Flaxseed dilemma
Here’s something I don’t “get”, and the sort of thing that makes me wonder about
ALL labels.
I was happily eating my (supposedly) zero net. carb flaxseed porridge, as
was suggested recently, using the Bob’s Red Hill brand. The label says, for a
2Tbs. serving, “total carbs 4g, Dietary fiber 4g” (which is 0 net carbs), and 60
calories. Ingredients listed: Flaxseed ONLY.
OK, then DH comes in with groceries, and he’d purchased the wrong brand,
Stone-Buhr (whole, by the way, not ground), so I checked their label….
(Their amounts are for 3 tbs., so I’m giving 2/3 of their counts here):
Total carbs 7.26, Dietary Fiber 3.3 (which is approx 4 net carbs) and 100
calories. Their ingredients?? Flaxseed ONLY.
If Stone B’s facts are correct, with 1/2 cup, as in the recipe, Stone-Buhr
would have 16 net carbs and 400 calories WOW, bad on ANY kind of diet. I’d
rather have a slice of chocolate cake, if I’m going to cheat that badly!!
So who do we believe?? Flaxseed is flaxseed, and grinding it surely doesn’t
remove carbs and calories, so where do they get their facts??? Makes you wonder,
doesn’t it? Sorry this was so long, I got carried away!! ~Penny S.