Low Carb Discontinued Product Watch

Updated: April 12, 2006 (most recent entries in purple -- scroll down.)

I am going to track what stores are discontinuing good low carb products as a service to readers on a weekly basis. To put products and locations on the list, please write in the comment section below the weekly post. Or, if you email me, please put Product Watch in the email header so I can find them quickly. Please put the complete city and state of the particular chain where you can no longer find the product.

This will also tell us all how good a particular store chains' customer service is. I'll keep a record of when I call to see how quickly they get back to me, if ever.

I have a HUGE backlog of products to update. Email me to get your questions higher up on the list! This week I am trying to follow up on the following products that have been submitted by Low Carb Freedom readers: Carb Options Salad Dressings and Mueller's and Anthony's Reduced Carb Pasta.

Carb Options Salad Dressings: Some Items Discontinued!

According to the telpehone representative, this just happened last week. Unfortunately, the Carb Options French Salad Dressing HAS been discontinued. This was the one unique offering that they had. It was the only low sugar French dressing available in a normal grocery store. If you like it, check out Big Lots or the Christmas Tree Shops to see if they get rid of them. After that, your next bet is to try a low carb specialty store. They also discontinued their Olive Oil and and Blue Cheese salad dressings. This isn't a big deal since there are so many inherently low carb offerings out there.

Mueller's and Anthonly's Reduced Carb Pasta: Discontinued.

Yup, it is gone! While inventory remains, you can get it here:

Premium Products

Toll Free 866-283-1400   

www.premiumproductsllc.com

You might also try the usual places, Big Lots, etc.

You can always get Dreamfield's Pasta here though:

Dreamfield's Pasta REDUCED AVAILABILITY:

If you can't find Dreamfield's near you, don't worry. It is always available at netrition.com.

Multiple reports, including an "Aberdeen" store, that Wal-mart is no longer carrying this item. (Although always available at) I called Wal-mart on 2/22, no response because I did not have the correct name of the specific store. Emailed on 3/8 and received the following response:

Thank you for your message.

Our goal is to forward your message to the proper department.  In order to expedite your message, we must have all the information listed below:

- store or club location you have comments about
- UPC number

Wal-Mart appreciates your business and your correspondence.

Thank you,
Nick
Customer Relations

For further correspondence regarding this issue, please reply to this email.

So, folks, when dealing with Wal-mart, I need your help. You can't just tell me the Aberdeen store. As reader Barbara Vignola says:

Regarding Low Carb discontinued products ....and Dreamfield's Pasta in the Aberdeen store.  It's an absolute necessity for people to not only identify the city, but the state or exact location to be able to determine accurate information.   It's a big world we live in; according to the internet, seems the "Aberdeen" referred to can be in several places:  South Dakota, Maryland, Washington, Scotland, New Jersey, Idaho, North of Hong Kong, North Carolina and Mississippi.

However, having the UPC seems a little much. Kroeger's has much better customer service.

Things do not look good according to reader Jennifer in VA:

I contacted Wal-Mart via the internet and received a personal phone call from the manager of my local Chesapeake, VA store explaining to me that they are no longer carrying Dreamfields' pasta products.  I did find the product a Kroger grocery store in nearby Virginia Beach, VA.

Reader Barbara Norrington has now given me the name and town of a Wal-mart Superstore (Seaford, DE) that has discontinued the Dreamfield's Pasta,; I'm on the case to see if they have discontinued the product chain wide. She says that this is a Superstore. If the Superstores have stopped carrying it, that doesn't bode well for the product for the whole chain because Superstores usually can support a wider selection of products. Again, it is always available at netrition.com.

Post Carbwell Cereal DISCONTINUED BUT REPLACED:

-- The Post Carbwell Cereal is discontinued, and it has been "replaced"by a South Beach version.  But beware, the South Beach Whole Grain Crunch Cereal has more carbs (21g of carbs with 4g of fiber) versus the original Post Carbwell Cereal (14g of carbs and 5g of fiber). One South Beach Cereal flavor, the Toasted Wheat, has a whopping 48 grams of carbs with 8 grams of fiber.

(Interesting note, I have seen Toasted Wheat on clearance at Target. I'm calling to check to see if this carb loaded cereal has been discontinued. What do companies think we are? Stupid?)

Post Carbwell Cereal Bars NOT Discontinued:

-- They have been renamed to the South Beach Diet Cereal Bars. They even have two new flavors, chocolate and maple nut. Make sure you DON'T get the South Beach Meal Replacement bars. Those things are filled with maltitol. Nasty!

(I'm going to have an update on this soon! Changes have happened!)

Low Carb Oreos DISCONTINUED--

The website is incorrect. They may have left the "how to find Low Carb Oreos in your local area" up because the sell by dates of the existing product are not yet expired. This might help existing stores to sell their inventory on the shelf. However, the much spoofed Low Carb Oreos and Chips Ahoy cookies have been discontinued. I bought these occasionally for the kids, but you can still read my review of the Low Carb Carbwell Oreos here.

still listed on their website as available. Try this Low Carb Oreo product link, put in your zip code, check out the stores listed, and then email me with specific information if the stores do not have them in stock. (I don't buy these because of the high maltitol content)

Planter's CarbWell Peanut Bars DISCONTINUED: Email into Planter's for help with availability sent on 3/7. Response on 3/10:

Thanks for visiting our Web site and inquiring about the availability of
PLANTERS Peanut Bar.

It's great to hear from consumers who are looking for our products because it lets us know how much you enjoy them.  The tough part comes when we have to share the news that the product you're trying to find has been discontinued.  If products don't seem to be popular with our consumers, and demand starts to drop, a decision is made to discontinue the item.  Once this decision is made, we stop making the product and the remaining supply is shipped from our warehouse to the grocery stores.

Please add our site to your bookmarks, and visit us again soon!

Kim McMiller
Assoc Director, CRIC Consumer Services (Update: I bought some of these at BigLots in a case without looking at the ingredients list. They are full of maltitol so my husband will be selling them on ebay.)

Keto ice cream bars and Keto Sweet DISCONTINUED.

Keto has gone out of business. More about Keto Low Carb Foods Company here

Keebler Sensible Low Carb Cookies DISCONTINUED: email sent 3/8, response on 3/11.

Katherine,

Thank you for contacting us on-line with your question about Keebler®
Discontinued Cookie Products.

Our company no longer markets this product, since consumer demand does not warrant its continued production.  At this time, there are no plans to reintroduce this product.  We hope you will be able to find another one of our products that suits your needs.

We appreciate your interest and loyalty to our brands and trust that we will continue to meet your needs for many years to come.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Fernandez
Consumer Affairs Department

(It isn't likely that I'll be buying some of their cookie products soon! (grin))

Low Carb Entenmann's Products DISCONTINUED: (email sent 3/8, snail mail returned)

Received snail mail stating that the line is discontinued with coupons attached, including their full carb Boboli line and their regular Entenmann's products. Those will go in the trash. I don't buy that stuff anymore. They also gave a coupon for their regular Thomas' line. There are some low carb products in that line that I will still buy. You can go see for yourself at their improved George Weston website. Their low carb Thomas' bagels, muffins, etc. are listed.

Doritos Edge Tostitos, Cheetos, and Doritos DISCONTINUED:

Please read this post about the Low Carb Edge Products.

Trader Joe's Low Carb Products (some) DISCONTINUED:

Soy Tortilla Chips: Discontinued, although they still have the flaxseed tortilla chips. Low Carb Waffles: Discontinued. Carbsafe Cookies: Discontinued, although they still have Smarter Carb. More here.

Quaker Q-Smart Snack Crisps NOT Discontinued

Ok, Ok, you can tell by my review I didn't like the Quaker Q-Smart Snack Crisps, but if you read the reader's comments, you will see that I am a minority. Surprisingly, Dawn from Quaker told me that these were NOT discontinued. I asked her how my readers could find them and she said that they were available at some Walmarts, Targets, Safeways, and Albertsons. She also said that readers could call 1-800-856-5781 and speak to someone from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. central time for help locating the product near them.

Moove Over Carbs by Stonyfield Farms NOT Discontinued,
renamed to Moove Over Sugar. Now that Atkins Carb Countdown yogurt and Yoplait Carb Monitor have been discontinued (see below),

1. print out this form,
2. check off Moove Over Sugar,
3. and give it to the dairy manager at your local store so he or she can order it.
4. Plus, click here for ecoupons
   

Kraft Carbwell Barbecue Sauce NOT Discontinued,
just reduced availability. (Why the heck don't they just rename THIS to Kraft Low Sugar Barbecue Sauce and keep it the way it is? It is the best low carb barbecue sauce out there.)

Heinz Low Carb Ketchup NOT Discontinued,
renamed to South Beach, seems to be available more now. Ditto to the above. Rename it Low Sugar Ketchup, best low carb Ketchup out there.

Betty Crocker Carb Monitor (SOME ITEMS DISCONTINUED):
Discontinued the Garlic Potatoes, but still producing Carb Monitor Brownies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Blueberry Muffins

Progresso Carb Monitor Soup (ONE FLAVOR DISCONTINUED):
Discontinued the Chicken Vegetable, still producing Carb Monitor Beef Vegetable, Carb Monitor Tuscan Style Meatball,Carb Monitor Chicken Cheese Enchilada Style, Carb Monitor Roasted Turkey Vegetable (review here)

Dominos Carb Cruncher Pizza DISCONTINUED:
Discontinued Across the US (I won't order from them anymore, even if I'm buying non-carb for people. If you buy three 1-topping pizzas and try to get two plain cheese (common for kids) and one with three toppings, you have to pay for the extra toppings. I don't give them any business anymore. Other places will combine so you don't pay extra.)

Total Protein Cereal DISCONTINUED:
Happened July 3, 2005. May be found at some dollar stores.

Deliciously Slim
OUT OF BUSINESS, no products available any longer. Last batch just donated to a food bank.

Atkins Carb Countdown Yogurt and Smoothies DISCONTINUED:
Stopped being able to order it in August, 2005. Stores selling down their stock. Hood watched the trend and many stores stopped ordering it so they discontinued it. The milk (including chocolate) is not being discontinued at this time. You can buy Dannon Carb Control Yogurt or Moove Over Sugar from Stonyfield. Moove Over Sugar is available at most health food stores, but you can also get it in your area if you push. Stop & Shop carries it, for example.

If you want access to Moove Over Sugar,

1. print out this form,
2. check off Moove Over Sugar,
3. and give it to the dairy manager at your local store so he or she can order it.
4. Plus, click here for ecoupons
   

Yoplait Carb Monitor Yogurt DISCONTINUED
Discontinued the first part of August, 2005. Read the Atkins note above or click here for your other low carb yogurt options.

Hershey's 1g Candy Bars NOT DISCONTINUED -- exactly -- listen to this wording:
Chocolate with Soy Crisp and Peanut Butter Cups are available. All other bars not available for distribution at this time in 2005. They aren't discontinued, discontinued means that they aren't coming back, but they aren't available for distribution. Soooo... I'll translate, they are temporarily discontinued until low carb comes back into fashion. May be found at Target, Wal-mart, Walgreens, Kmarts, and other drugstores.

Sahara Carb Counting Pitas and Wraps
These were produced by George Weston Bakeries (whose website has improved immensely, by the way) and have now been discontinued in 2005. If you can get them, Joseph's low carb pitas, low carb mini-pitas,  low carb wraps, and low carb lavash breads are just wonderful! Joseph's is a New England company with 6 days a week delivery to 650 New England stores, with some in NY. In September they will be expanding to the Wal-mart Super Centers. Their website is coming!

To do:

Low Carb Milk

And to get a weekly update with links to all new Low Carb Freedom posts, including the Low Carb Discontinued Product Watch, click here.

Reader Kris is despairing:

Gone is Carb Options Whipped Dressing (miracle Whip)  Pulled off shelves...I think now that the big companies have driven out the little ones we are doomed...especially now that those same big companies now feel we are not enough to support and are getting out of the business of low carb.  Back to the summer of 2003...when we were stuck with nothing but bark and soy.

I say that we are now going through creative destruction. If we low carb folks don't buy the new/improved/less costly to produce/higher carb versions, we are creating a pent up demand that a smart company will exploit (and thankfully so.) They will create good tasting low carb products with inulin and oligofructose and no maltitol. Bad tasting products have to get out of the product stream for this to happen. We won't go back to just soy and bark, I promise you, Kris!

Comments

[Lynn]

It looks like Carb Well Cereal has been discontinued in all the grocery stores in Burlington, NC. Does this mean they stopped making it? I'd appreciate any information I can get. Thanks.

[diaen]

can anyone help me with finding Post Oreo cereal? It seems to be dicontinued in the Maryland area.

[Sue]

I'm looking for the Post Carbwell Cereal Bars! Market Basket, Shaw's and Stop & Shop do not carry them any more. I finally found bars I liked, now I can not get them. Can I buy direct? I'm from Massachusetts, North east of Boston

[Alan]

Does anyone know if any Keto products are still available? Specifically bananna low carb oatmeal and bananna low carb soy protein

[Carrie]

These comments refer to Woodbridge, VA (northern Virginia)

I had been buying many of my low-carb staples at BJs lately, including Dreamfields, Low Carb Special K and Dannon Carb Control. On my last trip, NONE of them were on the shelves. When I went to the manager and asked her to check their inventory, we discovered that none of the products were in their system anymore, as either sold-out or on-order, which indicates that they probably won't be carrying them anymore. Fortunately, all of the products are available at local Safeway stores, but at a much higher price. So, they aren't lost to the area, but we'll be paying more for them. Am hoping to check with Costco tomorrow to see what is happening there!

[Paul]

"Product Watch"

Why did the planters carbwell product discontinued, it was the best low carb candy bar out there, I have even got people that have never been on a low carb diet liking them, they keep asking me if I have any more.
Please let me know if there is anyway to get a hold of any that are possibly left out there.
Also if there is a way you could give me the recipe on how to make them that would be awsome.
Thank you very much !
Paul.........

[Paul]

Why did the planters carbwell product discontinued, it was the best low carb candy bar out there, I have even got people that have never been on a low carb diet liking them, they keep asking me if I have any more.
Please let me know if there is anyway to get a hold of any that are possibly left out there.
Also if there is a way you could give me the recipe on how to make them that would be awsome.
Thank you very much !
Paul.........

[Mel Silverman]

In Tucson, Arizona, Trader Joe's still carries lo-carb English muffins. They are as good as the regular English muffin that they sell.

[Karen]

Ok..Hood has discontinued the Whole low carb milk but still has the 2% and skim...they have added Egg Nog to the North East and Wisconsin.
I just bought several boxes of the Betty Crocker garlic roasted mash potatoes...so they still have them here, (Long Island east end) but probably wont be re stocking.
We do have the low carb potatoes by sunlite...they are good and picky DH doesnt know the difference...they are good baked, mashed and hold up great in beef stew in the pressure cooker.

[Janis]

Planters CarbWell bars... The best place to find them is Big Lots if there are any left. It seems most of the discontinued products end up there. I bought two cases and stashed them in the basement where it's cool. I agree with Paul! They're excellent. By the time I discovered them they were on their way out. :o(

Russell Stover Low-Carb Chocolate Sauce... I talked to them today. It has been discontinued but there have been quite a few requests for it. They are going to call me if they bring it back. In the meantime you can buy it on ebay. Stovers does sell all of their products on-line with free shipping on orders of $30 or more with the exception of the summer months when 2-day shipping is required and quite costly.

Betty Crocker Carb Monitor Garlic Mashed Potatoes... The entire Carb Monitor line has been discontinued. Stock up while you can still find it!

Some of my favorites that are readily available in the Milwaukee area... Please share yours!

Spring Tree Sugar Free Pancake Syrup
Eggo Low-Carb Waffles
Bella Vita Spaghetti Sauce
Joseph's Cookies (especially the chocolate chip)
Pure De-Lite Chocolate Fudge Cookies (more like cookie shaped brownies)
Atkins Advantage Bars
Carb Options Alfredo Sauce
Golden Crunch Bread from Natural Ovens of Manitowoc (they mail order to areas where it's not available)
Pure De-Lite Peanut Butter Cups
Atkins Banana Harvest Cereal
Hood Chocolate Milk - heated to make hot chocolate
Carborite Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
CarbWell Light Ranch Dressing
Del Monte Carb Clever canned fruits
Lou Malnati's (in Chicago) crustless deep dish pizza is to die for! (They will mail order anywhere)
Jolly Time Blast-O-Butter popcorn (lowest carbs of any)
Pure De-Lite chocolate pretzels
Jell-O sugar free pudding
Yoplait low-carb yogurt

[Janis]

We haven't seen the new low-carb fresh potatoes up here in Wisconsin yet but are looking forward to them and continue to check. Thanks for the tip on them working well in beef stew.

[Michael Austin]

Seems almost everything is being discontinued in Western New York. Talking to store managers is like talking to brick walls. No more Monterey Pasta Co's low carb filled pasta at Wegmans; Wegmans also has pulled Atkins baked products, the blueberry flavor ONLY of Dannon Carb Control yogurt (what the f, they're blue bigots?), most low carb items on the dry shelf. I'm actually shocked they continue to carry Dreamfields pasta, they were the first in the area to have it. No response to my letters of disgust sent to Wegmans management. Forget Tops, I can't even think of them in this market; they charge about 150% retail for everything low carb, the creeps. WalMart has discontinued so many products it's sickening, and they keep trying to sell the stuff that's months out of date. I had them pull scads of boxes of Caramel Nut Chew that went stale 3/1/05 off the shelf, in my presence, with apologies, a month ago. Every time I go back, they're back on the shelf. I keep pulling them off and distributing them around the store just to get their goat. I'm down to buying hairy edge Keto spreads on the web; cleaned out BetterHealthStore.com of much of their Keto syrup and crumbs. VitaCost.com has discontinued Atkins products because they can't get the discounts anymore that make them worth carrying. More to come.

[Linda]

Several comments said that the big companies have and succeeded in some cases in driving the cottage LC companies out of business. You are right and they did it just so we would continue to by the junk they put out so cheap with tons of corn syrup in it so that they can continue to make a huge profit. However I stil have my Low Carb company and we still make our own sugar and sugar alcohol free desserts, nuts and granola crunch and have a lot of other products still online at www.Kickthecarbz.com. I am fighting as hard as I can to stay viable. I have never been in this just for the money like a lot of other people have. I will be there with my products as long as people keep buying them and keeping me alive. For any information please write Kicklindy@aol.com. If you live in the Toledo, Ohio area I also have free LC support group meetings in my home. Linda www.kickthecarbz.com

[Debbie Haas]

We own a low carb store in DALLAS (called Totally Low Carb Foods)and have hundreds of products in all catagories. We continue to have some Keto products, Carbwell & Planters bars (while they last). We are constantly finding sources of low carb products from smaller companies that are STILL IN BUSINESS!

[Robert Schadt]

I have 6 $1.00 off coupons for Carb Well Snack Bars. The bars have been discontinued in my stores here. How do I redeem the coupons on another product or get replacemnet coupons? I was neve notified of the discontinuance of the bars; therefore, I should get new coupons of equal value for other products.

[lisa]

does anyone kinow why they discontinued the entenmens/atkins pound cake? all of a sudden its gone... help thanks lisa

[Frank]

Frank's Low-Carb Marketplace in Laguna Hills, California still carries the whole line of Carb Options snack bars!

[Loretta Hickox]

I am lucky to have an excellent low carb/specialty diet store near me that carries some wonderful products and will ship. It is "The Trim Gourmet" in Los Altos, California They do have Dreamfields pasta as well as Carba Nada pasta (my favorite), wonderful chocolate hot cereal (my kids love) and a great granola in 3 flavors (my favorite is cinnamon nutrageous, both hot and granola by Flax Z Snax.( I also mourn the loss of Carb Well cereal, but there are others) Also it is the only store I have found Adkins pita bread at all. They carry chips and all kinds of wonderful snack items with or without glutin. If any one has purchased George Stella's cookbook from the "Low Carb and Lovin It" show, you know there are wonderful recipies for Ketchup, BBQ sauce, Peanut sauce etc etc in there that are easy to make and better than most you can purchase. Keep the faith all you out there! It's worth it. Loretta H.

[Andrew Laden]

Just found this site, trying to see what happened to carb well cereal. Now I am getting depressed. You can add Total protein to the dead list. GM discontinued it, at least according to thier customer serivce line.

Looks like low carb special K is the last major manufacturer low carb cereal. Then its back to atkins cereals.

[dian]

Has anyone seen the Betty Croker Carb monitor cookies in the st louis area?

[CINDY]

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE PACKAGE MEANS BY EXTRA CARBS? DO THESE CARBS COUNT?

[Greg]

It looks like Hershey's "1 Gram Sugar Carb" chocolate bars may be discontinued. They've been pulled and put on clearance everywhere they're carried where I live. I like these bars because they're sweetened with erythritol and inulin instead of maltitol, and because they have only 110 or so calories per bar. Keep an eye out if you're interested -- I bought a ton of them on clearance for a quarter each and put them in the freezer.

[Roger]

I'm sorry to hear that Carb Countdown yogurt has been discontinued, but here in Memphis we have two much cheaper alternatives: Kroger Supermarkets has their own line of lo-carb yogurts called Carb Monitor and Wells Dairy (which markets under the Blue Bunny name) has a line called Carb Freedom. The Blue Bunny sells for about 79 cents and I've been getting the Kroger for about half that on sale.

[Rick]

The best pancake syrup, if you can stil find it, is Aunt Jemima's Low Carb Lifestyle. Has a great maple flavor. Better than the original because it is not sickening sweet, but no phony taste either. I think it may have been discontinued, but still see it in some stores. Log Cabin Sugar Free is not too bad.

also:
Eggo Low Carb Frozen Waffles are great.

[Leslie]

I loved the Carbwell Planters bars. Does anyone know of a sources even for stale bars? I am really depressed about the elimiation of great low carb items. Atkins has saved my life.