Thread: Differences between UK and US food labels - FIBRE!!

Food labels in the US show fibre included in the carb total of a product, so to get the net carbs you minus this figure from the total carb figure.

In the UK labelling shows fibre totally different, the total carb figure is already the net carb figure (sugars and starches both count) and we should NOT be minusing off the fibre.

I was horrified to find this out, as I had been taking fibre off things.
From researching further on the net though it does seem to be right.

I guess with Atkins himself and the books being american, we have all just been following what it said there.. eek.

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Aha.. just spotted that this was also mentioned on here the other day.. im a bit behind.. sorry!! xx

Nudge this one up.. how about this for sticky?

I didn't make this mistake, at all, expecially not with some dark chocolate.............ahem.

How about products bought in other eu countries? Also i'm veggie and alot of the burgers and things are made in israel, does anyone know if the fibre needs deducting? thank you xx

A lot of the atkins branded products are produced in holland and they seem to follow the same format as UK ones. No idea about isreal, if there is a product you are particually worried about post the details and we will try and figure it out. xx