Flours & Meals

Low carb flours and meals are the base of nearly every keto baking recipe, and almond and coconut are the two you'll use most. Anthony's Goods carries blanched extra-fine almond flour in a 907g bag, organic coconut flour in a 1.81kg bag (or a case of five), organic flaxseed meal and an organic cocoa powder. Wild Tusker has a smaller 500g coconut flour if you're just starting out. Fiber Gourmet's Low Calorie Vegan Flour Blend is a different animal, a high-fibre blend meant to swap for wheat flour cup for cup.

Coconut flour absorbs about four times the liquid almond flour does, so you can't trade one for the other in a recipe. Flaxseed meal binds and adds fibre, and it's what goes into most low carb crackers and muffins.

All of these are gluten-free. Net carbs per quarter cup is the number to compare, and it varies more between brands than you'd guess.