Nutrition Label Police

I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

--
Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes, hba1c
5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

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"BrightStar" wrote in message
...
I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label
sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum
phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla
have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

I would venture a guess that the fibre count is a misprint and likely should
read 2.0 Most of the tortillas I look at have fibre count near this. I am
also Canadian.

TJ

It looks to me like this tortilla has a "net carbs" of at least 19 grams!

Use the hidden carb calculator at
http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-tools/hidden_carbs.html

The fiber has already been subtracted.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"BrightStar" wrote in message
...
I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label
sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum
phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla
have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

BrightStar wrote:

I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true?

LOL Sure.

Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

LOL No. It has a net carb count of 19 grams. They've already
subtracted the fiber. Calorie numbers work with 19 grams carb.

Pastorio

On 3/10/2004 7:55 AM, BrightStar wrote:
I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

What country are you in? In some placed the fiber is already subtracted.

--
jmk in NC

20 grams of fiber in one tortilla?....very unlikely (even for a whole wheat
tortilla)
More likely?... it is a misprint and should be 2.0 grams.


"BrightStar" wrote in message
...
I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label
sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum
phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate, sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla
have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

"BrightStar" wrote:

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)

We wish! I saw some gum with a listed carb count of -5 online. If
only. We could eat and chew our ways to thinness.

"Peter Schrader" wrote:

If you read the original post, it doesn't even say that these are labeled
low carb...just think the poster got confused because of a misprint (or they
were reading it wrong). I am quite sure that it is supposed to be 2.0 grams
of fiber (+ 1g of sugar + 16g of starch = 19 g of carbs)...in which case
they have 17 "net carbs"

If you do the calcualtion you'll see that 17 is likely wrong and most
likely this country does not consider fiber a carb.

118 total calories...
3.5g prot = 14.0 cals
3.1g fat = 27.9 cals
That leaves 76.1 calories of carbs
19 g of carbs = 76 calories
17 g of carbs = 68 calories

Canada may not count fiber in the carb total since it doesn't digest.
(Which makes sense--why don't we do that!) It is possible that some
large content has a higher caloric content than 4-4-9 rule.



"Ignoramus21909" wrote in message
...
In article , Jenny wrote:
It looks to me like this tortilla has a "net carbs" of at least 19
grams!

then try adding up all weights and see how the sum is more than 34
grams.

i

Use the hidden carb calculator at
http://www.lowcarb.ca/low-carb-tools/hidden_carbs.html

The fiber has already been subtracted.

hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

Looking for help controlling your blood sugar?
Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"BrightStar" wrote in message
...
I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition label
sounds
wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get others
opinions....(it's
in Cdn measurements)

Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
energy - 118 cal
protein - 3.5 g
fat 3.1g
poly un 0.7g
monoun 1.6g
satur 0.7g
choles 0mg
Carbohydrates 19g
sugars 1.0g
starch 16g
dietary fibre 20g
sodium 260mg
potassium 100mg

Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening, salt,
calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium alumininum
phosphate,
fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar gum, calcium propionate,
sodium
metabbisulphite.

Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this tortilla
have
a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)






DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)
350/321/Mar-315/200
Atkins since Jan 12, 2004

Ignoramus21909 wrote:
:: In article ,
:: BrightStar wrote:
::: I picked up a package of tortillas made locally. The nutrition
::: label sounds wrong to me, but I thought I would post it to get
::: others opinions....(it's in Cdn measurements)
:::
::: Per 34g serving (1 tortilla)
::: energy - 118 cal
::: protein - 3.5 g
::: fat 3.1g
::: poly un 0.7g
::: monoun 1.6g
::: satur 0.7g
::: choles 0mg
::: Carbohydrates 19g
::: sugars 1.0g
::: starch 16g
::: dietary fibre 20g
::: sodium 260mg
::: potassium 100mg
::
:: 19 grams of fiber is what you get after eating a couple of pounds of
:: vegetables. And they say 19 grams of fiber in a measly 34 gram
:: tortilla? Give me a ****ing break.
::
:: Fiber is obviously not a part of their total carbs, as the fiber
:: number os more than the stated carb number. And if fiber was already
:: subtracted, then fiber +other carbs weigh more than the tortilla.
::
:: So, this is one more fraudulent low carb product.

It's obviously a misprint...the fiber should be 2.0 gram and not twenty.
And they are counting fiber in the calorie count. It's probably not even a
LC product.

::
:: That's why I do not even bother checking LC labeled processed food
:: for
:: myself, if it is labeled LC, I presume it to be fraudulent food.

You're just so ****ing full of yourself that you can't think.

::
:: i
::
::: Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, shortening,
::: salt, calcium sulphate, dextrose, sodium bicarbonate, sodium
::: alumininum phosphate, fumaric acid, mono and diglycerides, guar
::: gum, calcium propionate, sodium metabbisulphite.
:::
::: Can this be true? Am I reading this incorrectly, or does this
::: tortilla have a net carb count of -1? (carbs - fibre)