This is a can saag, which as you can see from the label is mostly mustard leaves, some spinach leaves, a little bit of green chilies, and then trace corn flour and salt.
Looking at the Nutritional Facts section, I'm a little bit confused by the fact that carbohydrates are so high with very little fiber. Am I reading this correctly that net carbs are somewhere around 12 g? For a product that is mostly leafy greens, this does not seem correct.
What do you all think?
by the_real_zombie_woof
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Corn flour is mostly carbs. Even if it’s just a little as a thickener, that might account for most of it?
Source of carbs – it has either corn flour or cornstarch (farine de mais) depending if you go with British or U.S. translation.
12g it what it looks like to me. Don’t try to make excuses for it. That is why it is always better to cook from scratch, you know exactly what is in it. Also you have to weigh 134g servings for it to be 12g net carbs.
Well first, 130g is a pretty substantial portion. Greens are low in carbs, but they’re way more nutrient dense than, say, lettuce. On top of that, even though the chiles are only 3%, they’re still about as carby as a berry so 50/50 with fiber.
I don’t think the corn flour is contributing much to the carb count, but I don’t think it’s incredibly far off. The data I have says 2 g per 100 g, and that’s raw, so there’s a lot of compression that happens when they’re cooked down (research says about 50-60%).
I still think they’re a great option. I’ve been having meaty collard greens for my soup this winter. Pretty worth it to me.