The old missing fat question

#8 09-02-2007, 07:58 PM

Analysis of fat types is by glc of fatty acids
It is possible that the types of fatty acids have been calculated as
fat with out adding in the glycerine part of the molecule which is
part of the total fat.
Each fatty acid molecule has 1/3 of a molecule of glycerine with it in
whole fat
It might be a whoops.

Bob M
www.molab.co.nz

#7 09-01-2007, 11:11 PM

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> On Sep 1, 3:11 pm, Abe <no...[at]nowhere.com> wrote:
> > > x-no-archive: yes
> >
> > > rev_otis_mcn...[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> > > > Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> > > > here are the fat numbers:
> >
> > > > Total fat: 7g
> > > > Saturated fat: 1g
> > > > Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> > > > Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> > > > Trans fat: 0g
> >
> > > > My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> > > > fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
> >
> > > Rounding.
> >
> > > Susan
> >
> > No. If they use decimal points (as they do) then there's no need for
> > rounding error any greater than the hundredths of grams.- Hide quoted text -
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Make that half a gram, not hundredth of a gram. dkw
Quite right.

#6 09-01-2007, 10:54 PM

On Sep 1, 3:41 pm, Susan <neverm...[at]nomail.com> wrote:
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> x-no-archive: yes
>
>
>
>
>
> Abe wrote:
> > > x-no-archive: yes
>
> > > rev_otis_mcn...[at]yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > > > Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> > > > here are the fat numbers:
>
> > > > Total fat: 7g
> > > > Saturated fat: 1g
> > > > Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> > > > Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> > > > Trans fat: 0g
>
> > > > My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> > > > fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
>
> > > Rounding.
>
> > > Susan
>
> > No. If they use decimal points (as they do) then there's no need for
> > rounding error any greater than the hundredths of grams.
>
> If it's a half gram or less per serving, they round down on food labels,
> pretty much always. That's why a packet of say, Splenda can be called
> zero carb, but a cup is loaded with carbs from the bulking agent.
>
> Susan- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes, not to mention a cup of granular Splenda listed as 0 cal per
serving acutally has 100 calories, and so would 25 packets of Splenda.
They package one serving at 4 cal. so they can round down to 0
calories. Advertising and marketing gimmick, I would say, but there
are people who given the choice between 0 calories per packet and 4
calories per packet would pick the 0 calorie-packet product. Since the
precedent was already set with Equal and Sweet n Low which came out
first, Splenda would be fools to label it any other way. dkw

#5 09-01-2007, 10:41 PM

x-no-archive: yes

Abe wrote:
- quote -

> > x-no-archive: yes
> >
> > rev_otis_mcnatt[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> >
> > > Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> > > here are the fat numbers:
> > >
> > > Total fat: 7g
> > > Saturated fat: 1g
> > > Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> > > Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> > > Trans fat: 0g
> > >
> > > My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> > > fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
> > >
> >
> > Rounding.
> >
> > Susan
>
> No. If they use decimal points (as they do) then there's no need for
> rounding error any greater than the hundredths of grams.
>

If it's a half gram or less per serving, they round down on food labels,
pretty much always. That's why a packet of say, Splenda can be called
zero carb, but a cup is loaded with carbs from the bulking agent.

Susan

#4 09-01-2007, 10:30 PM

On Sep 1, 3:11 pm, Abe <no...[at]nowhere.com> wrote:
- quote -

> > x-no-archive: yes
>
> > rev_otis_mcn...[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> > > here are the fat numbers:
>
> > > Total fat: 7g
> > > Saturated fat: 1g
> > > Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> > > Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> > > Trans fat: 0g
>
> > > My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> > > fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
>
> > Rounding.
>
> > Susan
>
> No. If they use decimal points (as they do) then there's no need for
> rounding error any greater than the hundredths of grams.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Make that half a gram, not hundredth of a gram. dkw

#3 09-01-2007, 10:29 PM

On Sep 1, 12:41 pm, rev_otis_mcn...[at]yahoo.com wrote:
- quote -

> Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> here are the fat numbers:
>
> Total fat: 7g
> Saturated fat: 1g
> Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> Trans fat: 0g
>
> My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> fat missing. What gives? Thanks.

Not necessarily....remember labels average DOWN on their labels.
Another example is nonstick cooking spray that is listed as 0 fat per
serving, but it is almost all fat. Splenda and Equal claim to be 0 cal
per serving, yet there are 4 calories per packet (one serving). What
you could have is: Sat fat 1.4, polyunsat fat 3.9, Monounsaturated 1.9
grams=7.2 which they round off to 7.0 grams. dkw

#2 09-01-2007, 10:11 PM

- quote -

> x-no-archive: yes
>
> rev_otis_mcnatt[at]yahoo.com wrote:
> > Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> > here are the fat numbers:
> >
> > Total fat: 7g
> > Saturated fat: 1g
> > Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> > Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> > Trans fat: 0g
> >
> > My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> > fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
> >
>
> Rounding.
>
> Susan
No. If they use decimal points (as they do) then there's no need for

rounding error any greater than the hundredths of grams.

#1 09-01-2007, 08:25 PM

x-no-archive: yes

rev_otis_mcnatt[at]yahoo.com wrote:
- quote -

> Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
> here are the fat numbers:
>
> Total fat: 7g
> Saturated fat: 1g
> Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> Trans fat: 0g
>
> My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> fat missing. What gives? Thanks.
>

Rounding.

Susan

09-01-2007, 07:50 PM

<rev_otis_mcnatt[at]yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1188675687.492464.95030[at]50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com...
- quote -

> Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last
> night,
> here are the fat numbers:
>
> Total fat: 7g
> Saturated fat: 1g
> Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
> Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
> Trans fat: 0g
>
> My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
> fat missing. What gives? Thanks.

Chow Young Fat: 1g

David A. Smith

#-1 09-01-2007, 07:41 PM

Okay, on the Blue Bonnett Homestyle margarine I bought last night,
here are the fat numbers:

Total fat: 7g
Saturated fat: 1g
Polyunsaturated fat: 3.5g
Monounsaturated fat: 1.5g
Trans fat: 0g

My arithmetic tells me that there's a gram of
fat missing. What gives? Thanks.

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