UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

[Chelsea976]

Hi,

Can you help on this, When looking at the list of nutrition info on a food label which carb figure do you go by ?? the first or the of which sugars ?? hope ive made sense...most foods i have bought have had less than 1g or only trace shown but the below has baffled me a little

carbohydrate 43.6g
of which sugars 1.1g

[not2late]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

I'm not in the UK, but from what I've been told, the carbohydrates listed on you packages are "net carbs", that is the fiber is already subtracted from the carbohydrate total.

For example, if a product has 6 total carbs and 2 grams fiber, in the US the label will look like this:

carbohydrate 6
fiber 2 grams

In the UK, that same product will have a label that looks like this

carbohydrate 4
fiber 2 grams

[Chelsea976]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

Thanks but im still a little baffled as the package has carbs of 41net and then it says of which sugars 1.1net so which one do I go by ??

[Richt]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

Thanks but im still a little baffled as the package has carbs of 41net and then it says of which sugars 1.1net so which one do I go by ??

Chelsea, you need to go with the 41 net.

Whats the product? and can you list the ingredients here please?

Rich

[Elizellen]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

Rich is right, we dont deduct the sugars figure from the carbs amount, and as Megs said, our 'total carbs' have already had the fibre carbs substracted from them, so they are the equivalent of the USA labels 'net carbs'.

Can you type out all the figures as well as the ingredients and then someone might be able to help explain it to you.

[Chelsea976]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

Oh I did'nt buy it...I was just curious as anything I have bought that is processed has either nil or trace carbs in it....so think im ok with understading is just i never noticed before of which sugars etc...

[Richt]

Re: UK Peeps help readin carbs on lables

Oh I did'nt buy it...I was just curious as anything I have bought that is processed has either nil or trace carbs in it....so think im ok with understading is just i never noticed before of which sugars etc...

I know what you are saying though, its amazing how things stay hidden to us, until we REALLY look at things.