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<blockquote data-quote="bambee3" data-source="post: 2022145" data-attributes="member: 210783"><p>Hi everyone, I have been reading the posts here and it sounds like there are different food labeling requirements in England. Here in Australia the first column is the amounts of carbs etc for the portion size, be it the meal itself if is single serve meal or the amount per serving size ie. this meal serves 4 people, then the serving size is how much each person should have. They also include the 100gr calculations (both of these are req on our labels) so if the meal serves multiple servings and you want to eat more or less than the recommended serving size you can calculate your carbs etc for the amount you are eating.</p><p>So if the portion is 130g per serve and you want 200g you just divide the amount listed for 100 g by the recommended portion size in this case 130 g and that gives you the amount of carbs per gram of weight. You then multiply this amount by the weight you are going to have 200 g and then you have the amount of carbs in the serving size you are going to eat. </p><p>Example: Aldi Spaghetti </p><p> Rec serving size = 210g which cont 27.5g carbs</p><p> Per 100g = 13.1 g carbs</p><p>Amount you want to eat is 230g. Then you would divide the 13.1g by 100. This gives you the amount of carbs in each gram of weight ie, 0.131g of carbs/g of weight. Then multiply this 0.131 by 230 will give you 30.13 the amount of carbs for the amount you want to eat.</p><p>I am so glad our labelling laws req these calculations. </p><p>I also have CalorieKing loaded on my IPad just in case, it comes in handy when eating out.</p><p>You can also go on the internet type in the question “how many calories in” and name the food you are eating and you often get a match will will list the calories,carbs etc for that food, sometimes you can type in the amount you are going to eat and it calculates it for you.</p><p>Hope I have not confused things further for anyone but I have been doing this a while now and find our labelling very helpful</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bambee3, post: 2022145, member: 210783"] Hi everyone, I have been reading the posts here and it sounds like there are different food labeling requirements in England. Here in Australia the first column is the amounts of carbs etc for the portion size, be it the meal itself if is single serve meal or the amount per serving size ie. this meal serves 4 people, then the serving size is how much each person should have. They also include the 100gr calculations (both of these are req on our labels) so if the meal serves multiple servings and you want to eat more or less than the recommended serving size you can calculate your carbs etc for the amount you are eating. So if the portion is 130g per serve and you want 200g you just divide the amount listed for 100 g by the recommended portion size in this case 130 g and that gives you the amount of carbs per gram of weight. You then multiply this amount by the weight you are going to have 200 g and then you have the amount of carbs in the serving size you are going to eat. Example: Aldi Spaghetti Rec serving size = 210g which cont 27.5g carbs Per 100g = 13.1 g carbs Amount you want to eat is 230g. Then you would divide the 13.1g by 100. This gives you the amount of carbs in each gram of weight ie, 0.131g of carbs/g of weight. Then multiply this 0.131 by 230 will give you 30.13 the amount of carbs for the amount you want to eat. I am so glad our labelling laws req these calculations. I also have CalorieKing loaded on my IPad just in case, it comes in handy when eating out. You can also go on the internet type in the question “how many calories in” and name the food you are eating and you often get a match will will list the calories,carbs etc for that food, sometimes you can type in the amount you are going to eat and it calculates it for you. Hope I have not confused things further for anyone but I have been doing this a while now and find our labelling very helpful [/QUOTE]
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