Understanding Food Labels

Candy Cumming, a registered dietitian formerly with Sharp HealthCare, how to make sense of food labels.

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[SlackersIndustry]

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[sharphealthcare]

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[tsionewalters]

I used to eat 2 of those chicken pot pies as a kid no clue one was two servings

[richardcoomer]

Here in Southern Africa our labeling is different and I can't find anyone to explain the (dis)logic I sometimes encounter. I can understand the Energy (calories) and the protein and the fats, split into saturated and unsaturated, but what I find confusing is the sugars.

Our labels contain the wording:

"Glycaemic Carbohydrates" (say per 15.6g
of which, Total

Most places I read say the "Total sugar" is the one to watch and should not be high; In other words the Total sugar = the added sugar.
Now this is where I run into a problem,

1) A bag of dried split peas, according to the above, everything rings true.
Glycaemic Carbohydrates
of which total (no added sugar)
BUT,
2) A bag of dried cranberries (high in natural sugar)
Glycaemic Carbohydrates
of which total This doesn't sound right to me.

Only 17.9g natural sugar? 3.66 x more added sugar?
Is it possible that they can put more sugar into a dried berry than there is natural sugar? Why would this be necessary?

On the other hand if, as I understand it (Total sugar = Natural sugar), then (2) rings true and (1) would seem ridiculous.

What advice do you have for me?

[bobjohnson]

Thank you for the helpful information.❤️

[cutebwoy]

Wow all this time. I never New you add the calories per a serving to get true amount of calories from the whole meal . So I was eating over 2000k calories daily

[planettes]

Beauty. Its the truth. Its in front of you.

[livelovelaugh]

I felt like this video was rushed and wasn't explained step by step in detail.