Hi,

Since we are in Canada we don't have to count the net carbs right? That is only if you are American I assume. Please correct me, if I am wrong.

The websites are all American and I assume they are stating the carbs and not the net carbs.

How do we figure out the net carbs?

Thanks.

You subtract the fiber from the carb count to come up with the net carbs.... For example, if you have 8 carbs and 5 grams of fiber, then net carb count is 3.... Some people count total carbs and others count net. I count net IMHO.

Thanks for your reply.

I was actually reading last night and found exactly what you have stated here.

In Canada our labels have the net carbs on them so we don't have to worry about doing the math.

Last I heard, our labels (and the Americans', too), have
- Total Carbs xx g
-- Dietary Fiber xx g (usually indented)

and we still have to do the math ourselves. No net carbs on our labels.

So it's always Total Carbs minus Fiber Carbs for Net or Effective Carb Count. Only the European labels (which also have 100g sizes not serving sizes for their nutritional information) have the Fiber counted separately from the Carbohydrates -- I guess that's why they don't say/infer Total Carbohydrates.

Maybe you were thinking of the rounding, which the Americans do and we used NOT to do but do now (crazy isn't it?). We USED to have all macronutrients to a 1/10th of a gram, but no longer required, since somewhere around 2003 I think.

And of course, all of this depends on the manufacturer doing the label correctly...which they MOSTLY do but not always.

Welcome to the wonderful world of LC ! (and ps: there's tons of this kind of info in the New Members and LowCarbers subforum and the Newbies' Questions subforum, too. Hope those links help you out some.

I'm surprised no-one picked up on that - this website (lowcarber.org) is actually a Canadian site. The founder is, I believe, in Ontario. The membership is truly international but yes, there are a lot of Americans.

Glenda

Actually, since I didn't have any idea what (other?) websites were being referred to, I didn't go there.

Our founder, Tamarian, the webmaster, is out of Vancouver, or was at the time this website was originally put together and for a number of years after that, then got a great job offer he couldn't refuse and moved to Ontario...last I heard.