I have found a delicious sausage that says it has 0 carbs - on the nutrition facts panel it says: Total carbohydrates 0g, Dietary fiber 0g, Sugars 0g (it does have 120 calories per 2oz serving)
Now, the intredients list: pork, water, salt, SUGAR, spices, dextrose, monosodium gultatmate, sodium erythorbate, dodium nitrate, spice extracts, extracts of paprika.
Needless to say, it is a great tasting sausage, and I know the "additives" are no nos - I want someone to comment on the viability of keeping this sausage in my "diet".
Anyone...?

I would just count it as one carb. My understanding is that as long as it is less than a carb then they can state that is has 0 carbs. I am assuming the same with sugar content? From the ingredient list we know it has sugar so it is gonna have some amount of carbs so to be safe just count it as one carb.

I would definitely be checking for hidden carbs...

To calculate hidden carbs, determine whether the calories in each of the three nutrient categories (fat, protein, and carbohydrate) add up to the total number of calories listed for the product/serving. If they don't, the "missing" calories are grams of carbs that are not listed. So, you multiply the fat grams listed by 9,
the protein and carb grams listed x 4,
and add those 3 numbers together. That total should equal the total number of calories. If it doesn't, there are more carbs in the product than the label implies.
If you still want to eat that item, then I'd count it as whatever # of hidden carbs you came up with.

hth

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