SmartSweets Sweet Fish

Great taste love these fishes!!!

the old recipe is by far superior. with the old recipe the taste and texture are additively delicious. the new recipe tastes horrid, they are dry, hard, and tasteless. dont know if it was a bad batch or what. once the old recipe runs out, will not buy any longer. quite expensive for the quantity, but worth it from time to time as a treat. they should work on lowering the price point, perhaps more per pack instead of all these tiny packs with 10 or so pieces.

They have the taste that is the best. I would kick your grandmother in her balls for even a single pack. If my fingers were made from these fish I would have no fingers.

This is a review for the 2.0 version of Smart Sweets Sweet Fish. If you get the version that contains prebiotic soluble fiber, it is this version. Otherwise, you’ll be getting the newer 3.0 version, containing Allulose, which has a worse taste and texture. Amazon currently sells the superior 2.0 version, but this eventually might be replaced by the inferior 3.0 version. I bought some of the newer version at a local store, and almost returned them they were so bad. The only reason I didn’t return them, was because of the current “no food return” policy at the store, because of what is happening in the world right now. So I went to Amazon to buy the older version. The taste of these is quite good, but the biggest complaint that I have is the quality control. I just opened up a bag of them that contained only six fish, whereas other bags in the same box contain 12 or more fish. The quality control of this company’s product is horrendous! The price is already very high, and then to have each bag possibly have less than half of the quantity that it should have? Ridiculous.

Being on a weight loss/muscle building plan for a while and these are great for satisfying the craving for sweet and suppressing your appetite with the fact that it has 100% DV of fiber- 28grams. I’ve never had anything that has that much fiber. I recommended to my friends on facebook and 3 of them got these or the peach and loved them. Even my steppop who is pre diabetic who is bad liked them. THESE ARE NOT KETO FRIENDLY. I don’t know why anyone who is doing keto would think so with the amount of carbs that are in them, healthy or not. (They are healthy, but keto diet 101 says even limit the healthy ones). There are apps widely available to let you enter the data so you know they are. Nowhere on this page do I see them claim to be keto friendly and it seems people reviewing think somehow the company fooled them into thinking this. Why eat something first and risk bringing yourself out of Ketosis? I’m on keto now, of course decided that right after I got these and they are expensive, so will be giving most packs away to those who are not.

This product tries to lead you to believe it is better for you than sugar. This is misleading if not outright false. What good does it do to remove almost all sugar only to replace it with something that masquerades as being good for you, but is no better than, and probably worse than regular sugar? There was a report by Thanh Vo, MSc, in March 21, 2019 entitled "Tapioca Fiber or Soluble Corn Fiber: Which one is worse than sugar?" in which Prebiotic Tapioca Fiber was identified as none other than than the known culprit IMO: Isomaltooligosaccharide. As you may note from above, this compound is a saccharide, and saccharides are sugars! Do you wonder why these products taste so sweet, and you don't taste the stevia? IMO is a SUGAR FIBER, not a true dietary fiber! It is listed as a SWEETENER. One can find it listed in the 'All Sweetener List' at the Sugar-Sweetener-Guide which can be found online. The article by Thanh notes that in n 2013, Quest Nutrition came under litigation for representing IMO as dietary fiber on the nutrional labels for their bars. They ended up removing IMO from their products. Equating prebiotic tapioca fiber with IMO is uncovered by looking at the labeling of other products. An example given in the article is Primal Kitchen's Macadamia Sea Salt bars which list isomaltooligosaccharides (from Tapioca) (IMO) as the first ingredient on their website. However, the package label lists "Prebiotic Tapioca Fiber" in its place. But it is not listed as a carbohydrate or a sugar as this substance seems to fall through the cracks of current labeling requirements. They go on to show another label where "Prebiotic Tapioca Fiber" is directly identified as "IMO from Non GMO Tapioca starch" on the same label. What is notable, according to the article, is that IMO is NOT included in the current Final FDA Guidelines for Dietary Fiber. This would appear to indicate that this is not a true dietary fiber, and Tapioca Fiber is simply another name for IMO. However it seems that, for a few more years yet while the FDA allows further submissions in dietary fibers, companies can do what this company is doing. I look for that to change. The evidence presented in the article goes on to show that IMO (tapioca fiber) is actually worse than table sugar. Recent studies have shown IMO to generate blood sugar levels similar to glucose and dextrose. These have a glycemic index of 100! For a comparison of the glycemic index of various sugars: Table 1: GI of sugars Maltose GI= 105 Glucose/dextrose GI=100 Rice syrup GI=98 Sucrose GI=65 Lactose GI=46 Fructose GI=19 As you can see, IMO has one of highest as its glycemic index as it is similar to that of glucose/dextrose. It's higher than regular table sugar. In this article they described running two tests to specifically see how a SmartSweet product impacted blood sugar starting from fasting. In one they ate a package of gummie bears. In the other they drank sugar water containg 28 grams pure sugar, and compared the results on fasting blood sugar. The results were virtually identical. Both spiked blood sugar into the160's within an hour, and took over 2 hours to return to normal. Imagine now the effect on a diabetic, and how this would kick someone on a ketogenic diet out of ketosis. Tapioca fiber has also been listed as: Prebiotic Tapioca Fiber Soluble Tapioca Fiber Prebiotic Fiber from Tapioca Starch Prebiotic Soluble Fiber from Tapioca Non-GMO Tapioca Fiber Organic Tapioca Fiber Prebiotic Soluble Fiber from Cassava So buyer beware. This product appears to be is no better than sugar. You can find people on YouTube showing what it does to their blood glucose levels as well. That this product suggests it is better for you than sugar is greatly misleading if not outright false. I feel I have been greatly deceived.

These Swedish fish are amazing considering they are almost sugar free but not made with artificial crap. So good, kicks my candy cravings 100% I have already lost a couple pounds simply by reaching for these as opposed to other gummy candy or yogurt! Sugar elimination is a quick way to lose weight!! Highly recommend. Yes they are expensive but your health is worth it. I am glad I found them in bulk as it's a bit cheaper. Try them and you will be surprised!! 3 grams of sugar, check your yogurt you will be shocked the sugar in that "health food" wow! They do stick to your teeth a bit, but I like it as it definitely crushes my cravings!! Best diet candy ever.