will not be appearing in the UK anytime soon in any quantities beyond that bought by a tiny niche of odd people who think it a good idea to import an expensive bread like confection from the US.

 

[Eddy Edson]

It may not but I’m sure they have similar bread available for 9g carb a slice without going to a specialist supplier

They're 9g carbs including fibre. Only about 2g net carbs.

 

[mhtyler]

I note that the recipe lists stevia (a non sugar sweetener) amongst its ingredients. Sugar is sometimes added to bread to feed the yeast and does not appear in the final product but stevia? Also contains modified wheat starch. Isn't that one of the things the anti-ultraprocessors have in their sights? A lotI of marketing going on about protein and no preservatives but no mention of those issues.

I also note the price. I doubt they would sell many outside the US, especially with the direct marketing model which seems to be used. I presume that is because the product has limited shelf life and would not be attractive to a conventional retailer.

If it works for you @mhtyler then brilliant. My own thought is that it will not be appearing in the UK anytime soon in any quantities beyond that bought by a tiny niche of odd people who think it a good idea to import an expensive bread like confection from the US.

I agree, which is why my original suggestion in this thread was that some enterprising soul might want to contact Jerrod and seek a local distributorship/manufacturing. I also don't seem to have been able to make my point with some that although a full sized bun has 9 carbs it behaves as though it has about 1.8 carbs, which is the net carbs. I'm not a huge proponent of net carbs here in the states, because usually I think its merely marketing. However, there are exceptions. For example, when I make a marinara sauce, the math says it has 65 carbs total, and yet it barely budges my glucose. OTOH, when I have two slices of ordinary (keto) bread at 18 carbs I get a spike that can't be ignored. It seems merely adding fiber into a product doesn't prevent a spike, but if the fiber is somehow a more basic part of the food it does indeed inhibit fast absorption of sugar. Plainly I don't understand it well myself, but I am getting a clearer idea of what works. BTW, unbelievabuns are starting to be retailed here and there, but I live in Myrtle Beach, a fairly small town, so its not happening yet. I can tell you this, the company is growing very fast. I think the guy is practically printing his own money. In my case, have a good diabetic bread is very important to me so the expense is worth it.

 

[Lucyr]

Perhaps as you’re posting on a UK forum you should convert A1c, bg, carbs, to the UK equivalents before posting. Total carbs is not a concept that exists in the UK.

I also don't seem to have been able to make my point with some that although a full sized bun has 9 carbs it behaves as though it has about 1.8 carbs, which is the net carbs.

 

[mhtyler]

Perhaps as you’re posting on a UK forum you should convert A1c, bg, carbs, to the UK equivalents before posting. Total carbs is not a concept that exists in the UK.

Sure I can try and do that. Please forgive me in advance if I lapse back into American lingo.