Calories but no carbs, protein or fat?

kmac · #1 (**permalink**) 08-15-2008, 05:41 PM

Hi everyone:

Hopefully someone can answer this question. I am not sure if it is significant or not. I am drinking an "Aquafina Sparkling Carbonated Water Beverage". J just noticed that the carbs are 0, the protein is 0 and the fat is 0. Yet the calories are 10.
Does anyone know how this works? Hopefully this doesn't mean there is 10 calories worth of something that spikes my blood sugar??? In any case 10 calories is not much.

Kathi

ShottleBop · #2 (**permalink**) 08-15-2008, 05:55 PM

According to Pepsi's website, only one flavor has any calories, and that one also has 3 grams of carbs: Peach Mango.

Aquafina Nutrional Information Chart.

Maybe a labelling error?

kmac · #3 (**permalink**) 08-15-2008, 06:22 PM

Thanks for the link. The bottle I have is Raspberry. Strange

Kathi

kmac · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2008, 06:28 PM

I checked the link. Mine is actually Berry Burst. I had to fish it from the garbage to check the official name. Probably an error on the label like you say, but it looks like worst case scenario perhaps I consumed 3 grms of carb. Just made me wonder! I never thought of looking up the website. Good strategy--I will remember it.

Kathi

Mom Of "J" T1 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-15-2008, 07:44 PM

Hi Kathi,
I am jr mem too but my son has been T1 since age 2, 1999. He has been a carb counter for about 3 years (just got a pump yesterday, yay) but we have never had issues with calories in the counting only carbs. Granted, he is 9 and isn't watching calories so much at this point, but 10. I would say this should have no effect on your BG. Good luck.

fgummett · #6 (**permalink**) 08-16-2008, 02:36 AM

I believe that there is an allowable margin for error in the nutrition label and that below a certain threshold they do not need to report a nutrient value...so I expect that when only small amounts are involved they might tend to under-report. I'd like to think that these labels are completely impartial and based on assessment at an independent laboratory, but I suspect that the food industry could just as easily exploit any loopholes in the system and use them to fool us that their product is better than their rivals. Consider that "Lite" can mean anything from weighing less, to lighter in colour, "low-<whatever>" is usually only "low" in comparison to one of their own products that contains huge amounts of <whatever>, and my all time favourite "no added sugar"

They are in the business of making money after all.