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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 661545" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>I assume that this is an app from the US.</p><p>In the US they calculate carbs slightly differently than in the UK, they include fibre with the carbohydrate amount. To get digestible or net carbs you can deduct the fibre. If you are just using the app to look up the carb counts of things then you will normally use net carbs.</p><p></p><p>However on labels in the UK (and some websites based in the UK) the carbs as listed on a packet have already had the fibre deducted .You will see it is listed lower down on the label. You must therefore not deduct fibre in this case , just use the total carb figure (if you deducted it you would in effect be deducting it twice)</p><p></p><p>The problem comes when you enter foods into web applications that are based in the US. If you put in the carb from a British label and then the fibre, the application may deduct it to give net carbs (and that will be wrong since it has already been deducted.</p><p>These two labels may make it clearer [ATTACH]7648[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 661545, member: 12578"] I assume that this is an app from the US. In the US they calculate carbs slightly differently than in the UK, they include fibre with the carbohydrate amount. To get digestible or net carbs you can deduct the fibre. If you are just using the app to look up the carb counts of things then you will normally use net carbs. However on labels in the UK (and some websites based in the UK) the carbs as listed on a packet have already had the fibre deducted .You will see it is listed lower down on the label. You must therefore not deduct fibre in this case , just use the total carb figure (if you deducted it you would in effect be deducting it twice) The problem comes when you enter foods into web applications that are based in the US. If you put in the carb from a British label and then the fibre, the application may deduct it to give net carbs (and that will be wrong since it has already been deducted. These two labels may make it clearer [ATTACH]7648[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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