Confused about Slim Rice

What brand (there are many)? What are the ingredients? Is it American packaging that counts fibre as carbohydrate?

The Slim Rice on the Holland and Barrat website shows this nutrition list

Nutritional Information
Per 100g
Energy 32kj / 9kcal
Fat 0g
of which saturates 0g
Carbohydrates 0g
of which sugars 0g
Fibre 4g
Protein 0.2g
Salt 0g

Hi I nearly bought some of this on a shopping trip after seeing them mentioned but luckily checked and was put off by the 8.4 carb on the box. Just checked nutrition on Ocado site and it comes up as 8.4 there too - wonder if it’s the bean gum and/ or tapioca starch that’s used because think Konjac is zero carb so maybe another ingredient like the bean used to prepare the rice. Too high carb for me. Fibre is listed separately so this isn’t part of the carb count.The slim rice must be different to the noodles
Edit says konjac is only 3% of the rice so presume tapioca starch is a biggish ingredient. There must be different versions made with different fillers. Saw one on amazon just that mixed with oat fibre rather than tapioca guess you’ve got the tapioca one that I saw shows we have to double check with these clever marketeers! It’s more of a problem too with age checking out all those pesky small print nutrition boxes!o
https://www.ocado.com/webshop/product/Eat-Water-Slim-Rice/88615011

Eatwater.co.uk claim zero carbs

https://www.eatwater.co.uk/products/slim-cooking/slim-original/healthy-diet-slim-rice/

Thought Slim Rice was a Country and Western singer.

These hold very little calories. So I am wondering how they would effect you in the sense of trying to lose or maintain weight as filler? They are water based so wondering would they have any adverse effect?

LittleGreyCat said:

Thought Slim Rice was a Country and Western singer.

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Country and western singers are zero carbs, as long as you don't make them into sausages with lots of carby additives.

Tried the zero noodles in a vegan stir fry with red pepper, green beans, bean sprouts and crispy fried tofu when @Darkhorse came for lunch on Friday - flavoured the whole thing with some ginger, garlic and soy sauce. Didn’t taste any different to rice vermicelli and cooked really well.

I bought some of the rice, noodle and pasta versions in H&B yesterday, so will be attempting those over the coming weeks, they’re currently half price