Just wondering if anyone has noticed conflicts in the carb counts the Atkins for Life book gives, compared to actual food labels. My 4% milkfat cottage cheese says 5 carbs for 1/2 C. The book says 3/4 C. whole milk cottage cheese is 5 carbs. Is there cottage cheese out there that has more than 4% milkfat? Thats not the only differences Ive seen, I was wondering if anyone else has seen it too and wondered why....Not that its a HUGE deal, not to me...just curious...

It will vary with different brands, because they'll use a slightly different combination of milk solids, proteins, etc.

True...but what about seafood? My Atkins Carb Counter says that a serving of squid/calamari is 7 carbs, but I have a can of "imitation abalone" which is nothing more than giant squid chunks...and the carb content on the label says 0 g carbs for the same serving size. I was always confused by this kind of difference. I am tempted to count only what's on the product label....but I know this doesn't count in all cases because the FDA lets manufacturers count 0 carbs when there's actually just less than a carb per serving...does anyone have any answer?

He had to generalize...go by the package.