BrianTheElder
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I have just started a LCHF diet, so I am learning a lot of new things. One thing I find difficult is references to "net carbs".
I understand that net carbs is total carbs less fibre, but on a lot of nutrition labels fibre is greater than total carbs.
I have seen advice not to touch any product that mentions net carbs, but I have also read books that say this is what should be used.
Is this a USA thing? ie, are their nutrition labels different to ours?
My current problem is sorting out nutrition data for bread. Livlife gives total carbs as 14.6g/100g and fibre as 8.3g/100g, whereas Carbzone gives total carbs as 7.5g/100g and fibre as 14g/100g. Obviously the Carbzone carbs don't include the fibre, but I have seen references to Livlife as having net carbs of 6.3g/100g. It is difficult to understand the incredible differences between what are very similar products.
What I really need is an authoritative source for nutrition information, as the packaging labels are not always helpful. I use Fat Secret when in doubt, but they don't cover everything..
Can anyone help, please?
I understand that net carbs is total carbs less fibre, but on a lot of nutrition labels fibre is greater than total carbs.
I have seen advice not to touch any product that mentions net carbs, but I have also read books that say this is what should be used.
Is this a USA thing? ie, are their nutrition labels different to ours?
My current problem is sorting out nutrition data for bread. Livlife gives total carbs as 14.6g/100g and fibre as 8.3g/100g, whereas Carbzone gives total carbs as 7.5g/100g and fibre as 14g/100g. Obviously the Carbzone carbs don't include the fibre, but I have seen references to Livlife as having net carbs of 6.3g/100g. It is difficult to understand the incredible differences between what are very similar products.
What I really need is an authoritative source for nutrition information, as the packaging labels are not always helpful. I use Fat Secret when in doubt, but they don't cover everything..
Can anyone help, please?
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