Tue, Jun-10-03, 09:26
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Senior Member
Posts: 655
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 452/386/200
BF:
Progress: 26%
Location: Upper Peninsula of MI
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Howdy Satihap...
The "hidden carb calculator" causes a great deal of confusion. It's main purpose in life is to do a bit of math so see if there are any calories in the product that are unaccounted for in the information given for carbs, protein, and fat. These can come from variouse sources, such as sugar alchols and glycerine, which used to not be reported on labels (they are now). I find the easiest thing to do is just do a quick bit of math myself. From my container of Keto blueberry hot cereal I see the following
Fat: 4g
Carbs: 12g
Protein: 17g
Now, we know how many calories each of these things should contribute to the total calorie content of the cereal
Fat 9 calories
Carbs 4 calories
Protein 4 calories
So, 9 x 4 (fat) + 12 X 4 (carbs) + 17 X 4 (Protein) = 152 calories
The label says 150 which tells us that all of the calories are reported and nothing is "hidden". The 2 calorie difference undoubtedly comes from rounding that is done for the label.
I probably just made this more confusing, but the gist is that the label on the cereal is just fine. 12 grams of carbs - 9 grams of fiber = 3 grams that need to be counted.
Mark
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