Low Fat wraps/tortillas

tomcollins97

Hi,

Anyone know where to buy these? Tesco's have them in their 'lighter' range but the reduction in fat is minimal.

I have found Old El Paso 'Light' flour tortillas with 40% less fat but these are only available in Australia!

Cheers,
Tom

Mellor

don't get hung up on the fat content.
Fat content in food is completely unrelated to body fat. It really is a terrible situation that the english language uses the same word for both, as many people are confuse.

some low fat products have almost the same calories as there regular counterparts due to increased sugar. Then people go and eat much more because "sure its fat free, I can eat as much as I want.


Judge my the drop in calories, not the drop in fat content.

tomcollins97

I know that. What I am interested in is the ‘saturated’ fat content – not total fat.

To add, I have been following a low saturated fat content diet for 5 weeks & have lost 10lb from my starting point to 11st 10lb. I am never hungry & am having a good range of foods. I am looking for low fat wraps to reduce the total saturated fat content of a Chicken Fajita dinner.

olaola

Some tortillas are mahoosive, I know it's simplistic, but buy the smaller ones. You'll still use teh same amount of filling, but eat half the amount of tortilla.
El paso, Discovery brands have small ones I think?

tomcollins97

I use the small ones from the pack of 8 and would eat 3. There is minimal fat difference between the ones from a pack of 6 and pack of 8. The ones from the pack of 10 are just too small to be of any use.

The question is - is there a lower fat alternative that I can use?

olaola

tomcollins97 wrote: »

I use the small ones from the pack of 8 and would eat 3. There is minimal fat difference between the ones from a pack of 6 and pack of 8. The ones from the pack of 10 are just too small to be of any use.

The question is - is there a lower fat alternative that I can use?

I don't mean the smaller packs, I mean the smaller sized tortillas
There is at least 40% in diff in the size between the smallest & largest out there. The Tesco ones are particularly large.

Don't eat three, eat two. And just eat the remainder of the filling on its own.

tomcollins97

You really are missing the point. I am looking for a lower fat alternative not a change in the size or quantity I use.

For example, mayo, ketchup, baked beans, yoghurt are all available in a low fat version. what I am wondering is there any low fat tortilla wrap product

olaola

tomcollins97 wrote: »

You really are missing the point. I am looking for a lower fat alternative not a change in the size or quantity I use.

For example, mayo, ketchup, baked beans, yoghurt are all available in a low fat version. what I am wondering is there any low fat tortilla wrap product

You said you are in the process of losing weight. I'm suggesting a viable alternative, when the low fat options are not available here.

Maybe you're missing the point of the idea of a diet. Eating three large tortillas (be they low fat or not) is not really the ideal path to success.

zero19

You can still have them while on a diet, just control your portions. Also wheat wraps are lower fat than normal ones

loismustdie

you need brown wholemeal flour made wraps,and in advance your welcome i noticed your gratitude to posters takin time to offer you help

Wuggectumondo

Alot of the time low fat = extra sugar to fill in the gap!

I know a girl who worked in a factory packing prawns and the low fat mayonaise boxes used the same mayonaise as the full-fat boxes. It's all psychological and a way to charge a few extra euro on the packs.

Darina Allen says that those who eat normal fat food items actually lose more weight as they are more satisfied so don't eat double as much.

Sorry, to answer your question; I'd say you can only find gimicky low fat wraps in America. Wheat doesn't have much fat anyway! But perhaps the Weight Watchers range does? I know they do low fat bread ha ha. Or check out health food shops!

tomcollins97

loismustdie wrote: »

you need brown wholemeal flour made wraps,and in advance your welcome i noticed your gratitude to posters takin time to offer you help

I asked a specific question. Being told 'use smaller or fewer' is hardly an answer that deserves gratitude

Alun

This 'low fat' nonsense is getting so rdiculous these days, I've even got a pack of glucose sweets that advertises them as "FAT FREE!".

tomcollins97

olaola wrote: »

You said you are in the process of losing weight. I'm suggesting a viable alternative, when the low fat options are not available here.

Maybe you're missing the point of the idea of a diet. Eating three large tortillas (be they low fat or not) is not really the ideal path to success.

Firstly, I do not know that a low fat option is defiinately not available - hence the post.

I'm hardly missing the point - when are three 36g tortillas considered large???

The idea of my diet is that I can sustain it - not put back all the weight once I stop 'dieting'. I am looking to find alternatives so I can still eat food I enjoy whilst staying weight & health conscious.

I know these are available in Australia (from Old El Paso) and form the Tortilla Factory in California. I was hoping someone may have seen these in Ireland hence the post.

biko

I think the low blood sugar is getting to you OP

tomcollins97

Wuggectumondo wrote: »

Alot of the time low fat = extra sugar to fill in the gap!
!

This I am very aware off and check labels carefull. I am following a low saturated fat diet for health reason. This is in line with controlled calorie intake so obviously I weigh up the trade off between fat & calories.

for example, Regular Helmans Mayo v's Extra Light. The extra light has virtually no fat, is high in sugar, and double the salt of regular. For this reason i choose to use full fat and talk this into account when revieing my daily food intake.

olaola

Taking note of Old El Paso - the tortillas & the tortilla wraps (which are bigger)

The smaller tortillas are 41g each, at 343 cals per 100g ~ 139 cals.
The larger wraps are 59g each, at 344 cals per 100g ~ 200 cals.

If you ate two smaller tortillas instead of 3 larger ones, you'd be 'saving' 322 calories.

BTW the whole-wheat tortillas have the same calorie & fat content as the white flour ones.

MissFlitworth

Tesco have a Light Choices Tortilla Wrap that's low fat, although the info I'm looking at is from the UK so might be worth giving them a buzz to see if they stock it here


I'd defo agree that you're prob better off with just smaller versions/less of normal wraps. It's amazing the cr*p that gets lashed into food to make it tasty when it's made 'low fat', especially when it wasn't that high in fat to begin with

tomcollins97

olaola wrote: »

Taking note of Old El Paso - the tortillas & the tortilla wraps (which are bigger)

The smaller tortillas are 41g each, at 343 cals per 100g ~ 139 cals.
The larger wraps are 59g each, at 344 cals per 100g ~ 200 cals.

If you ate two smaller tortillas instead of 3 larger ones, you'd be 'saving' 322 calories.

BTW the whole-wheat tortillas have the same calorie & fat content as the white flour ones.

Oh god…

As in my post above I stated that I used 3 from the 8 pack – you have given a comparison between the 8 pack & 6 pack which is completely irrelevant to my post. Also, comparing 3 large to 2 small is hardly a reasonable comparison!

Also, as stated, I am interested in reducing my overall saturated fat intake. Hence looking for a brand of tortilla that has a lower sat fat content which I can use to substitute with the fuller fat one.

Also, I am doing reducing my overall food intake, just making more sensible choice. i.e there are different brands of oven chips out there, McCain do a 3% fat version as they are prepared with a different oil, hence I choose the same quantity of the lower fat option.

tomcollins97

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Tesco have a Light Choices Tortilla Wrap that's low fat, although the info I'm looking at is from the UK so might be worth giving them a buzz to see if they stock it here

Thanks, I'll give them a try.

Edgedinblue

I always find it hard to find smaller wraps in tesco! the big ones are just there, but for anyone on weight watchers most big wraps ive looked at/bought have around 3-3.5 points in them. no idea about the smaller ones though

Mellor

tomcollins97 wrote: »

I know that. What I am interested in is the ‘saturated’ fat content – not total fat.

tomcollins97 wrote: »

I asked a specific question. Being told 'use smaller or fewer' is hardly an answer that deserves gratitude

What exactly is your reasoning for focusing on lower fat, as opposed to lower calories.

and, please, nobody post a smart arsed reply about fat, calories and health. I am, looking to hear it from the OP in his words, as there are 2 or 3 possible reasons

tomcollins97

Mellor wrote: »

What exactly is your reasoning for focusing on lower fat, as opposed to lower calories.

and, please, nobody post a smart arsed reply about fat, calories and health. I am, looking to hear it from the OP in his words, as there are 2 or 3 possible reasons

I chosse to reduce SATURATED fat to a low as possible in my diet whilst taking into account additional sugar & salt. i.e. I won't use extra light mayo due to salt content and won't eat 'diet' yoghurts sue to sugar content. I will have normal versions of both and take into account their fat content when looking at my totals for the day.

I eat mainly veg & lean mean and very little in the way of sauce or processed food. I make lovely home made fajitas with home meade salsa & guacamole and I would like to see if there are low SATURATED fat wraps out there to compare there full nutritional info to regular wraps to see if they are a viable option.

Mellor

Corn tortillas might be lower in Sat. Fat.
there is also the old el paso light option, but i'm not fully sure on its data

Best bet is to just check all the brands you can find

rubadub

loismustdie wrote: »

you need brown wholemeal flour made wraps

Have you a recipie for making wraps? Full fat! And I don't mind it being saturated, in fact I eat lots of sat fat from coconut oil with fat loss in mind.

olaola wrote: »

BTW the whole-wheat tortillas have the same calorie & fat content as the white flour ones.

I saw those old elpaso "wholeweat" ones the other day. Full of white flour as usual, always read the labels. If it doesn't say 100% on the front you can bet its got plenty of white flour in it.

Fringe

If you're making homemade fajitas, why not make the wraps as well? Then you can put in as little fat as you want.

Mellor

rubadub wrote: »

I saw those old elpaso "wholeweat" ones the other day. Full of white flour as usual, always read the labels. If it doesn't say 100% on the front you can bet its got plenty of white flour in it.

The wraps I buy are 100% wholewheat, not old el paso though.

i seen the el paso light, and extra light wraps today also. They have about 60% less fat, and are slightly smaller.

tomcollins97

Where did you see the light old el paso wraps??

Mellor

Sadly for you, I seen them in sydney australia

pickarooney

They're pretty easy to make yourself and probably take less time than it would to source read-made ones. You'd obviously want to replace the butter with a lighter alternative.

TravellersSpice

The corn tortillas and flour wraps have less fat than the wholewheat ones or the regular flour tortillas - 7g per 100g compated to 11g

brianthebard

rubadub wrote: »

Have you a recipie for making wraps? Full fat! And I don't mind it being saturated, in fact I eat lots of sat fat from coconut oil with fat loss in mind.

Have you tried making chipatis with gram flour? I know you talked about gram flour before but maybe that was for pancakes.

OP, make them yourself, simple and you can dictate exactly how much fat is in them. It won't be hard to make.

Jwacqui

Weightwatchers do a range of tortilla wraps and pitta breads. You'll find them in tesco! Hope that helps. They are lower is sat fat compared to the tesco ones I think.

As ww points are calculated by using calories and sat fat.