Drinks

Low carb drinks tend to get overlooked, right up until you read the label on a bottled iced tea and find 40g of sugar. This department collects the drinks that don't do that, in four groups: Coffee & Cocoa, Tea, Cold Drinks & Mixes, and Creamers & Dairy Alternatives.

Nestle Coffee Mate and Caffe D'Vita cover sugar-free coffee and cappuccino, David's Tea and Oregon Chai handle the tea shelf, and 4C Totally Light, True Citrus and Baja Bob's make the cold drink mixes and cocktail mixers. Nutpods and Walden Farms keep coffee creamy without dairy or sugar.

Coffee and tea on their own are zero carb; it's what goes in them that counts. Check the sweetener on mixes and creamers, and read the serving size, since creamer servings are smaller than most of us pour.