Aus vs US nutirtion differnace

Sydking
Sydking Posts: 317 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
OK -

So just logged a sweet potato and thought i would cross reference with Calorieking.com.au

as the entry only had 1 confirmation i like to check

per 100g raw sweet potato calorie king has

65 cals, 14.1g carbs, 3g fiber and 1.9 protein

The American sites all have

86 cals, 20g carbs, 3g fiber 1.9 protein


Drive me nuts, I don't understand why there is a difference.

I usually just pick the higher carb one and stick with that but i need to know





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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,252 Member
    It is because in the US, fiber is included in the total carbs. Australian counts have "net carbs" and the US ones aren't net. So you subtract the fibre grams from the US total to get the net carbs.
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    Yes that would make sense if they had 6g fiber per 100g.

    Still not adding up

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,252 Member
    The US one also has higher cals. Dunno.
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    Yer haha no clue aye i cant work it out

    Meh i just go with the higher one anyway but if i don't i can eat way more
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    When I'm in Australia (most of the time) I select the Australian calorie information.
    When I travel, I select the calorie information from the place I happen to be.
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    When I'm in Australia (most of the time) I select the Australian calorie information.
    When I travel, I select the calorie information from the place I happen to be.

    Why, what the deference between a sweet potato in Aus and the US

    We probably ship ours there most of the year anyway


  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,641 Member
    Sydking wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    When I'm in Australia (most of the time) I select the Australian calorie information.
    When I travel, I select the calorie information from the place I happen to be.

    Why, what the deference between a sweet potato in Aus and the US

    We probably ship ours there most of the year anyway

    The US probably grows their own sweet potatoes and everything I read about US food, it's all enhanced with this and that. GMOs and things. Maybe that's the difference. :smiley:

  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    haha sounds about right :)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I was perplexed when i kept reading here that a cup of raspberries has 9g of fibre..
    I use frozen raspberries (Australian ) and i think it's just under 2g fibre for a cup.
    That's a big difference...
    It would be so much easier if food labelling was the same world wide.
  • Sydking
    Sydking Posts: 317 Member
    yep, makes logging hard when i try to be very accurate its annoying

  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    The US don't measure carbohydrates, that's probably a big clue.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    edited June 2015
    And then just to further confuse things we can throw the NZ info into the mix :D

    http://www.5aday.co.nz/facts-and-tips/fruit-vegetable-info/kumara.aspx

    (divide by 4.2 to get calories)
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I'll never ever get used to kilojoules. Most of our packaging comes in kj's. Stupid, stupid idea!

    There's even an add here with that coach from Glee, whatshername??? Asking "what's a kilojoule" lol
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