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"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message om... lindad wrote: does this mean that the fibre is always deducted in the UK? Since food products made in the US will appear on shelves, not always. Eurtopean products are not quite consistant at presubtracting fiber on labels. Only most of the time. or do you have to guess whether it has been or not. No need to guess. Use the hidden carb formula. It will tell you whether carbs are missing no matter if they were falsely deducted "effective" carbs or if they were pre-deducted fiber. Fat is 9 calories per gram. Protein 4. Carbs 4. Multiply them out, add the three, and compare your total with the total calories on the label. If your total matches, no fiber was deducted. If your total does not match, it had to come from something not listed or roundoff error. the 4-9-4 formula is an approximation. See http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcom...faq.html#4-9-4 answering this question I multiplied protein, fat and carbohydrate values by 4-9-4, but my energy value is different from USDA's. Why? also look up A****er conversion factors http://www.dietsoftware.com/a****er.shtml Not saying that there aren't mistakes on labels. Just that sometimes differences are due to the conversion factors. Sid... |
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"Doug Freyburger" wrote in message om... lindad wrote: does this mean that the fibre is always deducted in the UK? Since food products made in the US will appear on shelves, not always. Eurtopean products are not quite consistant at presubtracting fiber on labels. Only most of the time. or do you have to guess whether it has been or not. No need to guess. Use the hidden carb formula. It will tell you whether carbs are missing no matter if they were falsely deducted "effective" carbs or if they were pre-deducted fiber. Fat is 9 calories per gram. Protein 4. Carbs 4. Multiply them out, add the three, and compare your total with the total calories on the label. If your total matches, no fiber was deducted. If your total does not match, it had to come from something not listed or roundoff error. the 4-9-4 formula is an approximation. See http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcom...faq.html#4-9-4 answering this question I multiplied protein, fat and carbohydrate values by 4-9-4, but my energy value is different from USDA's. Why? also look up A****er conversion factors http://www.dietsoftware.com/a****er.shtml Not saying that there aren't mistakes on labels. Just that sometimes differences are due to the conversion factors. Sid... |
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"OnlyMe" wrote in message ...
Hi fellow countryperson I can't believe they don't have Quorn over the pond!? They do have Quorn in the US. You do have to buy it in the "health-food" supermarkets (Whole Foods, Wild Oats, etc.), but they have it there. It's just that most people here think Quorn is gross. And there were already a lot of soybean-based "meat substitutes" on the market here (unsurprisingly, because the US grows a lot of soybeans) that were cheaper and much better established, so Quorn has a tough row to hoe to break in... T. |
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"OnlyMe" wrote in message ...
Hi fellow countryperson I can't believe they don't have Quorn over the pond!? They do have Quorn in the US. You do have to buy it in the "health-food" supermarkets (Whole Foods, Wild Oats, etc.), but they have it there. It's just that most people here think Quorn is gross. And there were already a lot of soybean-based "meat substitutes" on the market here (unsurprisingly, because the US grows a lot of soybeans) that were cheaper and much better established, so Quorn has a tough row to hoe to break in... T. |
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