Sugar calories

suented
suented Posts: 10 Member
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Are sugar calories counted in the total calories listed on food products? Example, if a product has 100ca, and it contains 4 grams of sugar (approximately 16 calories) is that 16 already in the total calories or do you have to add 16 to the 100?????

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  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    It's included.
  • Teabythesea_
    Teabythesea_ Posts: 559 Member
    It's included in the carbohydrate count along with starches and dietary fiber.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Very curious why you would think they might not be included... 🤔

    Maybe the label says something about 'added sugar'? 🤷 I dunno...that's all I've got.
  • magnusthenerd
    magnusthenerd Posts: 1,207 Member
    Give or take the allowed rounding and margin of error rules, sure.
    Is there an example product that looks off? Or even more likely, an MFP entry that looks off?
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    suented wrote: »
    Are sugar calories counted in the total calories listed on food products? Example, if a product has 100ca, and it contains 4 grams of sugar (approximately 16 calories) is that 16 already in the total calories or do you have to add 16 to the 100?????

    Why wouldn't it be included?
  • suented
    suented Posts: 10 Member
    Thanks for all replies
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,404 Member
    pinuplove wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    Very curious why you would think they might not be included... 🤔

    Maybe the label says something about 'added sugar'? 🤷 I dunno...that's all I've got.

    Yeah, the "added sugar" bit is now on labels in the U.S. and it's something fairly new so I imagine people are confuzzled.

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  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    What would be the point of having calories on the label if all the calories for all the ingredients weren’t included in the total calories per serving? That wouldn’t be very beneficial.
  • Jruzer
    Jruzer Posts: 3,501 Member
    I can see why it would be confusing. In effect they are listing it twice.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    Jruzer wrote: »
    I can see why it would be confusing. In effect they are listing it twice.

    They've done that for ages with fat and sat fat and carbs and sugar and protein. It's not some weird new thing to list some components separately as well as in the total.

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