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<blockquote data-quote="MrsA2" data-source="post: 2378909" data-attributes="member: 521715"><p>The 5g carbs per 100 guide can be useful BUT ONLY WHEN ALSO USED WITH QUANTITY. </p><p>For example I have a jar of cajun seasoning that I use on meat.</p><p> It is a 50g jar and has 40g carbs per hundred so the whole jar has 20g carbs. (half of 100g)</p><p> However each jar give at least 25 portions (teaspoon 2 gs ) of the seasoning, so each portion is 0.8g carbs. Fine a low carb diet.</p><p></p><p>I also have some chocolate</p><p>It too is 40g carbs per hundred . </p><p>It is a 200g weight bar. The whole bar has 80g carbs</p><p>An average serving (4 sqs) is 25g in weight so that gives 10g , not so good in a very low carb diet. And its very difficult not to eat more than 25g at a time. Who can stop at 4 sqs?</p><p></p><p>So 2 foods, both the same carbs per 100g, but one has 10 times as many carbs per portion.</p><p></p><p>( some very strict carb people wouldn't touch either product as both have sugar in. Me?, this is away of life, life involves some sugar, just very small amounts)</p><p></p><p>So when checking labels, think too about the amount of it you will eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrsA2, post: 2378909, member: 521715"] The 5g carbs per 100 guide can be useful BUT ONLY WHEN ALSO USED WITH QUANTITY. For example I have a jar of cajun seasoning that I use on meat. It is a 50g jar and has 40g carbs per hundred so the whole jar has 20g carbs. (half of 100g) However each jar give at least 25 portions (teaspoon 2 gs ) of the seasoning, so each portion is 0.8g carbs. Fine a low carb diet. I also have some chocolate It too is 40g carbs per hundred . It is a 200g weight bar. The whole bar has 80g carbs An average serving (4 sqs) is 25g in weight so that gives 10g , not so good in a very low carb diet. And its very difficult not to eat more than 25g at a time. Who can stop at 4 sqs? So 2 foods, both the same carbs per 100g, but one has 10 times as many carbs per portion. ( some very strict carb people wouldn't touch either product as both have sugar in. Me?, this is away of life, life involves some sugar, just very small amounts) So when checking labels, think too about the amount of it you will eat. [/QUOTE]
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