Will the real carb content please stand up?

[RIMedusa]

Hi All --

A little creamy confusion...

Some heavy cream has 1 gram of carbs per tablespoon.

Some heavy cream has 1 gram of carbs per two tablespoons.

And the heavy cream I have from the Whole Foods Market has 0. (And I LIKE that.)

What is the true carb content for heavy cream?


Medusa

[MaxsmamaDebbie]

Hi RIMedusa,

I am not sure. My heavy cream has 1 carb per T. (just ran to the fridge to check). I bet someone who is a long-time member may have a better answer, but until I was sure, I would count 1 carb per T. to be on the safe side. Carb creep can be a scary thing.

Deb

Originally Posted by RIMedusa

Hi All --

A little creamy confusion...

Some heavy cream has 1 gram of carbs per tablespoon.

Some heavy cream has 1 gram of carbs per two tablespoons.

And the heavy cream I have from the Whole Foods Market has 0. (And I LIKE that.)

What is the true carb content for heavy cream?


Medusa

[higgies]

Probably because 1T has like 0.6g or something so they need to put 1g. 2T would be 1.2g and they can round down. Some rules say that if it's less than 1g they can state 0g I think....maybe someone will correct me.

I just checked Fitday and it gives 0.415g per tablespoon. so that's probably the explanation.

[disgal]

We're talking heavy cream, right?

Mine in the fridge says 0 per tablespoon...........but..........on Fitday.com it says that 1 tablespoon has .415 g. So..........they can "technically" put 0 on the label but really it's like 1 gram per two tablespoons. At least that's how I count it.

And on Fitday.com for some reason they don't have "tablespoon" as an option for heavy cream. So being that there are 16 tablespoons per cup (right?).........that would be .0625 of a cup and two tablespoons would be .125. I know........it's a sickness with me.

[disgal]

Hey Higgies, I must have been typing when you posted. Yep. I got the same from fitday.

[higgies]

Yeah, it's really sad we have 0.0625 memorized! I'm obsessed too...

[RIMedusa]

Hey Higgies --


If you gotta be obsessed about something, heavy cream isn't the worst...


Medusa

[higgies]

Nah, it's Fitday that's got me hooked!

[boonie stomper]

Be sure you realize that fitday is not always gospel truth either - anyone can add or edit in there, so be sure to cross-check dubious entries.

The FDA allows .4999... g to be called a zero. Accuracy therefore is improved if you use carb counts for larger portions and do the division. USDA Foods Database is another good source of nutrition info, FYI.

[disgal]

Originally Posted by higgies

Yeah, it's really sad we have 0.0625 memorized! I'm obsessed too...

Oh, that is too funny!! I seriously thought I was the only dweeb that did that! Ha, that's great!