Mon, Nov-26-01, 11:04
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Plan: LC, GF
Stats: 241/185/140
BF:
Progress: 55%
Location: Eastern ON, Canada
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Just a word of caution about "zero carb" salad dressings, or zero carb anything.
Even plain mayonnaise has a trace of carbs from eggs, and the bleu cheese will have traces of carbs too. Check the ingredients list on the label, I'm sure you'll see at least one or two things that contain carbs at least in trace amounts.
Corrine T. Netzer's Complete Book of Food Counts lists Marie's Bleu Cheese dressing at 3g carb per 2 Tbsp serving.
Be aware that in the US, food labels are only required to declare carbs to the nearest whole number, and they're often rounded DOWN ... ie, 1.5g becomes 1g. And, there's another loophole in US labelling law, that permits manufacturers to declare a food as "zero" carbs, if a "normal serving" has less than 1g carb in it, even if the true count is 0.9g.
For foods such as cream and cheese, artificial sweeteners in scoopable bulk form or in the little paper packets ... and salad dressings .... the "normal serving size" that gets listed on the label is small ... so of course, the manufacturer will list the carbs per serving as "zero". This can be very misleading ... because we think the food is 100% carb-free, we're more likely to eat a larger amount of it than what is listed as a "normal serving". And those 0.5g and 0.9g portions can add up quickly.
For the record, in Canada and elsewhere in the world, the law requires that carbs be declared to the nearest 1/10th of a gram (0.1) if a "normal serving" has less than 10g total carbs in it. So, the products I listed above will have accurate carb counts.
I've seen Marie's gourmet salad dressings and dips here in the refrigerated section, or in the chilled section of the produce aisle. There's a similar gourmet dressing here in Canada, Renee's, which I love ... and the chunky bleu cheese is completely sugar-free ... the carb count is 0.7g per level Tbsp (15 ml or ½ fl oz).
Doreen
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