net carbs

genghis54
genghis54 Posts: 123 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
how does net carbs work. Do you subtract fibre from the grand total?? thanks Lesley

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  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    how does net carbs work. Do you subtract fibre from the grand total?? thanks Lesley
    yes, if you're an American. But as you wrote "fibre" you probably aren't, in which case net carbs may not apply to your labelling system as the UK (for example) does not include fibre in the carbohydrates figure on the labels in the first place so there's no need to subtract or net them.

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