Subject: Re: What's in food besides carb, fat, & protein?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 96 17:26:15 PDT

> George Fergus wrote:
> > 
> > I have been reading the Nutrition Facts labels more 
closely these
> > days, and I notice that quite a bit of what is in a 
food may remain
> > unaccounted for.  For example, a 26g serving of cream 
cheese contains
> > 9g of fat, 2g of carbohydrate, and 2g of protein.  So 
what on earth
> > makes up the other 13g?
> > -George

George,

In this case the other 13 g is mostly water.  Cream cheese 
is a maximum of 55% water by weight.  In another post, 
Benny explained the 6 components of food, with water being 
his item number 4.  Generally, in most fresh, refrigerated 
products you have a minimum of about 40% water (for a 
dryish cheese like Parmesan) to 92-93% for a watery 
vegetable like celery or tomato.

Hope this helps out.

Jerry