Hi everyone,

I've been munching on natural butterscotch candy made by Tom Tom's - a division of Robertsons Candy.

According to the bag, the ingredients are: Maltose, Natural Butterscotch Flavour, Salt, Natural Colour.

Other than that the bag read: "No Sugar Added - Sweetened only with Maltose" and "Total Carbohydrates: 97.98 per 100 g".

Total bag is 175 grams - I'd say ~ 30 candies.

Based on the ingredients list, do you think the carb count is accurate? Do you think there are hidden carbs? Would you eat them?

Thanks much.

I would not eat them. They are practically pure carbohydrates. Maltose is another form of sugar. It says No Sugar added b/c sugar is sucrose, hence no added "sugar". This product is 98% carb.

Each candy is almost 6g carbs. (175/30)!!!!

I kinda figured that was the answer...I guess I was hoping someone would come up with one of those formulas where this is subtracted from that and ta da - no carbs! Oh well.

Thanks for your response!