Carb counts on packages?

[elgerber]

When you are counting your carbs, do you use the count on the package or on a carb list like the one on Atkins site? Sometimes they vary quite a bit. I have read somewhere to count a carb for all cheeses (at least 1 carb) and for decaf tea and stuff, but my packages sometimes say 0 carbs per serving. Help, I'm confused.

Erika

 

[nativetxn]

The carb count is figured by "serving". I think that if there is less than one gram of carbs in a serving they can say that the total carb count is "0".

Unless it is meat I count 1 gram per serving if the nutritional information says "0" because most likely it is close to one gram.