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I want to make ketogenic bread with Psyllium Husk. I am confused from looking online at the nutritional value of psyllium husk.

Some websites reports in the nutritional values that it has only 1.7g of carbohydrates per 100g of product. Other sites state that 100g of product have 80g of carbs.

This is really confusing. My questions are:

  1. Are there different psyllium husks processing methods that produce different carbs values?

  2. are there brands that report 80g of carbs just because they include the total carbs of psyllium husk including fiber (which is a carbohydrate), but since fiber is indigestible those carbs are not going to be digested? (Hence why some brands reports only 1/2g of carbs on their label).

  3. Is there any absorbable carbs difference between psyllium husk and psyllium husk powder?

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There are two carb count, total carbs (including fibre) and net carbs (excluding fibre). There are also two types of fibre and they are not always noted in the labelling, although that's mostly irrelevant for this question.

Another parameter that changes is the "serving size", in your example you can get 0.5g of net carbs if your serving size is 5g (a tablespoon) and in fact that's the case if you check out the serving size on your link.

Here is the USDA data for psyllium husk powder: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/1742558/nutrients

Now, can different brands and treatments and origins can have different distribution of carbs, for sure! Try to buy brands you trust and follow their label, as it supposedly comes from lab testing that specific product.

The USDA link above shows that that NOW branded powder has about 11 grams of net carbs on 100 grams of powder.

Stephie
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