Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

[tinacs007]

He all,

I am having scallops with my salad greens for lunch. The package states that there are 7 carbs per package (4 oz); however, Fitday.com states 4 oz of cooked scallops as 11.9 carbs. Which one should I go with when tallying my carbs? Which one would you use?

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

The package is counting "raw", you can't compare "cooked" and "raw", since 4 ounces raw scallops is probably not 4 ounces cooked ... since they shrink.

You need to find out what Fitday has for 4 ounces raw scallops.

[tinacs007]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

Didn't think of that. Thanks.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

The USDA has 3 ounces of scallops (85 grams) at 2.01 net carbs.

What are the ingredients on your package?

[tinacs007]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

total fat 1.5
satuarate fat 0
trans fat 0

Cholestral 90 mg
Sodium 140mg

Total Carbohydrate 7g
Dietary Fiber 0
sugars 0
protien 36g

[liv]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

That is the nutritinal label. Does it have a lost of ingredients?

[tinacs007]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

sorry....ingrediants: bay scallops

[liv]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

Well then it is all good. Trust the label on this one.

[brandywine1241]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

FitDay's version of cooked scallops has egg, milk, bread crumbs and salt. It's always better to enter the raw version and any ingredients you use in cooking.

[msanjelpie]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

I always go with the label if there is one... I go into fitday and change the item to say what the label says... I only use fitday's numbers when there isn't a label...

[brandywine1241]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

I always go with the label if there is one

The problem with going with the label is that fractions of carbs are missing - the number will be rounded up if .5 gram or greater or down if less than .5. I think it is safest to find a FitDay entry that does not add anything (except possibly salt) and use that. If that is not available, use the label.

One place where you can really get caught is when the manufacturer manipulates the serving size so that they can list 0 carbs on the label.

[atkinsgal08]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

I always go with the label if there is one... I go into fitday and change the item to say what the label says... I only use fitday's numbers when there isn't a label...

The label can be wrong, though.

Cheese, whipping cream are prime examples.

You're doing yourself a disservice by doing what you're doing.

[Elizellen]

Re: Nutrition Facts: The package or Fitday.com

With the way manufacturers in USA are allowed to claim 'zero' fro any thing that is under 0.5 it is tricky to use the label info if there are ingredients that do have carbs in them. Maybe count 0.5 carbs per serving ?

We are lucky outside USA as most of our labels list nutrition info per 100 grams or 100 mls, so we can work out a more accurate count per serving.