Hi all. I made a coffee this morning with heavy whipping cream. About 10 servings according to the carton. The carton says zero carbs of any kind. I scanned the carton into myfitnesspal (the app) and it said I consumed like 16 grams of carbs! What? Confused.
Sneaky carbs
jilliangordona
(jilliangordona)
#2
Two things are probably occurring here. First, my fitness pal is often inaccurate, even if it says it’s verified.
Second, companies can say zero carbs if it’s less than 1. I’m not sure exactly what the threshold is, but there is not exactly 0 carbs in most HWC.
KetoLikeaLady
(What The Fast?!)
#3
Heavy cream does have carbs, but less than 0.5 per tbsp. I believe it’s 0.4g per tablespoon, so it can add up fast.
Cheryl311
(Cheryl Hall)
#4
I use a brand from a local farm called Ticking Springs - it comes in an old fashioned glass bottle and is from pasture raised grass fed cows. It has no additives at all. It often turns clumpy and hard in the fridge and I have to really stir it up to get my couple of tablespoons. It’s so delicious - almost sinfully so!
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think most of the carbs come from additives that keep it more of a liquid consistently.
I’m not sure where you live but you could look at local Farmers Markets to get something like this maybe?
PrimalBrian
#5
Right. The rule is 0.0 to 0.4 g of carbs can be called “0,” and anything .5-1.0 can be called 1 or “less than 1g.” https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064932.htm
Cheryl311
(Cheryl Hall)
#7
@matt - ok so all the extra additives in many brands have nothing to do with the carb count – thanks for the clarification.
Daisy
#9
Yes it is a big fault of labelling in the US. If the carbs are <0.5 in a serving they can list it as zero carb. Now if the serving is all you have this is not such a big deal but if you scale it up you magically lose a load of carbs. Cream varies but is usually about 3%. Always best to double check on google.