According to regulations set by the Food & Drug Administration,
all food labels must disclose the amount of total carbohydrates
in a food or beverage product (except water), and specify
amounts of fiber and sugar (naturally-occurring and added).
Consider the values on the Fiber One Honey Clusters cereal food
label: Carbohydrates: 42 grams Dietary fiber: 13 grams Sugar: 6
grams In this case, you are looking at a product that contains
23 grams of starch (42 grams of total carbohydrates minus 13
grams of fiber and 6 grams of sugar). And, ta-da, 23 grams
happens to be the value for “other carbohydrate”! Mystery
solved. Back in the low-carb craze of 2003, many food companies
advertised “net carbs”, a value obtained by subtracting fiber
grams from total carbohydrates to determine the amonut of
carbohydrate would have an effect on blood sugar levels. What
most people don’t know is that the Food & Drug Administration
never approved that terminology, nor considered it a
nutritionally-relevant concept. Not surprisingly