How do they figure out the calories from fat?
There are 9 calories of fat per serving. Multiply the grams of total fat by 9 and round it to the nearest number. 8 grams of total fat x 9 calories per gram = 72 or 70 calories from fat. • Why is ice cream referred to as “no sugar added” instead of “sugar free”? Sugar free products means there is no natural sugar or processed sugar in the item. For ex: a cookie is sugar free because the sugar is replaced with sugar alcohol – the part you are not being told about is that the flour in the cookie breaksdown into sugar and will effect blood sugar levels. Ice cream is referred to as “no sugar added” because, although the sugar is still being replaced by the sugar alcohol, milk contains lactose (milk sugar) so sugar is naturally occuring. • What’s my budget of sodium, fat, saturated fat, etc. for the day? If you look at the box within the label you will see the recommendations for people on a 2,000 or 2,500 calorie diet. If you eat fewer calories then you can deduct an estimated amount or se
