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Keto Grocery List for Beginners

Your complete buy & avoid shopping reference for Week 1 keto.

🥑 Daily Net Carbs: Under 20g 🛒 Level: Beginner-Friendly 📋 Categories: 8 Food Groups 📌 Best For: Week 1 Keto

🥩 Proteins

• Eggs (buy 18 for week one)
• Ground beef 80/20
• Chicken thighs — bone-in, skin-on
• Bacon — check label for 0g sugar
• Salmon (wild-caught) & sardines in olive oil
• Shrimp — 1g net carb per 3 oz (85g)
• Rotisserie chicken
• Deli meats — natural/uncured, no fillers
• Canned tuna in water or oil

🫒 Fats & Oils

• Grass-fed butter or ghee (Kerrygold)
• Extra virgin olive oil — low heat only
• Avocado oil — high heat cooking
• Coconut oil — medium heat
• MCT oil — start with 1 tsp (5ml)
• Avocados — buy mixed ripeness
• Full-fat canned coconut milk — check for no added sugar

🥦 Low-Carb Vegetables

• Spinach — 0.4g net carbs / cup
• Romaine & arugula — under 1g net carbs
• Zucchini — 2.4g net carbs / cup
• Broccoli — 4g net carbs / cup
• Cauliflower & cauliflower rice — 3g / cup
• Cabbage — 3g net carbs / cup
• Asparagus — 2g net carbs / cup
• Green beans — 4g net carbs / cup
• Cucumber & celery — 2g net carbs / cup
• Mushrooms — 2g net carbs / cup
• Brussels sprouts — 5g net carbs / cup

🧀 Dairy

• Heavy whipping cream — 0.4g net carbs / tbsp
• Full-fat cream cheese — 1g net carbs / oz (28g)
• Block cheese (cheddar, mozzarella, gouda, brie) — shred yourself
• Full-fat sour cream — 1g net carbs / 2 tbsp
• Butter — full-fat, grass-fed preferred
• Unsweetened almond milk — 0–1g net carb / cup (240ml)

🏠 Pantry Staples

• Blanched almond flour (Bob's Red Mill Super-Fine or Anthony's)
• Coconut flour — use ¼ the amount vs. almond flour
• Psyllium husk powder — adds structure to keto breads
• Erythritol or monk fruit/erythritol blend
• Allulose — best for baking, no recrystallization
• Sugar-free chocolate chips (Lily's or Bake Believe)
• Unsweetened cocoa powder — 1g net carbs / tbsp
• Cornstarch-free baking powder (Rumford)
• Apple cider vinegar — 0g net carbs
• Bone broth — 32 oz (946ml) carton
• Macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, chia, flaxseeds

🧂 Condiments & Sauces

• Yellow mustard / Dijon — 0–1g net carb / tsp
• Frank's RedHot, Tabasco, Crystal — 0g net carbs
• Full-fat mayo — Duke's, Hellmann's, or avocado oil mayo
• Sugar-free ketchup — Heinz No Sugar Added
• Soy sauce or coconut aminos — 1–2g / tbsp
• Apple cider, red wine & white wine vinegar — 0g net carbs
• Salt, garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, smoked paprika, Italian seasoning

🍫 Keto Snacks

• Hard-boiled eggs
• Cheese sticks or Babybel
• Pepperoni slices & olives
• Pork rinds — 0g net carbs
• Beef jerky — check label (under 3g net carbs)
• Macadamia nuts — measure 1 oz (28g) portions
• Dark chocolate 90%+ cacao — 2–3g net carbs / square

💧 Drinks

• Water — sparkling or still
• Black coffee
• Unsweetened tea (hot or iced)
• Sparkling water — LaCroix, Bubly, Waterloo
• Bone broth
• Dry red or white wine — 2–4g net carbs / 5 oz (150ml)

🌾 Grains & Starches

• Bread, tortillas, wraps of any kind
• Rice — white and brown
• Pasta and noodles
• Oats and granola (including "low-carb" granola)
• Crackers and pretzels
• All-purpose and self-rising flour
• Cornstarch and corn (in any form)
• Cereal — all varieties

🍬 Sugars & Hidden Sweeteners

• Sugar — white, brown, raw, coconut
• Honey, maple syrup, agave
• High-fructose corn syrup
• Maltitol — spikes blood glucose despite "sugar-free" label
• Molasses, date syrup, rice syrup
• BBQ sauce, teriyaki, sweet chili sauce, honey mustard

🍌 High-Carb Fruits

• Bananas — 27g net carbs per medium banana
• Apples — 21g net carbs per medium apple
• Grapes — 26g net carbs per cup
• Mangoes, pineapple, papaya
• Oranges and tangerines
• Watermelon and cantaloupe
• All dried fruit — concentrated sugar
• ✅ OK in small portions: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries

🫘 Legumes & Beans

• Black beans, kidney beans — 15–25g net carbs / ½ cup
• Chickpeas and lentils
• Peas — 12g net carbs per cup

⚠️ High-Carb Vegetables

• Beets — 13g net carbs per cup
• Parsnips — 17g net carbs per cup
• Sweet potatoes — 30g net carbs per medium potato
• Butternut squash — 15g net carbs per cup
• Corn — 24g net carbs per cup
• Carrots — 9g net carbs per cup (limit or avoid)

❌ "Low-Fat" & "Diet" Products

• Fat-free yogurt — sugar replaces the fat
• Low-fat salad dressings — full of sugar and starch
• Lite versions of cheese, sour cream, mayo
• Diet frozen meals — low protein, high starch
• Pre-shredded cheese — contains potato starch

🚫 Drinks to Avoid

• Regular soda and fruit juice (all juice)
• Sweetened iced tea and lemonade
• Most kombucha — 4–8g net carbs per bottle
• Dairy milk — 12g net carbs per cup (240ml)
• Regular beer — 13–15g net carbs per bottle
• Cocktails with juice, syrup, or soda
• Flavored almond or oat milk (check the label)

📝 Beginner Tips

Net Carbs Formula: Total Carbs − Dietary Fiber = Net Carbs.
Sweetener Rule: Subtract erythritol & allulose. Do NOT subtract maltitol — it spikes blood sugar.
Pre-shredded cheese contains anti-caking starch — buy block and shred at home.
Label Check: "Keto" on packaging is not regulated. Always verify the nutrition label.
Electrolytes: Add salt to food, drink bone broth, and consider magnesium glycinate (300–400mg/day) to prevent keto flu in week one.

Daily Keto Target: Under 20g net carbs (strict) · 20–50g net carbs (flexible) · 70–75% calories from fat · 20–25% protein

Nutrition values are estimates and vary based on ingredients, brands, and portion sizes.

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