dextrose measurement

[casby]

i got a 5lb bag of dextrose and i forget the carb ratio. could someone refresh my memory please? is it like 70cc to 50grams of carbs or something?

[Bouncer]

1 heaping TBSP =10 grams carbs

[casby]

1 heaping TBSP =10 grams carbs

Are you sure about that? According to Wikipedia the weight for pure dextrose is 1.54grams/cc and there's 14.7 cc's in a tbsp which according to that, there's 22.7 grams of dextrose in a tbsp.

[Bouncer]

Are you sure about that? According to Wikipedia the weight for pure dextrose is 1.54grams/cc and there's 14.7 cc's in a tbsp which according to that, there's 22.7 grams of dextrose in a tbsp.

14.7 cc's in a TBSP? On what planet you on bro

[casby]

14.7 cc's in a TBSP? On what planet you on bro

I had to take another look but I'm sure earth! What am I missing? Is that conversion not right? A cc is the same as a ml and there's about 15no(rounded up) in a tbsp, no?

[Bouncer]

1 tbsp of dextrose is roughly 10 grams of carbs. Not 10 grams of weight.

[casby]

but if it's pure dextrose, wouldn't 10grams in weight be 10grams of carbs?

[Bouncer]

No.

Type "1 tbsp dextrose" into google and see what you come up with.

[casby]

I went to calorieking.com and found a nutritional value chart of dextrose and your right, 1tbsp=10grams of carbs. The numbers I had above were in fact the density. I was just confused, thinking that since it was pure that 1g dextrose was 1g carbs. Thanks

[Bouncer]

I went to calorieking.com and found a nutritional value chart of dextrose and your right, 1tbsp=10grams of carbs. The numbers I had above were in fact the density. I was just confused, thinking that since it was pure that 1g dextrose was 1g carbs. Thanks

Yea, the weight of the product has more then just the carb itself.