Fri, May-23-08, 10:16
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Bouncy!
Posts: 9,388
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Plan: Atkins Maintenance
Stats: 297/173.3/150
BF:41%/31%/??%
Progress: 84%
Location: Burlington, ON
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Hey, I'm an accountant and I can read the lab analysis!
Liz is right, when you add the grams of water, ash, protein, fat & carbs (before subtracting fiber and as stated on the label), you get the total number of grams in the serving according to the lab report.
*However*, something is fishy there. Even us lowly accountants can see that if Fitday, Nutritiondata.com, other canned black bean labels (Goya for one) and the US Dry Bean Council all have nutritional data suggesting that fibre is about 37% of the total carbohydrate count for canned or cooked black beans and Eden says theirs are about 91% fibre, then there is something wrong. Critically examining numerical evidence is something accountants *do* tend to be good at.
Someone mentioned that they did the analysis with the beans in water? That would explain the 80% water content lab analysis. 80g of water in a 100g serving of beans? That sounds fishy right there.
Last edited by ValerieL : Fri, May-23-08 at 10:23.
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