I STILL get confused. A few answers needed please! The basic difference I believe is that we show carbs with fibre already subtracted, whereas in USA they show total carbs INCLUDING the carb content of the fibre and then subtract the fibre to show net
On a US label they say Total Carbs . This includes sugar, fibre etc so they say carbs of which fiber . Just as we say Carbs of which sugar. We list fibre separately, it is not included with carbs.
. Am I right? But doesn't that mean their net carbs equal our total carbs?
Net carbs aren't from any official source, possibly they derive from companies like Atkins as a marketing tool.
So, example. Atkins daybreak bars are USA marked. They show carbs of 8.1 of which polyols are 6.4. They say polyols are zero (not so I think but never mind) and thus give net carbs of 2.1 HOWEVER, they also show dietary fibre of 5.6 Are they thus saying the total carbs WERE 13.7, but they've already deducted the fibre as per the UK system? Incidentally, they also show Glycerine of 2.8 as part of the polyols - I think I read that is genuine zero carbs?
I think you'll have to email the company about that one. It's in their interests to suggest something has a very low percentage of carbs . What is on the official label?
It would be exactly the same if people who sold cold potato salad labelled it as having fewer effective carbs because of the resistant starch? ie open to debate ]