Help with SAT FAT

[cd121272]

What do you do if you look at a packet and it does not have sat fat listed and only has the grams of fat in it. Can it still be worked out or is it a bit difficult?????

Thankyou

 

[icemoose]

If it doesn't say the amount of saturated fat then you can't work it out as totally dependant on the product.

I thought they had to break down the fat into saturates ???

Which product is it and I will look it up for you on weightlossresources.

Mike

 

[cd121272]

It is the Maltesers Ice Cream Bars. All it says on the box is per 45ml bar= kj 477, kcal 113, Protein 1.3g, Carbohydrate 11.3g amd Fat 7.0g if that is any help.......

Thank you

 

[icemoose]

Per 100ml for that product is

Calories (kcal)

252.0

Carbohydrate (g)

25.0

Sugars (g)

20.7

Protein (g)

2.9

Fat (g)

15.6

Saturates (g)

10.6

Fibre (g)

0.7

Sodium (g)

0.1

Alcohol (g)

0.0

Fruit & Veg

0.0



Therefore in the 45ml the Saturated fat would be 4.77 grams in a standard bar.

Hope that helps

Mike

 

[cd121272]

Thank you very much mike that has really helped, I now no how many points I can take off of my daily allowance.....cheers mate, thanks again....xx

 

[Starlight]

Id say the fact there are no Sat Fats listed is a clear message - DONT EAT IT :giggle:

Like you Marie, I remember reading somewhere that a general rough guide is half the fat

 

[Hayley]

Halving the fat to get the Sat Fat is indeed what WW recommend if no Sat Fat is listed - just checked in the book :jelous:

 

[icemoose]

Yeah normal ice cream is usually more like 70% of it! and chocolate as well.

Weight Loss Resources is a great website for the answers, never yet found a product that isn't on there (they even list Cambridge packs!)

Mike

 

[Starlight]

That site looks brilliant Mike

Hmmm I specially like the fact the first page I looked at had the cals and sat fat in Baileys AND Champagne!!!

 

[icemoose]

I used it a lot for the first 6 months after I finished the diet as a food diary and also as a guide to what really was healthy and what was merely labelled healthy!

Mike

 

[Bethany246]

Hi
Ive noticed sometimes on a packet it will give you the calories but when it comes to sat fat it might say trace how do you work that out Please

Thanks

 

[icemoose]

Bethany, trace means just that it is has a trace.

That means that although they cannot say for sure there isn't a very very small amount of it in the product there is virtually none of it in the product.

Mike

 

[Bethany246]

So dont you count that product then

Just a bit confused when it says that

Thanks

 

[icemoose]

If it says TRACE on the amount of fat in a product then it means the product is virtually fat free. They can't say it is actually fat free as it could have 0.1% fat in it but in real terms TRACE means not a lot.

 

[Bethany246]

Thanks Icemoose
for your kind helpful information now i will know

Thanks again

 

[Hayley]

Just realised that I did the jealous smilie instead of I only saw it when it was yellow and thought it was a smile!

 

[Starlight]

lol Dont worry about it Hayley I dont think anyone noticed

 

[Bethany246]

Oh dear Hayley we all make mistakes never mind

Yes those different yellows can get you mistaken

Thanks

 

[Isis]

Just realised that I did the jealous smilie instead of I only saw it when it was yellow and thought it was a smile!

Been there and done that too Hayley...lol...don't worry about it hun...xx

 

[Bethany246]

Hi
Did some jelly it was a tesco one and it said calories 9 and o sat fat so worked it out on the points calculator and it said 0 so that jelly must be free
They was jelly crystals