How are complex carbohydrates calculated?

When it comes to complex carbs, you can calculate complex carbs the easy way or the hard (complex) way. The easy way is to use this formula: Total Carbs – Sugar = Complex carbs. That’s pretty basic, and you have probably already figured out that formula, but it usually gives you a good idea of complex carbs. read more

Understand how carbohydrates are calculated for nutritional labels. The FDA requires that food manufacturers calculate total carbohydrates in their food with the following formula: Total Carbohydrates = Total Weight of Food Serving - (Weight of Crude Protein + Weight of Total Fat + Weight of Moisture + Weight of Ash). read more