Low-Carb News 

Latest developments on the low-carb front:

Frito-Lay has announced that it will be making low-carb Doritos and Tostitos. Under the names Doritos Edge and Tostitos Edge, the chips will have about six net carbs per serving.

Chili's Grill & Bar announced that it's adding a low-carb option on its menu as well. However, most of the menu appears to consist of either existing menu items, such as steak or chicken wings, or slightly modified menu items, such as hamburgers without the buns, or fajitas without the tortillas.

Donatos Pizzeria has become the first pizza chain I know of to go low-carb. The chain will start testing next week in limited locations a "NoDough" pizza made with a base of "low-carb soy crumbles." The bad news, though, is that the low-carb pizza still has 14 grams of net carbs per serving.

Burger King becomes the latest fast-food joint to go low-carb, if half-heartedly. The chain will sell you a Whopper with no bun for the same price as one with a bun. And, unlike Hardee's, which has the second-laziest low-carb menu, Burger King doesn't even wrap it in lettuce for you, they just drop it in a bowl. The chain is also adding chicken and shrimp salads to its menu relatively soon, and a steak salad a little further down the road.
Given that tasty low-carb hamburger buns are out there, and would cost less than 60 cents each, it really disappoints me that burger joints that are doing the low-carb thing won't sell them. I'd sooner pay an extra 60 cents for a really good low carb burger than I would pay the same amount for less food. Given that Blimpie's is going the low-carb bread route, I don't see why others can't.

Denny's and Holiday Inn are jumping on the low-carb bandwagon, primarily at breakfast, and 7-Eleven will be selling 50 Atkins-branded products.

For those in or visiting Huntsville, local restaurant Green Hill's Grille has added a low-carb menu, but no word as to what's on it.

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