Fresh Ground Coffee (black) in French Press - Confused on Carbs (Keto)

Ken_in_Manly

Hi, I'm confused on the Carb amount in black coffee, grinding beans myself and using a French Press. In Cron - is says there are carbs, but many other sites say there is no carbs?

Ken_in_Manly

I've just started Keto Diet.

OldHobo

I'm certainly no expert but my first thought was is there any bean or seed or fruit that doesn't have any carbs? Not that I know of. Natures purpose for the thing is to produce a new plant and that takes energy after all. My "Coffee, prepared from grounds, 12 oz." adds 1.7g carbs to the daily diary, not an amount that seems suspicious to me. If the question were does brewed coffee add a significant amount of carbs then I'd say no.

Be interesting to see what the smart folks here think.

Susan_RD_101

@Ken_in_Manly

The calories and carbs are so few and insignificant in black coffee that I wouldn't worry about counting them; they wouldn't undo a state of ketosis.

Kind regards,

Karen_Cronometer

Hello folks,

The nutrition in brewed coffee is so low that manufacturers are permitted to round these values down to zero on their packages. Also important to note, the carbs in "Coffee, Prepared From Grounds" comes entirely from fibre.

Best,

Marie_Eve_Cronometer

Here's a link to a study that analyzed the carbohydrate content, or more specifically, the fiber content in brewed coffee. They found that that brewed coffee contained 0.47−0.75 g/100 mL of soluble dietary fiber.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/jf062839p

Ken_in_Manly

thanks - I had not figured out total carbs vs. net carbs - I was counting all the carbs :-)