Counting Carbs - polyols

Trae41

I have a jar of jam that per 100g is 59g carb, of which polyols is 56.6g.... can anyone tell me how to work out the net carbs please. Thanks

Sugarbeat

Usually you subtract fiber from carbs to figure out net carbs.

JPW1990

Count half or none, there are arguments for both. I personally do none, but I only use one kind.
http://dtc.ucsf.edu/living-with-diabetes/diet-and-nutrition/understanding-carbohydrates/counting-carbohydrates/learning-to-read-labels/counting-sugar-alcohols/

The issue is not all of them work the same. Erythritol is usually the one you can count as 0, provided it's not mixed with a second one. Xylitol has enough that it counts as calories, and it's one you count as half. Some of the others are higher than xylitol or somewhere between erythritol and xylitol.

Trae41

This jam has sorbitol as the sweetener. Thanks JPW, your link has helped greatly.