Your prob throwing away a percentage of the calories
But it must be so little that they don't include it on the label
?

I think
Not sure
They would have to day that on the label

I opened a can of figs today. The can said 150 calories from three figs. What about all that sugar water? If you throw the syrup away, are you throwing away a lot of the calories per serving? Does this apply to anything packed in liquid?

Im not certain on this but I think the FDA had a shake down at one point and they had to be a little more clear and realistic on how they labeled the nutritional and caloric values of canned and processed foods. Im assuming that the caloric value is actually for the fruit you will ingest and does not include the syrup because who is just drinking a can of fig syrup to their head yet the figs will absorb some of it.

You can also buy fresh figs without the canned high fructose corn syrup added.

I would agree with what has already been said and probably they are not taking into consideration the syrup that the figs were canned in because its presumed that people wont be drinking the can of syrup to begin with. The fruit would absorb some of the sugar syrup however and that would add some additional calories.

I think a good rule of thumb is just to assume that what the label says is not including the juice so if you were using the figs in a recipe just look at the "serving size" and then if you are using the entire can the total caloric value would be however many figs are in the can itself.

I was wondering about that also. I've never had fig pie but people probably use it for that. It seems like it would taste pretty good. If you wanted to cut out the sugar totally then the best way to go would be to get unsweetened canned figs and then just use Splenda to add the sweet taste.

I have two big bags of Splenda and I have been experimenting with it in baking. Breads and muffins mostly. I love pie so it is better to stay away from it.

There is this guy Pericone who came up with a high protein, high vegetable, low carb, very low sugar diet that I started about six months ago. It is amazing how well it works. He really preaches the evil of sugar.

Sugar can be bad in large quantities. If you are diabetic, its much better just to wean yourself off it totally. Im not diabetic but Type 1 runs in the family so I've gottta be careful about that.

Splenda is awesome. Im hooked on it. Stevia is good also but Splenda is a little easier to find in the grocery and affordable. Stevia will probably come down eventually. Its more of a health food market item now.

I think its just not as well known. Here is a link for a stevia information site.

http://www.stevia.com/

There is this guy Pericone who came up with a high protein, high vegetable, low carb, very low sugar diet that I started about six months ago. It is amazing how well it works. He really preaches the evil of sugar.

I doubt I'd credit anyone with a diet based on what you just said. That's pretty common sense to me. And, I'd guess, to anyone who ever took a nutrition class. Pericone sounds like he's just getting people to listen to how we are all supposed to be eating and what doctors have been saying for decades.

I think the caloie content is the fruit with the syrup, so if
you dont use the syrup you reduce the calories (just like
someone mentioned about the sodium content)


that's my 2 cents!