label reading problem

I have 2 "no sugar added" products with what, seems to me to be
conflicitng information on the nutrition label. the one, smuckers :sugar
free" raspberry jam, says 10 calories per Tbs(serving) and 5 grams of carb
per serving. If caarbs are 4 calories pe gram, this does not parse.

I second is Cary's "sugar free" syrup which lists 30 calories per 1/4 ?C
(a serving) and 12 carbs(11 sugar) , which also does not parse, as 30
calories would only allow for at most 7.5 grams of carb.

Is someone being dishonest here somewhere or am I just missing something?

Somewhat puzzled,

Wendy

Wendy,

I just looked at my jams, and their calorie/carb numbers match up, one
with a slight rounding factor.

Do your jams list any fiber? If so the fiber would be included in the
carb total, but since it is indigestible, does not add into calories.
This would explain the discrepancy.

The British system of not including fiber in the total carb count maeks
a lot more sense to me than the Americna system of including it.

Morris

W. Baker wrote:
> I have 2 "no sugar added" products with what, seems to me to be
> conflicitng information on the nutrition label. the one, smuckers :sugar
> free" raspberry jam, says 10 calories per Tbs(serving) and 5 grams of carb
> per serving. If caarbs are 4 calories pe gram, this does not parse.
>
> I second is Cary's "sugar free" syrup which lists 30 calories per 1/4 ?C
> (a serving) and 12 carbs(11 sugar) , which also does not parse, as 30
> calories would only allow for at most 7.5 grams of carb.
>
> Is someone being dishonest here somewhere or am I just missing something?
>
> Somewhat puzzled,
>
> Wendy

W. Baker wrote:
> I have 2 "no sugar added" products with what, seems to me
to be
> conflicitng information on the nutrition label. the one,
smuckers
> :sugar free" raspberry jam, says 10 calories per
Tbs(serving) and 5
> grams of carb per serving. If caarbs are 4 calories pe
gram, this
> does not parse.
>
> I second is Cary's "sugar free" syrup which lists 30
calories per 1/4
> ?C (a serving) and 12 carbs(11 sugar) , which also does
not parse, as
> 30 calories would only allow for at most 7.5 grams of
carb.
>
> Is someone being dishonest here somewhere or am I just
missing
> something?
>
> Somewhat puzzled,
>
> Wendy

Do the products have polydextrose?

Cary's was the first SF syrup I got and it sent me through the roof! I think
theres 112gm per 1/4tsp --- I switched to another SF brand (too lazy &
buzzed
to get up and look in the pantry.. sorry)

--
Reisa, T1, Animas IR1250 Pumper
DX-5/00 ASD-7/00
A1C: 6.2% (8/24/06)
Daily CHO: 150-200gm
TDD: 34-38u
"W. Baker" <wbaker@panix.com> wrote in message
news:ejofmv$lp9$1@reader2.panix.com...
:I have 2 "no sugar added" products with what, seems to me to be
: conflicitng information on the nutrition label. the one, smuckers :sugar
: free" raspberry jam, says 10 calories per Tbs(serving) and 5 grams of carb
: per serving. If caarbs are 4 calories pe gram, this does not parse.
:
: I second is Cary's "sugar free" syrup which lists 30 calories per 1/4 ?C
: (a serving) and 12 carbs(11 sugar) , which also does not parse, as 30
: calories would only allow for at most 7.5 grams of carb.
:
: Is someone being dishonest here somewhere or am I just missing something?
:
: Somewhat puzzled,
:
: Wendy

In article <ejofmv$lp9$1@reader2.panix.com>,
"W. Baker" <wbaker@panix.com> wrote:

> I have 2 "no sugar added" products with what, seems to me to be
> conflicitng information on the nutrition label. the one, smuckers :sugar
> free" raspberry jam, says 10 calories per Tbs(serving) and 5 grams of carb
> per serving. If caarbs are 4 calories pe gram, this does not parse.

I just looked at two different "sugar free" jams, one by Polaner and one
by Smuckers. Both list 10 calories /tbs and 5 grams of carb. Neither
lists any fiber on the label, but the ingredients lists include locust
bean gum. I'm not sure, but I think calories can be rounded; certainly,
way too many labels have calories/serving values that are multiples of
5. I don't know whether the standard elementary school rules of rounding
apply, or whether they can always round down. In any case, 10 would be
legitimate rounding down for a "real" value of 12.5 calories and
possibly for something up to 14.5 calories. Now, suppose the 5 grams of
carb is really 4.7 and that there's 1 gram of fiber in that gum from the
ingredients list...

--
AF
"Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team."
--artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball

The Smuckers says "5 gm of total carbs" on the front of the label so my
guess is some of the ingredients are sugar alcohols which do not have
the calories but definitely count as carbs. I tried the Smuckers but
it had twice the carbs and none of the berry taste that the Fifty-50
brand has.

-Jewel

In alt.support.diabetes on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:17:14 GMT in Msg.#
<_0Q7h.740$sf5.486@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.ne t>, "rk"
<p_haha_medium@gmail.com> wrote:

> Cary's was the first SF syrup I got and it sent me through the roof! I think
> theres 112gm per 1/4tsp --- I switched to another SF brand (too lazy &
> buzzed
> to get up and look in the pantry.. sorry)

I eat Cary's sugar free syrup with protein pancakes & it & I get along fine.

--
Donna B : ^> <*>
06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 hbA1C 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg.
09-11-06 hbA1C 5.0

gee probably another T1 thingy.. you're a T2 who still has
a working pancreas.. I don't

--
Reisa, T1, Animas IR1250 Pumper
DX-5/00 ASD-7/00
A1C: 6.2% (8/24/06)
Daily CHO: 150-200gm
TDD: 34-38u
"Donna B" <shallotpeel@comcast.net> wrote in message
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: In alt.support.diabetes on Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:17:14 GMT in Msg.#
: <_0Q7h.740$sf5.486@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.ne t>, "rk"
: <p_haha_medium@gmail.com> wrote:
:
: > Cary's was the first SF syrup I got and it sent me through the roof! I
think
: > theres 112gm per 1/4tsp --- I switched to another SF brand (too lazy &
: > buzzed
: > to get up and look in the pantry.. sorry)
:
: I eat Cary's sugar free syrup with protein pancakes & it & I get along
fine.
:
: --
: Donna B : ^> <*>
: 06-07-06 Diagnosis T2 hbA1C 8.1, D&E & Metformin 500mg.
: 09-11-06 hbA1C 5.0

rk <p_haha_medium@gmail.com> wrote:
: Cary's was the first SF syrup I got and it sent me through the roof! I think
: theres 112gm per 1/4tsp --- I switched to another SF brand (too lazy &
: buzzed
: to get up and look in the pantry.. sorry)

: --
: Reisa, T1, Animas IR1250 Pumper
: DX-5/00 ASD-7/00
: A1C: 6.2% (8/24/06)
: Daily CHO: 150-200gm
: TDD: 34-38u

I prefer the Howards brand, which has far lower carb ad calorie listings,
but Ihave only found it in one store near my summer home so if I run out,
I am stuck!

Wendy

Jewel <cluster@seanet.com> wrote:
: The Smuckers says "5 gm of total carbs" on the front of the label so my
: guess is some of the ingredients are sugar alcohols which do not have
: the calories but definitely count as carbs. I tried the Smuckers but
: it had twice the carbs and none of the berry taste that the Fifty-50
: brand has.

: -Jewel

The ingredient labe is supposed to be the one that "counts, not the claims
on the front of the package. Sugar alcohols, whch are not listed the the
label of my Smuckers Rasberry, are always a subset of tehcarb grams in the
US.

Wendy