Calories in FAGE 0% with only SOME fruit

I'd just count the calories for the whole thing. There's not a whole lot of fruit in there. I figure it covers all those places where I ate more calories than I thought I did. Plus playing little tricks like this to save calories is a slippery slope IMO...

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Fage is amazing. It's the closest thing we have found to Skyr ever since we got back from Iceland.

Your estimate would be close but you would likely want to weight all of the Fage 0 to get that weight right to take off the calorie total to find the jelly calorie content (other stuff too).

Yes thats what I do too, but should I be concerned that the plain still has 8 grams of sugar in a cup? I suppose its from the milk having its own natural sugar... For snack I do 1 Cup berries and 1 Cup Plain 0% Fage and sweeten with stevia, but at the end of the day when my sugar grams went over it was from the yogurt and I also have a cup of vanilla soymilk (which has added sugar).

No added sugars but still has 9 grams of sugar per serving in the plain. I suppose that is because it is made from milk which has lactose.

dbendett wrote: »

Yes thats what I do too, but should I be concerned that the plain still has 8 grams of sugar in a cup? I suppose its from the milk having its own natural sugar... For snack I do 1 Cup berries and 1 Cup Plain 0% Fage and sweeten with stevia, but at the end of the day when my sugar grams went over it was from the yogurt and I also have a cup of vanilla soymilk (which has added sugar).

Why would that be a problem? (Yes, it's lactose.)

Why would sugar from fruit be a problem?

If it fits in your calories and you have a reasonable amount of added sugar, why would the little bit of added sugar from a flavored Fage be a problem, for that matter.

On going over the sugar, if you have the default MFP goal, it's 15% of total calories, or minimum 45 g (on 1200). A cup of berries, the Fage, and the vanilla soymilk doesn't seem enough to make that go over, although of course you should be consuming other sources of sugar, like vegetables.

My approach is figure out protein goal and meet it, add a lot of vegetables to all meals, make sure my diet includes adequate healthy fats, and then use the rest of my calories as I want. If you are at a low calorie level and you eat fruit and dairy for the extra (or some sources of added sugar, like flavored soymilk), it's not uncommon to go over. I wouldn't worry about it if the overall diet is balanced and nutrient dense. The reason for the 15% total sugars limit is to help with balance and to make sure you aren't eating lots of unexpected sources of added sugar that are low nutrient. There's nothing credible that says more than 15% of total sugars is bad for you.

And back to OP: if you really love the Fage with the fruit flavor, and your overall diet is fine with enough protein, healthy fats, vegetables, etc., and you aren't going overboard with added sugar, I wouldn't worry about it. I personally love Fage with just added berries or some other fruit (I don't care for the taste of artificial sugars in that context and would never add them, but that's just my preference), but if you have tried that and don't enjoy it as much why not keep your current snack. It's reasonably healthful overall, and could fit easily into a healthful diet.

Oh, I hate it when I completely fail to notice zombie threads!

nowine4me wrote: »

dedee32282 wrote: »

i LOVE Fage 0% plain. i eat it almost every single day. tons of protein and NO added sugars. i use stevia liquid to sweeten it and add in fresh fruit/nuts. yum!

Never seen the stevia liquid...is it the same thing as the power?? Or does it come in flavors? I'll have to shop around for it! Thanks!!

Google Sweet Drops, it comes in a gazillion flavors. Go easy, it's very, very sweet.

Hopefully dedee hasn't spent 5 years waiting for someone to answer the question...