Somersizing Canada |
This page is to help Canadians who are Somersizing. We Canadians don't have the wide selection of sugar-free,no-fat and low-fat items that are available south of the border. I can only talk about the items that are available in and around Toronto, so I could use your help to accumulate a list of acceptable food choices in your area! Lets pool our knowledge and help each other! |
Please e-mail me with your products, and as much information as you can about it: ingredients, where you bought it, nuritional facts, cost, things like that. Let's help each other!! |
BREAD Ezekial bread. Available in Toronto at Noah's Whole Wheat pretzels at Bulk Barn. |
BREAKFAST CEREAL Grape Nuts , Shredded Wheat and Muffits . Available in almost all big grocery stores across Canada. |
DAIRY PRODUCTS Fat free plain yogurt Danone Sillouette fat free plain yogurt. Almost all the big grocery stores everywhere. Quality Jersey Products (in Seaforth, Ont.) make fat free plain yogurt called SNO-WHITE that is 100% pure, no additives and its very good. Its available at Noah's in Toronto, Zehrs in Bolton, Rabba on Charles Street in Toronto, and A & P stores. Their phone # is (519) 527-1178. They also sell right from the plant. Fat Free Cottage Cheese Western Creamery makes a fat free dry pressed cottage cheese that is available at Loblaws in Toronto. Save-On carries no-fat cottage cheese Heavy or whipping cream. Hewitts makes a pure cream that is very hard to find. Their phone number is (905) 768-3524. they can tell you the name of a health food store near you that carries their products. Usually, you have to special order what you want, but "The Big Carrot" at 348 Danforth in Toronto keeps it in stock. (thanks Tanya!) Their products are also available at Full Circle Foods in Kitchener, Ontaio on Charles St. (thanks Mary!). Presidents Choice makes a thick pure cream called "Fresh, thick double cream" that is available at Loblaws in Toronto. It is already whipped up in a tub. Zehr's in Ontario carries cream by Organic Meadows which is legal. (thanks Lisa) Noahs in toronto will also be carrying the cream by Organic Meadows starting around the beginning of October, but they warned me that if they dont sell, they wont be re-ordering! If you are stuck and you have to pick between Neilson or Sealtest, pick Sealtest. At least it doesnt have dextrose, unlike Neilson. Sour Cream Dutchmen Dairy makes a legal sour cream in British Columbia. (thanks Candis) Zehr's in Ontario carries a legal sour cream by Western Creamery (thanks Lisa) Quality Jersey Products also make a 100% pure, no additives sour cream that is awsome. Its called SNO-WHITE. Its available at the same places as the yogurt (check above) Harmonie sour cream is available and legal in Alberta at Co-op and Grocery People. Western creamery sour cream is available at the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto at Olympic Cheese. (thanks Tanya!) |
GOODIES I have found a WONDERFUL store in Toronto called "Diabetic De-Lites" The address is 3101 Dundas Street west (near Runnymede) Their phone number is (416) 769-5659. They have a web site that you can order from. Its www.diabeticde-lites.com I was there last week and I pick up several chocolate bars, and some SF "maple syrop" that is great. Please check her out. Chocolates Ashers makes sugar free chocolates that are very very good. they make bars as well as boxes of chocolates. I have found them at Hy and Zels in Toronto, as well as various gift shops. The Bulk Barn in Toronto sells sugar free truffles. cheap, cheap, cheap!!!! Dairy Queen makes two great sugar free treats. One is a fudgesicle, the other is an orange cream bar. Tropicana makes a sugar free frozen fruit bar available at Fortinos and Loblaws in Toronto. Pork Rinds (or Bacon Puffs, or Pork Puffs as we polite Canadians like to call them) are available in Alberta at Co-op, Superstore and Safeway. they are available in BC at Safeway and Save-On. Check on the bottom rack where they display the potato chips. Around Sarnia, Ontario they are available at Zehrs and Top Dollar. Around Toronto, they are available at some No-Frills stores, and 7-11's.(Thanks Tanya!) PS If you've never tried pork rinds, you should check them out! I had my first bag last week, and they are really very good. Just don't think about what they are made of!!! |
MEAT Hot dogs. It can be hard to find one without soy fillers. I find that Schneiders 100% Beef Juicy Jumbos are pretty good. They are available at a lot of big grocery stores across Canada. Maple Leaf 100% all meat hot dogs are also OK. Bacon In Alberta there is Safeway select Naturally smoked bacon and maple leaf 33% less salt bacon. |
MISCELLANEOUS Pasta Sauce Equality brand, available at Dominion, A&P, Food Basics in Ontario. Classico pasta sauce is legal and available at most big grocery stores across Canada. But beware, not all flavours are legal. Presidents Choice Splendido sauce is legal and available at Fortinos and Loblaws (thanks, Cdngal) Milina's Best is legal and available at Save-On Foods. (thanks, Trisha) Salad dressing Renees salad dressing is legal, delicious and widely available. There are about a dozen different flavours, and they are all great. They can usually be found near the salad section of your grocery store in a refridgerated section. Paul Newman's oil and vinegar dressing is legal and very nice. Again, widely available. Presidents Choice "too good to be true" makes a legal salad dressing that comes in four wild, tangy flavours. They are also very good for marinating your chicken breasts in. It's available around Ontario at Loblaws, Fortinos, No Frills, Zehr's. Soft drinks. Caffene free diet coke (in the gold can) is legal, although it is full of chemicals. sweetened with aspartame Diet crush cream soda, orange and lime is sweetened with splenda. |
Interesting sites www.holdthetoast.com www.luxurycarb.com www.geocities.com/so mersizing www.suzannesomers.c om www.lowcarb.ca www.diabeticde-lites.c om www.torontodirect.ca |
Unfortunately, I had to take away the message board and all the links on my page except for the guestbook. The server that I am using used to be free, but now they want $50 US a year for a "fancy" web site. They still offer a bargain basement site though, and this is it. Not too many graphics or links. Too bad! Linda |