Sugars

Have you ever had a prospect inspect one of our ingredient labels and gasp upon realizing that there were "sugars" listed. Heavens help us. There are sugars in the products?

OK, here is a quick lesson on how to read an ingredient label. All labels are the same format. First is listed serving size. Then how many servings are in the container. Then how many calories per serving. Next we have total fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, and protein. Below that is how much Vitamin A, C, calcium and iron.

Under the total carbohydrate there is usually a breakdown into fiber and sugars. SUGARS are simply the carbohydrates that are not fiber.

Let me list the SUGARS contents on a few cans from off my pantry shelves.

Tomato sauce: 3 grams sugars
Green beans: 2 grams sugars
Corn: 7 grams sugars
Pineapple in its own juice: 15 grams sugars
Black beans: 1 gram sugars

You see, if I eat one serving (1/2 C) of pineapple in its own juice I will get more sugars than if I had one serving of our shake.

This doesn't mean that white table sugar has been used in any of the above. But, carbohydrates do convert to sugars in our bodies. That's a good thing. We need sugars to fuel our activities. We need sugars so our brain can function.

By the way, you can see that one of our delicious happy chocolates has the same amount of sugars as a serving (1/4 C) of tomato sauce!

So, remember, we have a master formulator whom we can trust. That's really all we need to know.