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>If it's 50%, that's a serious level of carbs An ounce of tofu has about 0.5g of carbs. I don't think it's going to add more than a few grams for an entire san
by learc83 10y ago
>If it's 50%, that's a serious level of carbs
An ounce of tofu has about 0.5g of carbs. I don't think it's going to add more than a few grams for an entire sandwich.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoFor keto you have 20. If it's 4 grams, that's 20% of what you can have from something expected to have 0.
- TillE 10y ago20g is on the really low end. Test with Ketostix, tons of people are fine with over 50g.
- AndyNemmity 10y agoKetostix don't test nutritional ketosis, and several brands are widely off. But you're right that many people do 40g, or 50g.
- angry_octet 10y agoYou win the NASA award for mixing metric and imperial in the most nonsensical way.
- karthikb 10y agoMost food labeling in the US is done this way. Gross measures (total volume, weight, etc) are in imperial while the nutrition facts are in metric. So milk will say, serving size 12 Oz, protein XX g.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Most food labeling in the US is done this way. Gross measures (total volume, weight, etc) are in imperial while the nutrition facts are in metric. So milk will say, serving size 12 Oz, protein XX g. Both net contents and serving size include metric measures. "Food labels printed must show the net contents in both metric (grams, kilograms, milliliters, liters) and U.S. Customary System (ounces, pounds, fluid ounces) terms." [0] "The serving size is expressed as a common household measure followed by the equivalent metric quantity in parenthesis." [1] [0] https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064877.htm#gramounce https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocument... [1] https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064904.htm#raccs https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocument...
- uzoodoo 10y agoExcept the metric serving sizes are very inconvenient unless you like to do long division in your head. For example, I have two yogurts, one has 18g carbs per 170g serving, the other has 34 g per 227g serving. Quick, how much more carbs would I have if I ate the same amount? It's a lot easier to tell if you know one is 6oz and the other is 8oz, or if the servings were designed in metric sizes (e.g. 150g and 200g).
- GordonS 10y agoAt least in the UK and Europe, nutritional information is also always included per 100g - so it's easy to compare
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y agoAlso in the colonies (Australia and New Zealand)
- averagewall 10y agoQuick, how much of that tub of yoghurt is a serving? Are you supposed to eat the whole packet of crisps at once or just some of them because it's a "family pack"? The per-serving information is extremely crude and only good for a rough glance. If you want to be more precise, use the per-100g values or whatever they use in the US.
- jschwartzi 10y agoActually they're very useful if you're weighing your food with a scale. A good food scale lets you work in both metric and imperial units, and usually provides mass in grams.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoIt's not Imperial, it is US Customary. Fluid measures in particular have different definitions.
- samb1729 10y agoIn this case is a sandwich an imperial unit?
- Cyph0n 10y agoSince it's Subway, yes, because they use the 6in/12in measurement in their stores worldwide AFAIK.
- realusername 10y agoIn France it's in 15/30cm, using imperial would sound incredibly weird and outdated.
- alanfalcon 10y agoFor a while there, Subway claimed that "footlong" "was just a word" and not an exact measurement (and often a footlong measued less than 12").
- lloydde 10y ago'As part of the settlement, Subway agreed to institute practices for at least four years to ensure its bread is at least 12 inches long. The judge approved $520,000 in attorney fees and $500 for each of the 10 individuals who were representatives of the class, but no monetary claims were awarded to potential members of the class. "It was difficult to prove monetary damages, because everybody ate the evidence," said Thomas Zimmerman, who was co-lead attorney for the class. Zimmerman said the attorney fees are being split among 10 law firms.' Feb. 29, 2016 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9dda14e5aeae4083aa331ebbd98af672/subway-ensure-footlongs-measure-after-lawsuit http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9dda14e5aeae4083aa331ebbd98af...
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- wmil 10y agoIt's not that crazy. Canada is metric, but meat is usually labeled in ounces in restaurants.
- angry_octet 10y agoCanada is sadly perverted by its proximity to the States. I would have hoped dual labelling would have eroded imperial by now but no.
- alkonaut 10y agoSome products just has it by tradition, even in the most metric parts of the world like Scandinavia we still do wheel sizes and screen sizes in inches. It's a bit weird but I assume everyone buys camera lenses in mm too out of tradition. I was really surprised when I went to Australia and found tv's sold with centimeter diagonals. Oz weights on steaks is not used outside North America though I'm quite sure.
- ruminasean 10y agoI'm on a diet at the moment, tracking everything I eat. Someone who asked me how the diet was going told me last weekend "rodents eat grams. Humans eat ounces." I was left utterly speechless.
- learc83 10y agoMost people in the US measure food in ounces, but carbs are almost always listed in grams. It's common enough that I didn't even think about it when I wrote it.
- angry_octet 10y agoYeah it was a bit unfair of me, just highlighting how difficult it is to get a sense of relativity when using different units.