low-carb FRAUD on QVC: Gayle's Miracle Truffles

I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and while channel surfing
to find a movie to lull me back to sleep, stumbled across a low-carb foods
segment on QVC. The product being shown was "Gayle's Miracle Truffles",
being promoted as suitable for low-carb diets and diabetics.

This product is fraudulent, and is no more low-carb than ordinary candy.
They use no artificial sweeteners and no sugar alcohols. They are coated
with semi-sweet chocolate containing sugar, and the filling is sweetened
with fructose and dextrose. Gayle makes false claims on the TV segment
that "fruit sugar" is a low-carb sweetener. QVC makes false claims on
their website that the product contains "no added sugar."

On the show, they say that 5 pieces is a "serving," but they never
mention how many carbs, nor does the QVC website list nutrition info
or ingredients.

According to nutrition listing on other websites selling this product, 5
tiny truffles amount to 30 grams carb of which 25g are sugars (negligible
fiber). At 6g carb a pieces, they contain as much carb as ordinary
Kraft caramels, and more carb per piece than ordinary Hershey's kisses.

Would those of you who subscribe to other low-carb sites and boards
please spread the word to newbies that this product is complete fraud,
and not suitable for low-carb at all.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

(jamie) wrote:


I woke up in the middle of the night last night, and while channel surfing
to find a movie to lull me back to sleep, stumbled across a low-carb foods
segment on QVC. The product being shown was "Gayle's Miracle Truffles",
being promoted as suitable for low-carb diets and diabetics.

This product is fraudulent, and is no more low-carb than ordinary candy.
They use no artificial sweeteners and no sugar alcohols. They are coated
with semi-sweet chocolate containing sugar, and the filling is sweetened
with fructose and dextrose. Gayle makes false claims on the TV segment
that "fruit sugar" is a low-carb sweetener. QVC makes false claims on
their website that the product contains "no added sugar."

On the show, they say that 5 pieces is a "serving," but they never
mention how many carbs, nor does the QVC website list nutrition info
or ingredients.

According to nutrition listing on other websites selling this product, 5
tiny truffles amount to 30 grams carb of which 25g are sugars (negligible
fiber). At 6g carb a pieces, they contain as much carb as ordinary
Kraft caramels, and more carb per piece than ordinary Hershey's kisses.

Would those of you who subscribe to other low-carb sites and boards
please spread the word to newbies that this product is complete fraud,
and not suitable for low-carb at all.

It might be a good thing to contact QVC and educate them.

"jamie" wrote in message
...
On the show, they say that 5 pieces is a "serving," but they never
mention how many carbs, nor does the QVC website list nutrition info
or ingredients.

The website does now list ingredients and nutrition information:
http://tinyurl.com/3apfn

According to QVC, one piece (which would be a little over an ounce) has
about 5.5 net carbs, which isn't too bad, actually. I just happen to have a
box of regular candy here (Valentine's Day aftermath) which lists 2 pieces
(a little more than an ounce) as having 23.5g carbs. So if the Gayle's
Truffles labeling is correct, ounce for ounce that would be pretty darn good
for a product which doesn't contain sugar alcohol. But since they expressly
say they don't have added sugar, yet contain fructose, dextrose, honey,
etc., it sure does call into question the accuracy of the nutrition label,
doesn't it?

I wrote to QVC to complain about the deceptive product description. Thanks
for the heads up.

Reb

Reb wrote:
The website does now list ingredients and nutrition information:
http://tinyurl.com/3apfn

They must have added that after I emailed a complaint, because I couldn't
find it there last night. Note that they say a serving is one piece
there, but on the show, repeatedly said a serving was 5 pieces.

According to QVC, one piece (which would be a little over an ounce) has
about 5.5 net carbs, which isn't too bad, actually.

These were very small, seen on TV. This listing says a 7.5 ounce box and
shows 15 pieces, so they are half-ounce pieces, not more than an ounce.

They continually promoted 5 pieces as a serving on the show, without
mentioning the carb count at any time.

--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

"jamie" wrote in message
...
These were very small, seen on TV. This listing says a 7.5 ounce box and
shows 15 pieces, so they are half-ounce pieces, not more than an ounce.


Ah, didn't even think to count pieces. I was basing the "more than an
ounce" thing on the fact that it said it had 7 servings per 7.5-ounce box.
It identified serving size as "1," though...so who knows what they're up to?

Reb

On 16 Feb 2004 19:46:56 GMT, jamie wrote:

with fructose and dextrose. Gayle makes false claims on the TV segment
that "fruit sugar" is a low-carb sweetener. QVC makes false claims on
their website that the product contains "no added sugar."

Here is a transcript of a conversation I just had with one of QVCs customer
service reps on their online help thingy.

---

Thank you for contacting QVC. A representative will assist you in a moment.

Welcome to QVCs live chat service. This is Luanne G, how may I assist you?

Jim: I have a question about Item Number M8777 Gayle's Miracles 7 1/2oz Box
Low-Carb ChocolateTruffles

Jim: The description says no added sugar, yet the ingredients list fructose
and dextrose. Is this a misprint?

Luanne G: No, the list is correct. The truffles do contain Ingredients:
Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate, Water, Fructose,

Luanne G: Dextrose, Cocoa Powder, Fig, Honey, Modified Food Starch,
Maltodextrin,Natural Spices & Flavors, Salt, Sodium Propionate.

Jim: Fructose and dextrose are added sugar though.

Luanne G: Yes, I will forward this to our Merchandising Department. Thank
you for bringing it to our attention. I apologize for the error.


--
Jim Marnott

"He who has wine and meat will have many friends."
- Chinese proverb

It's a shame really, all the folks that won't bother to buy the book
will eat these "low carb" fantasy foods thinking they'll lose weight
when in fact they'll gain instead. Worst thing in the world for me was
to do lc halfway, whew ymmv
I notice more and more conterfeit foods in the stores claiming "low
carb" and most although lower then the previous version are way too
high for me to consume.
Their version of low carb and mine are completely different.
I have learned to stick with the basics and not try to trick myself with
the "sugarfree" goodies which helped me regain weight and crave even
more. Now I make my own chocolate if I need a treat.
Linda lc since 2/98 started seriously again 1/06/04 and hopefully
learned my lesson

Jim Marnott wrote:
On 16 Feb 2004 19:46:56 GMT, jamie wrote:


with fructose and dextrose. Gayle makes false claims on the TV segment
that "fruit sugar" is a low-carb sweetener. QVC makes false claims on
their website that the product contains "no added sugar."


Here is a transcript of a conversation I just had with one of QVCs customer
service reps on their online help thingy.

---

Thank you for contacting QVC. A representative will assist you in a moment.

Welcome to QVCs live chat service. This is Luanne G, how may I assist you?

Jim: I have a question about Item Number M8777 Gayle's Miracles 7 1/2oz Box
Low-Carb ChocolateTruffles

Jim: The description says no added sugar, yet the ingredients list fructose
and dextrose. Is this a misprint?

Luanne G: No, the list is correct. The truffles do contain Ingredients:
Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate, Water, Fructose,

Luanne G: Dextrose, Cocoa Powder, Fig, Honey, Modified Food Starch,
Maltodextrin,Natural Spices & Flavors, Salt, Sodium Propionate.

Jim: Fructose and dextrose are added sugar though.

Luanne G: Yes, I will forward this to our Merchandising Department. Thank
you for bringing it to our attention. I apologize for the error.

Howard wrote:

L Du Bois wrote:

Their version of low carb and mine are completely different.

I can remember back when I was on the unhealthy low-fat fad diet of
McDougal and Ornish: EVERYTHING was "low-fat", because that was what
sold. The same thing is happening to low-carb.

I agree...

Many people see "low carb" as a catch-phrase which means "Here's
a healthy food", without bothering to really find out what it means.
So they'll see something "low carb" and not question it, much like
people did with low fat.

I remember the Susan Powter days when
she'd pick up a box of unidentifiable crap and show you how to do the
math on the "percentage of fat by calories", and if the numbers fit,
then it was "good to eat", regardless of what was IN it.

Similar thing is happening with Low Carb... manufacturers can stick
any kind of utter wasteland crap in it, but as long as there wasn't
any of those ole nasty carbs then it is ok to eat LOL

That's why I prefer food as natural as possible. Takes the guesswork
out of everything.

CM

Howard wrote:

Ignoramus17304 wrote:

While I appreciate your interesting investigation, I have long come to
the conclusion that all low carb labeled sweets are fraudulent.

I fear it's worse than that. The fact that "low-carb" is now the 'in'
thing is the beginning of the end. Every damned thing in the grocery
store is going to be labeled "low-carb" whether it is or not, and the
people who get suckered by that are going to be screaming that low
carb doesn't work.

Yep. The people who don't know what a carbohydrate is and don't
bother to read the *ingredients* will easily get taken in. But not to
worry, there are plenty of people for whom low-carb has changed their
life, myself included. I look at food in a whole new light now,
permanently.

CM

Howard wrote:
L Du Bois wrote:


Their version of low carb and mine are completely different.


I can remember back when I was on the unhealthy low-fat fad diet of
McDougal and Ornish: EVERYTHING was "low-fat", because that was what
sold. The same thing is happening to low-carb.


http://FreshCoffee.oportunity.com

Exactly, I've noticed it in Hanniford....low carb stickers everywhere.
I read the labels and think are they joking?
Linda