{"id":8408,"date":"2018-03-18T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T10:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savorytooth.com\/?page_id=8408"},"modified":"2020-10-01T13:57:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T20:57:32","slug":"hidden-carbs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.savorytooth.com\/hidden-carbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Carbs (Heavy Whipping Cream Example)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
If you follow any low carb diet like the keto diet, you will likely be tracking your daily net carb<\/a> intake. Most people try to stay under 20-50 grams of net carbs every day. To calculate this, nutrition facts labels are used to determine the number of net carbs per serving. Here’s the formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Net Carbs = Total Carbs – Fiber – Sugar Alcohols (e.g., erythritol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n That sounds simple enough. However, you may be unknowingly consuming “hidden carbs” when you use nutrition labels for foods with small <\/em>serving sizes. When a product has a label with a small serving size, it’s more susceptible to rounding errors when you need to use multiple servings for a recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A great example is heavy whipping cream<\/strong>, which typically has a nutrition facts label with a serving size of 1 tablespoon. Note that 1 tablespoon of heavy whipping cream has 0.4 g total carbs, according to the USDA’s basic nutrient report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most product manufacturers will not list 0.4 g for total carbs on the label; instead, they will round down and list 0 g. As a result, many people will erroneously think that heavy whipping cream has zero carbs, which is not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\nExample: Heavy Whipping Cream<\/h2>\n\n\n\n