Atkins 'Carb Countdown' Lowfat Yogurt Smoothie: Great Taste, Low Carbs, High in Protein

Lowfat and Low in Carbs? Is it Really Possible?

There's never a shortage of drinkable yogurts in this house; be it the low carbohydrate varieties or the ones that are marketed for kids. When I saw that Atkins and Hood had teamed up to put out the Carb Countdown Lowfat Yogurt Smoothie drink I was more than a little curious about the taste. When I read over the package and saw that it had 13 grams of protein and only three impact grams of carbohydrates I tossed a few of them in the cart. Peach was the only flavor that was available at the time and I finished them off in about four days. If you are doing any type of a low carbohydrate diet and want something sweet to snack on, this is something that you can have around to fight off cravings. While the brood didn't want to try it, this is a great things to have around for kids. It can be used as an alternative to regular yogurts and similar drinkable dairy products that contain a lot of sugar.

Atkins 'Carb Countdown' Lowfat Yogurt Smoothie
water, cultured fat free milk, whey protein isolate, cream, peach puree, locust bean gum, guar gum, live and active cultures

Drinkable dairy products aren't new but it seems like every week some company is putting out some type of new version. Some are marketed towards kids (like the ever popular Danimals and Gogurt) and others for adults; what you need to do is ignore the claims that are made and read the ingredients and nutritional facts. That is where you see the truth about a product and whether or not it is going to be something that you are going to be able to consume. Since this is something that carried the Atkins name on it I know that it is going to be low in carbs but the taste might be questionable. To put that issue to rest, this is a great tasting drink if you are someone that likes smoothies or thinner yogurts. Unlike some it doesn't have a chalky taste to it and there's no nasty after taste to it.