Carbs in Heavy Cream?

jjejjtu

So I've been reading a lot of diaries lately, and one thing that everyone is logging is heavy cream. Yet some people's heavy cream contains zero carbs, and some people's contains 1g/carbs. So is it a difference between brands? I know butter has zero carbs and what is butter but cream? I would LOVE to find a zero carb heavy cream.

tru2one

Food manufacturers can technically round down in their counts, so it's unlikely that there is REALLY a heavy cream that has no carbs. I always count one per TBSP, just to be safe.

emilyuncle

I have noticed that when my foods state Carbs as being >1 gram, MFP will log it as being 1 gram. It could be a technical issue, but I choose to use it to my advantage and consider it a fail-safe to keep me in my macro range.

jjejjtu

Thanks ladies. I will just keep counting that 1g.

GSD_Mama

Publix HWC (not sure if you have it where you are) and Land-O-Lakes brand HWC both have 0 carbs listed on the label

Publix
Heavy Whipping Cream

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 tbsp (15ml)
Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 45Calories 50
% Daily Values*
Total Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 3.5g 18%
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 15mg
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C -
Calcium 2% Iron -
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.


Land-O-Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream

Serving Size: 1 Tbsp. (15ml)
Servings Per Container: 64
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50
Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5 g 8%
Saturated Fat 3.5 g 17%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 20 mg 7%
Sodium 5 mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 0 g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%
Sugars 0 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 4 % Calcium 2 %
Vitamin C 0 % Iron 0 %
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

jjejjtu

Now that is interesting. I wonder if it just rounded down? I learned that there is a low carb store not far from my house, so I'm going to head over there tomorrow and see what I can find.

FIT_Goat

Heavy cream is about 7g of carbs per cup (regardless of what the label says). It is about 0.4g per tablespoon.

sljohnson1207

You can always log it with the USDA selection in MFP (the one without a * by it). MFP rounds, the mfg'ers are allowed to round. I should probably go back to logging mine with the non * selection to get more accurate count. I notice this with eggs and cheeses as well. Someone eating 5 eggs isn't eating 0 carbs.

jjejjtu

Thanks @ FIT_Goat. Do you happen to know if there is a heavy cream listed in MFP as 0.4 or 0.5 grams? I would love to buy myself a couple extra carbs. Maybe I will look up a bunch of heavy creams just to find out.

jjejjtu

Or, on second thought, I could just create my own entry with .5 listed under carbs.

tru2one

itcphotog wrote: »

Publix HWC (not sure if you have it where you are) and Land-O-Lakes brand HWC both have 0 carbs listed on the label

Publix
Heavy Whipping Cream

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 tbsp (15ml)
Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 45Calories 50
% Daily Values*
Total Fat 5g 8%
Saturated Fat 3.5g 18%
Cholesterol 20mg 7%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 15mg
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
Vitamin A 4% Vitamin C -
Calcium 2% Iron -
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.


Land-O-Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream

Serving Size: 1 Tbsp. (15ml)
Servings Per Container: 64
Amount Per Serving
Calories 50
Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5 g 8%
Saturated Fat 3.5 g 17%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 20 mg 7%
Sodium 5 mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 0 g 0%
Dietary Fiber 0 g 0%
Sugars 0 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin A 4 % Calcium 2 %
Vitamin C 0 % Iron 0 %
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Do the math on these counts. 50 calories, 45 coming from fat. That leaves 5 unaccounted for calories...there's your carb. The Land 'o Lakes is especially misleading, claiming 50 calories from fat, however when you look at the fat grams (5) and do the math (5 grams fat x 9 calories per gram = 45 calories) it is also understating the carb count.

Those carbs...they're sneaky, I tell ya. Those manufacturers? Sneakier still. ;-)

GSD_Mama

I'm not too educated on reading these stupid label lol

jjejjtu

You are right about the math. But for database purposes I created this: "Heavy Cream, 0.5 Grams Per T - Heavy Cream" I just want an accurate count. That second "Heavy Cream" in the listing is a bit redundant, but ah well.

tru2one

itcphotog wrote: »

I'm not too educated on reading these stupid label lol

Not many people really are, and unfortunately we trust too much sometimes. This is just one more case in point. :-) If it sounds too good, don't believe it without doing your own due diligence and remember: WE are our own best advocates when it comes to health and how we fuel.

jjejjtu

Corrected it to read: Heavy Cream - 0.5 G/carbs Per T

Alliwan

sljohnson1207 wrote: »

You can always log it with the USDA selection in MFP (the one without a * by it). MFP rounds, the mfg'ers are allowed to round. I should probably go back to logging mine with the non * selection to get more accurate count. I notice this with eggs and cheeses as well. Someone eating 5 eggs isn't eating 0 carbs.

This is what I do. I usually use the non * for much of my stuff since a lot of what I do doesnt come with bar codes, like my own chicken eggs or the pigs we raise for butcher etc.

sljohnson1207

looking4better wrote: »

You are right about the math. But for database purposes I created this: "Heavy Cream, 0.5 Grams Per T - Heavy Cream" I just want an accurate count. That second "Heavy Cream" in the listing is a bit redundant, but ah well.

Doesn't MFP round it up in your diary, though?

jjejjtu

@sljohnson1207‌ It doesn't look like it. When I input the nutritional information, I put 0.5 under carbs. So I logged 2 T and it's showing me at 1g/carbs.

sweetteadrinker2

I think producer's hwc is zero carb on the label, but from the standpoint of a dairy producer there is no way to take all the sugar out of the cream, so there's got to be some carbs.

jjejjtu

Oh, @sljohnson1207‌ now I see what you mean. Yes, if I log an odd number of tablespoons it does round up. Not a problem for me because I only do my cream in even numbers (it's for my coffee), but that could mess up someone else--or just allow them extra cream?