great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 carbs

[txnlady]

but there is 1 gram of sugar. If it is 100% pure ground beef and has 0 carbs on nutrition facts, why does it have 1 gram of sugar. There are no seasonings in it. greatamericanhamburgers.com

[FwL]

Re: great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 c

There is wiggle room as far as regulations are concerned when it comes to nutritional lables. If the carb content is low enough, a company can just list it as 0.

What is the portion size?

You may get less than 1 gram of carb for 1oz of meat (for example) but if you eat 2 quarter pound patties..... who knows how much you're getting.

All-in-all it's just best to avoid sugar... period... especially in something as basic as a hamburger patty.

It has as much to do with weaning yourself from the sugar addiction and keeping the blood sugar and insuline regulated as it has anything to do with just counting the carbs.

That's why the rules of induction state "Don't eat anything that is not on the induction menu".

[liv]

Re: great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 c

It also lists sodium - I was wondering if it was counting the spices YOU will add when preparing it.

[FwL]

Re: great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 c

Each serving is made from our own formula of hand-selected cuts of premium beef, giving each hamburger a juicy, melt in your mouth flavor.

I'd be willing to bet that their "formula" also contains salt and sugar (and who knows what else) for that juicy, melt in your mouth flavor.

[Georgiana]

Re: great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 c

I'm not sure... the sodium listed is close to the what is found in raw ground beef... but their math is puzzling indeed.

The FDA says:

(6) “Carbohydrate, total” or “Total carbohydrate”: A statement of the number of grams of total carbohydrate in a serving expressed to the nearest gram, except that if a serving contains less than 1 gram, the statement “Contains less than 1 gram” or “less than 1 gram” may be used as an alternative, or if the serving contains less than 0.5 gram, the content may be expressed as zero.

(i) “Dietary fiber”: A statement of the number of grams of total dietary fiber in a serving, indented and expressed to the nearest gram, except that if a serving contains less than 1 gram, declaration of dietary fiber is not required or, alternatively, the statement “Contains less than 1 gram” or “less than 1 gram” may be used, and if the serving contains less than 0.5 gram, the content may be expressed as zero.

(ii) “Sugars”: A statement of the number of grams of sugars in a serving, except that label declaration of sugars content is not required for products that contain less than 1 gram of sugars in a serving if no claims are made about sweeteners, sugars, or sugar alcohol content. Except as provided for in paragraph (f) of this section, if a statement of the sugars content is not required and, as a result, not declared, the statement “Not a significant source of sugars” shall be placed at the bottom of the table of nutrient values in the same type size. Sugars shall be defined as the sum of all free mono- and disaccharides (such as glucose, fructose, lactose, and sucrose). Sugars content shall be indented and expressed to the nearest gram, except that if a serving contains less than 1 gram, the statement “Contains less then 1 gram” or “less than 1 gram” may be used as an alternative, and if the serving contains less than 0.5 gram, the content may be expressed as zero.

Source: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations:

We don't have these hamburgers in Germany so I can't check the ingredients and whatever else is written on the package, but it seems like there are <0.5 g of total carbohydrates, <0.5 g of dietary fiber... and 1 g of sugar.

The serving size though is "1 Pan-Fried Patty (114 g)" for the 6 oz patties, so that's cooked. And they say you should add salt and pepper to them, so the sugar carbs are probably coming from pepper? But why are they not included in the total carbs?! Dunno... my brain is fried. Or rather grilled.

Anyway.

The song on their website reminds me of the McDonalds song in "Super Size Me"... the one that's played right at the beginning.

[Georgiana]

Re: great american burger patties say ingredients are 100% pure ground beef only, 0 c

Each serving is made from our own formula of hand-selected cuts of premium beef, giving each hamburger a juicy, melt in your mouth flavor.

I'd be willing to bet that their "formula" also contains salt and sugar (and who knows what else) for that juicy, melt in your mouth flavor.

Aaaah! That makes sense! The guy who "hand-selected" the cuts ate a sandwich and forgot to wash his hands. Or was sucking on a lollipop maybe.

Okay. I think I did enough highjacking for one day. I'll get back to my serious self now.