Incomplete Data On Cronometer

starchivore

Carrots, Cooked From Fresh, 280 grams
Total Carbs should equal Fiber + Starch + Sugars. For many foods on Cronometer, they don't. In the example below, Fiber of 8.4g + Starch of 0.5g + Sugars of 9.7g = 18.6k. But Total Carbs are 23g. What do the other, missing 4.4g represent? I'd like to know if that other 4.4g represents starch, sugar or fiber!

Carbohydrates

Carbs 23.0g
Fiber 8.4g

Starch 0.5g

Sugars 9.7g
Fructose 1.0g
Glucose 1.1g
Sucrose 7.6g

Net Carbs 14.6g

Karen_Cronometer

Hi Starchivore,

There are some types of carbohydrates that are not measured by our data sources. They aim to capture the major types of sugars, starches and fibre, but there may be differences in the total carbohdyrate value and the sum of the subtypes as a result.

Best,

starchivore

Do you know what type of carbohydrate they would be? Types of alcohols?

Karen_Cronometer

No, I'm not sure. It could be other types of sugars, sugar alcohols, starches or fibres that are not captured by their current methods.

starchivore

The difference is probably due to pesticides. (: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07328303.2019.1568449?journalCode=lcar20

Karen_Cronometer

I don't see anything in the article to indicate that the polymers are absorbed into the plants and contribute to the nutrition of carrots - but maybe they will measure the effect on nutrient quality to better answer your question.