can someone 'splain this??

I was checking out some food item (I honestly forget what it was) but it
said something like: total carbs 6, then listed fiber @ 2 and sugar(s) @
8!! I'm NOT talking "net carb" or anything like that...am I missing
something?? Can you actually have sugar(s) listed with more carbs than
the TOTAL carbs? Where do those "other" go? Chemistry, etc. is not my
forte. I'm thinking a label screw-up is most likely the explanation.

jumbles
271/261/175 or less (5'9") Jan 15is, 2004

The label you saw had already deducted the fiber from the total carb count.
It's not correct, but it happens.

-- 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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"jumbles" wrote in message
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I was checking out some food item (I honestly forget what it was) but it
said something like: total carbs 6, then listed fiber @ 2 and sugar(s) @
8!! I'm NOT talking "net carb" or anything like that...am I missing
something?? Can you actually have sugar(s) listed with more carbs than
the TOTAL carbs? Where do those "other" go? Chemistry, etc. is not my
forte. I'm thinking a label screw-up is most likely the explanation.

jumbles
271/261/175 or less (5'9") Jan 15is, 2004

Jenny wrote:
The label you saw had already deducted the fiber from the total carb count.
It's not correct, but it happens.

That doesn't explain what she said she saw, total carb 6g, with sugars
listed at 8g (and fiber 2).

Misprint on the label.



"jumbles" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I was checking out some food item (I honestly forget what it was) but it
said something like: total carbs 6, then listed fiber @ 2 and sugar(s) @
8!! I'm NOT talking "net carb" or anything like that...am I missing
something?? Can you actually have sugar(s) listed with more carbs than
the TOTAL carbs? Where do those "other" go? Chemistry, etc. is not my
forte. I'm thinking a label screw-up is most likely the explanation.

jumbles
271/261/175 or less (5'9") Jan 15is, 2004





--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Jamie,

No, not a misprint. Eight sugar carbs minus two fiber carbs is 6 grams of
carbs. The company reported that 6 grams as the total carbs number using the
European style of labeling where the "Total carbs" number is starch and
sugar carbs minus the fiber.

I've seen many European labels like that.

-- 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



"jamie" wrote in message
...
Jenny wrote:
The label you saw had already deducted the fiber from the total carb
count.
It's not correct, but it happens.

That doesn't explain what she said she saw, total carb 6g, with sugars
listed at 8g (and fiber 2).

Misprint on the label.



"jumbles" wrote in message
hlink.net...
I was checking out some food item (I honestly forget what it was) but
it
said something like: total carbs 6, then listed fiber @ 2 and sugar(s)
@
8!! I'm NOT talking "net carb" or anything like that...am I missing
something?? Can you actually have sugar(s) listed with more carbs than
the TOTAL carbs? Where do those "other" go? Chemistry, etc. is not my
forte. I'm thinking a label screw-up is most likely the explanation.

jumbles
271/261/175 or less (5'9") Jan 15is, 2004





--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Jenny wrote:
Jamie,

No, not a misprint. Eight sugar carbs minus two fiber carbs is 6 grams of
carbs. The company reported that 6 grams as the total carbs number using the
European style of labeling where the "Total carbs" number is starch and
sugar carbs minus the fiber.

You've got your total and your sugar backwards, and Euro labels don't
include fiber in the total in the first place. It's not subtracted
from starch and sugar -- fiber never negates usable carbs, regardless
of which labelling standard.

But even if mis-subtracting fiber on a Euro label, you would get 6g total
minus 2g fiber equals 4g carb, yet the label said 8g sugar. You can't
come up with 6g total while labelling 8g sugar.

It's a misprinted label.
--
jamie )

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Hi Ricky

jumbles wrote:
I was checking out some food item (I honestly forget what it was) but it
said something like: total carbs 6, then listed fiber @ 2 and sugar(s) @
8!! I'm NOT talking "net carb" or anything like that...am I missing
something?? Can you actually have sugar(s) listed with more carbs than
the TOTAL carbs? Where do those "other" go? Chemistry, etc. is not my
forte. I'm thinking a label screw-up is most likely the explanation.

jumbles
271/261/175 or less (5'9") Jan 15is, 2004