Subject: Determining if a product is acceptable or not
This is a long email, but I think worth while for those who really want to know
how to choose foods to eat.
Subject: Determining if a product is acceptable or not
A great post by Suz aka jjasbzmama@… :
I just wrote an email to another group I am on about how I determine if I
will try a LC product or not according to the nutrtional label. Thought
some of
you might be interested…here it is….
maybe some of the newbies (and some of the ‘oldies’) don’t really realize
what they need to do to determine if a product is acceptable or not….so I
thought I would let them know how *I* do it………when I pick up a
product, it
is sort of like a job interview….there are certain criteria that must be
met
before I will even put it in my cart to take home to taste. Following is
the
process that I go through to determine if I will try a new product (I also
do
it once in awhile to my tried and true brands, since formulas and recipes
sometimes change, changing the nutritional data):
1) Look at the Total Carb Count.
2) Look at the Fiber Count.
3) Look to see if there is any Sugar Alcohol content in the nutritional data
4) Subtract #2 & #3 from #1
5) Look at the serving size. If the serving size is not acceptable (too
small) then I do a hidden carbs count - step#15
6) If net carb count and serving size are acceptable to me, then I go to
step
#9.
7) If net carb count is not acceptable, I check the ingredients to see if
there are any sugar alcohols. If there are, and there are no other ’sugar’
ingredients, I subtract the sugar grams from the total carb count, BUT ONLY
IF
THERE ARE NO OTHER SUGAR INGREDIENTS THAN SUGAR ALCOHOLS. 
If net carb count is acceptable, go to step#9, if the count is still too
high after subtracting sugar grams for the sugar alcohols, I go to step #14
9)Look at the ingredients list.
10) If there is any mention of anything corn syrup, any sugar (other than
sugar alcohols), or plain enriched flour in the first few ingredients, I go
to
step#14
11) If there is no ingredients in the first few ingredients that were
mentioned in step #10, and if there are any of the following ingredients at
all, I go
to step #14 : hydrogenated anything, plain sugar [(or other names for it)
except for bread where it should be listed as one of the very last
ingredients, since a small amount is used to feed the yeast].
12) If none of the ingredients that were mentioned in #11 or #12 or in it,
then I go to step #13
13) Purchase the product, take it home and decide if I like the taste vs the
price. I also go to step #15 when I get the product home to make sure that
the label makes sense and I am getting what it says.
14) Put the product back on the shelf and walk away.
15) Hidden carb counts - the formula for hidden carbs is:
Fat grams x 9
Total carb grams x 4
Protein grams x 4
Add these three sums and you should come close to what the total calorie
count is. If it isn’t, then the labeling could be incorrect, and if you
don’t
know how to figure it out from there, it is safer to go to step #14.
This might help a few of you, in deciding if this is a
product that is acceptable to have around you in your WOE. If you read
these
directions straight through from 1-15, it will be sort of confusion, but if
you
follow the progression as you go through the process, it is much simpler
than
it looks.
HTH
Suz