Lemon juice and stevia in the raw have calories?

jennygutt

Hello all I made myself two glasses of lemonade today. I used about 1/4 c lemon juice from a store bought container. And 4 packets of stevia in the raw. The container of lemon juice says no calories no fat no sugar and no carbs. I'm wondering if the stevia or the lemon juice is like some other products that I have recently found out that say 0 on everything but if you use more than one serving of it it goes up to actually have in calories and carbs etc. Does anyone know?

AnnPT77

In the US, things with fewer than 5 calories per serving can be labeled as zero calories per serving. Lemon juice has about one calorie per teaspoon, I don't know about the stevia - I don't eat it.

rbfdac

AnnPT77 wrote: »

In the US, things with fewer than 5 calories per serving can be labeled as zero calories per serving. Lemon juice has about one calorie per teaspoon, I don't know about the stevia - I don't eat it.

This for lemon juice. I also eat a lot of stevia- it is labeled as "0 calories per serving", but probably has a few. I will eat as much as a cup of it in a recipe and log it as zero calories. I am down 116 pounds in 7 months, so I don't think the calories are negligible and wouldn't worry about it.

ccrdragon

jennygutt wrote: »

Hello all I made myself two glasses of lemonade today. I used about 1/4 c lemon juice from a store bought container. And 4 packets of stevia in the raw. The container of lemon juice says no calories no fat no sugar and no carbs. I'm wondering if the stevia or the lemon juice is like some other products that I have recently found out that say 0 on everything but if you use more than one serving of it it goes up to actually have in calories and carbs etc. Does anyone know?

Stevia in the raw is actually just a small amount of stevia cut with dextrose, so yes it does have calories (I think it's 4 per packet). Since a single packet has less than 5 calories, government rules allow them to say no calories.

janejellyroll

Not sure about Stevia in the Raw specificially, but a lot of low/non-calorie sweeteners are so sweet that they're mixed with bulking agents just to create volume in the packet. This is often what is contributing the calories. I usually have 1-2 packets a day of sweeteners and I don't log it. If I was baking with it or using bigger portions for big batches of juice or tea, I probably would just to be on the safe side.

Lemon juice is juice from a fruit, so it's also going to have some calories. Not a lot (as your container shows), but when I juice an entire lemon the USDA data gives me about ten calories for the whole thing.

jennygutt

Ok thank yall! I think if I have more than one glass a day I might log a few calories for it just to be safe.