What is Acacia gum? Acacia gum (also referred to as “Gum Arabic”) is the hardened sap of acacia trees. According to a 2012 article published in Nutrition Journal, the specific Acacia trees the sap comes from are Acacia senegal or Acacia seyal trees. Why should you eat it? Acacia gum is an excellent source of […]

Electrolytes are super important when doing anything that lowers your insulin. That could be simply not eating a lot of sugar and refined carbohydrates, doing intermittent fasting, doing extended fasting, OR switching to a well-formulated ketogenic diet and lifestyle. By far, one of the most important electrolytes is sodium, which is funny because it’s one […]

I’m Chef Taffy, and I am a professional cook, instructor, and recipe developer. You may already know me from the recipes I create for Keto Chow and the videos I’ve made with them.  I love teaching and I’m here to share my favorite tips and tricks with you to make your keto cooking and baking […]

Several months ago, the place that packages our samples (and puts a “best before” date on the packages) asked us to get them a report to corroborate the 2-year shelf life claim. So I did. The results came back today. It was conducted as an accelerated test with high humidity and temperature. They checked for […]

This is a topic I’ve looked at twice before, once with powdered cream from Hooser Hill Farms and once with powdered cream from Anthony’s. I actually was working on a completely different project yesterday and happened upon the product specifications for the specific ingredient that (I believe) is used for Anthony’s Powdered Cream. This represents […]

Some time ago, Miriam and I (Chris) recorded a podcast with Debbie Potts – who we met on the Low Carb Cruise. She wanted us to come on and talk about the Keto Salt Lake conference, as well as Keto Chow and other fun topics. You can find the recording in a two places: Apple […]

Frequently, the question comes up: is it best to use the included scoop to measure your Keto Chow, or should you use a scale to measure it? Hands-down, the most accurate method is to weigh it using a scale. This will get you an extremely accurate measurement, doesn’t mess with scoop packing and bubbles, and […]

Miriam and Chris Bair from Keto Chow sit down to briefly talk about what Keto Chow is. It’s a meal replacement shake mix that’s designed to make getting the right nutrients on a ketogenic diet easy. Unlike many “meal” shakes you may have tried int he past, Keto Chow is an actual meal that completely […]

You keep hearing how amazing Keto Chow is, the reviews are fantastic… but you mixed it up and it’s super thick and it’s WAY too salty – what’s going on? Was everyone lying? No, you just need to add more water! On the Keto Chow instructions, it says to add 14 ounces (or more) of […]

Guest post by Jessie. Many of the people reading this post might enjoy hiking, some others might like camping… but would you want to hike and camp for five months straight? Living out of your backpack as you trek through some of the most amazing and treacherous terrains this country has to offer, sleeping in […]

I’ve had these results for some time but needed to get them into a usable format for public consumption. We did the taste test in early January for use in an upcoming video promotion we shot in February. I needed to strip out the references to the names of the competing products since I’m not […]

In January 2019, we contracted an independent market research company to conduct a blind taste test of Keto Chow compared to 4 other “Meal Replacement” products designed for a ketogenic diet. It was a very cool experience! Here are the takeaways we discovered: In a 3rd party blind taste test, participants were asked to try […]

I have people asking for solutions they can use for doing keto while camping, hiking, staying in a hotel (with or without refrigeration), or otherwise traveling. I thought I’d share some of my recent experience. The headline image above is from when I was making Keto Chow for 2 of my kids and my wife. […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – December 4, 2017 – As the nation prepares for the holiday season, with holiday treats, eggnog, hot cocoa, and more; inventor and entrepreneur Chris Bair decided to perform a nutrition experiment on himself by consuming a meal replacement shake he invented for 4 weeks without any other food and publishing […]

TL;DR version Add 79ml (or 1/3 cup) of heavy cream to a shaker/blender bottle for 433 calories (1300 a day); or use 148ml for 667 calories (2000 a day). Add 50g of the Keto Chow powder, then fill the bottle to 16 ounces with water. Shake it up until all the powder is wet. Stick […]

The following was provided to me by Dan himself following his post on reddit. The only editing I have done is to fix some formatting issues my blog introduced. Dan wasn’t enticed in any way for his experience though I’m deeply grateful he shared. My name is Dan. I was in an accident almost three […]