Lager...

PVPe
PVPe Posts: 3 Member
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Setting up my daily diet plan/counter.
I am surprised that database shows zero carbs for 1 can Fosters lager. Can this be correct?
I'll be delighted if it is, as I enjoy one daily....
I am pre-diabetic...

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    pandrpearce wrote: »
    Setting up my daily diet plan/counter.
    I am surprised that database shows zero carbs for 1 can Fosters lager. Can this be correct?
    I'll be delighted if it is, as I enjoy one daily....
    I am pre-diabetic...

    You need to check the database against other sources in many cases. The database is crowdsourced for the most part so there are a number of incorrect entries.

    Not only that, but you need to verify the units you're using for a serving. According to Foster's website, a Foster's Lager has 3.2 grams of carbs per 100 ML which is a tiny amount of beer. A full pint is around 570 ML.
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,990 Member
    edited October 2021
    No. The database is user entries and often incomplete or incorrect.
    You need to verify that you have a good entry.
    According to Foster's website, the lager has 3.2 grams of carbs per 100ml.

    For reference:
    https://www.fosters.co.uk/nutrition
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,808 Member
    No it's not correct, the food database is crowd sourced and has tons of bad entries.
    Some people are only interested in calories and don't bother updating all the macros when they add an item.

    Read the label or look up the manufacturer's nutritional information, this is for Fosters sold in the UK and the recipe may well differ between countries. https://www.fosters.co.uk/nutrition

    3.2g of carbs per 100ml
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,775 Member
    Still pretty low. The thing is that alcohol is it's own macro and is pretty high in calories (2nd only to fat per gram).
  • PVPe
    PVPe Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks for yr guidance folks
  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,775 Member
    Hah! Someone disagreed with my comment on alcohol. I think my statement is hard to refute. It has 7 calories per gram. Fat has 9, carbohydrate and protein have 4.

    Since beer is rated in Alcohol Per Volume (ABV), It's useful to know that a cc of alcohol has 7 kcal/g * 0.8 g/cc * 30cc/floz = 168kcal/floz. Now, if you drink a 5%ABV pint, you have .8floz of alcohol, giving you 134kcals from the alcohol alone. Of course, if you drink one of those 10%ABV double IPAs, you get 270kcals from the alcohol.

    Alcohol is only metabolized by your liver and then at a fairly slow rate (slower as you age). Small amounts: no problem! Large amounts a lot of the time: big problem!
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,990 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    Hah! Someone disagreed with my comment on alcohol. I think my statement is hard to refute. It has 7 calories per gram. Fat has 9, carbohydrate and protein have 4.

    Since beer is rated in Alcohol Per Volume (ABV), It's useful to know that a cc of alcohol has 7 kcal/g * 0.8 g/cc * 30cc/floz = 168kcal/floz. Now, if you drink a 5%ABV pint, you have .8floz of alcohol, giving you 134kcals from the alcohol alone. Of course, if you drink one of those 10%ABV double IPAs, you get 270kcals from the alcohol.

    Alcohol is only metabolized by your liver and then at a fairly slow rate (slower as you age). Small amounts: no problem! Large amounts a lot of the time: big problem!

    Wasn't me, but maybe they disagreed with your "still pretty low" comment and not the rest of it.
    Most average cans of beer have 13-14g of carbs, so people doing keto or other really low carb diets would probably disagree with your opinion that it's low carb.

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