In Canada/US - label help please.

[annew]

On holiday in Canada and States - not sure how to read the food labels for carbs, I know its shown differently but don't know how to convert to a measurement I'm used to!
All advice very welcome. Many thanks in advance. Anne

 

[lynde89]

What kind of measurement are you after?
I'm tucking into some US Cheerios for breakfast. It says 1 cup serving (29g) has 24g carbs in it.


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[CollieBoy]

On holiday in Canada and States - not sure how to read the food labels for carbs, I know its shown differently but don't know how to convert to a measurement I'm used to!
All advice very welcome. Many thanks in advance. Anne

As I recall the N. American way is to include all carbohydrates inc fibre in the figure.
So you may have a US/Can. carb figure of 75 g per 100g, of which fibre is 55g per 100g .
Netting this off gives us our UK net carb figure of 20g per 100g.

so US value = (UK value + fibre) :thumbup:

Enjoy your holiday