Kulabo abadla ukudla kwe-ketogenic, imikhawulo kubhontshisi iyigalelo elibi. Cishe zonke izinhlobo zikabhontshisi zilayishwe amakhabhohayidrethi, zinganaki ukudla okuningi kwaseLatin America kanye nezakudala zaseMelika ezifana nopelepele wamabhontshisi amathathu noma ubhontshisi 'we-'n franks'. Kodwa lapho nje ucabanga ukuthi ithemba seliphelile, kwavela iqhawe phakathi kukabhontshisi: Ubhontshisi omnyama wesoya.
Ngokungafani nezinye izinhlobo zikabhontshisi onesitashi ezifana ubhontshisi o ubhontshisi omnyama, ubhontshisi wesoya omnyama ane-carbs ephansi kakhulu, ane-1g nje yama-carbs enetha ngokuphakelwa kwenkomishi eyisigamu. Akukhona lokho kuphela, kodwa aqukethe u-6 g wamafutha kanye namagremu angu-11 wamaprotheni. Aqinile kunobhontshisi omnyama ojwayelekile, ngakho-ke indlela edume kakhulu yokuwadla ukuwengeza kupelepele noma ukwenza ubhontshisi othosiwe.