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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HSSS" data-source="post: 2633316" data-attributes="member: 480869">To add to that:  The uk labels and recipes don’t usually use the word “total”. If you see that word on a label or recipe then it’s an alert it’s probably USA based. So I’d say it’s UK carbs = USA net carbs (which is total - fiber).I do unfortunately see ”total” being used increasingly on forums uk based.  But in that context it tends to mean including sugar and starches rather than just sugar - and has no relationship to fibre whatsoever - Ie look at the carb number and ignore the “of which sugars” bit which only represents one category of carb.I really wish uk people would choose a word other than “total“ to express this perfectly valid point, as it then adds to the USA/UK fibre confusion which has the same word at it‘s heart. My plea to others in the UK is to talk about “sugars and starches”, or explain to ignore the limited “of which sugars” number, or use some other word than total even all the carbs but just avoid the actual words “total carbs” unless you mean it in the USA fibre sense.Pedantic - possibly. Avoiding yet more confusion on the whole total/fiber issue - almost definitely</blockquote>

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