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baked beans

sharon71

sharon71

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warrington
Type of diabetes
Prediabetes
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I do not have diabetes
hi,, can you tell me when you count the carbs in baked beans is it the higher total carbs or the total minus the fiber as thats a digestable carb,,, newly diagnosed with pre diabetes so making changes to my diet
 
sharon71 said:
hi,, can you tell me when you count the carbs in baked beans is it the higher total carbs or the total minus the fiber as thats a digestable carb,,, newly diagnosed with pre diabetes so making changes to my diet
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Sharon, in UK we count total carb. In the US, they use nett carbs
 
Yes, in the UK the fibre has already been deducted from the total carb amount and is listed separately. In the US the fibre is included in the total carb followed by "of which fibre ..."
 
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