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On the food label when it says there are 18 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fiber and 22 grams total carbs

Janetta
11/18/08
Janetta
Topics:carbohydrates

On the food label when it says there are 18 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fiber and 22 grams total carbs, what does this mean? Are they naturally occuring sugars, added sugars or what? This is very confusing.

Thanks for your help,

Janetta

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

not sure why it matters, but the sugar is added sugar- i agree that it's unnecessarily confusing- i always just look at total carbs- that adds up all the sugars and their derivatives

 

good luck, and remember- sugar by any other name would taste as sweet :)

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