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To: LindyBill who wrote (3043)	1/14/2009 4:35:55 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 39304

LB, Total Carb..... 12g.....4% The data Lane posted is the way everybody uses percentages, which is percentages of calories, not percentage of weight. Joe

To: LindyBill who wrote (3043)	1/14/2009 4:56:05 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39304

It's a shame that sites like "Nutrition Data" put out false numbers like this. Nutrition Data uses official USDA numbers. Total Carb..... 12g.....4% Look again. The 4% is the "%DV*." "DV" stands for "Daily Value." The numbers offered show how much of the average person's daily recommended allotment of carbohydrates will be obtained from that cup of milk. (Standard food labels don't offer percentage of calories from carbs, only from fat.) If looking at the column heading doesn't persuade you, look at it this way. There are 12 grams of carb/sugar in the cup according to your site. Each gram of carb has four calories. Four times 12 is 48. The total calories in the cup equals 80, according to your site. 48 is 60% of 80, not 4%. Ergo your nonfat dry milk is 60% carb. But then, I'm just nitpicking, as usual... <g>