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Carbs in couscous
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Jo_the_boat
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Jo_the_boat
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This seemed to have spawned some debate. Thank you for your input.
It's fair to say that to get one's head round it, you need degrees in both logic and linguistics. Plus of course be a chemical engineer and a nutritional scientist.
With this stuff however, you only need one qualification!
It's fair to say that to get one's head round it, you need degrees in both logic and linguistics. Plus of course be a chemical engineer and a nutritional scientist.
With this stuff however, you only need one qualification!
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Sorry if I sounded judgemental earlier, it just had never occurred to me that some people might weigh food after cooking. A bit like the first time you discover that there are people who hang the toilet roll the "other" way round!
I had similar annoyance carb counting yesterday, it was an instant noodle cup that not only gave nutritional info per made up weight, but didn't tell you how much water you added to reach the "fill line" so you couldn't even work it out. As the dry weight was 75g, the maximum carbs are unlikely to be over 65g but it still bugged me.
I had similar annoyance carb counting yesterday, it was an instant noodle cup that not only gave nutritional info per made up weight, but didn't tell you how much water you added to reach the "fill line" so you couldn't even work it out. As the dry weight was 75g, the maximum carbs are unlikely to be over 65g but it still bugged me.
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It's definitely showing the prepared carb/100g.
Couscous is essentially pasta - flour mixed with water, shaped and dried. As a rough guide uncooked pasta and Couscous (and rice for that matter) are about 70 to 75g per 100g carbohydrates. So if the nutritional label has a g per 100g in the 20s they are showing the cooked carb count.
Couscous is essentially pasta - flour mixed with water, shaped and dried. As a rough guide uncooked pasta and Couscous (and rice for that matter) are about 70 to 75g per 100g carbohydrates. So if the nutritional label has a g per 100g in the 20s they are showing the cooked carb count.
