Showing posts with label French - US comparisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French - US comparisons. Show all posts

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Milk

Milk in France is almost never sold in containers bigger than 1 liter or about a quart. I always try to buy "lait ecreme" which is supposed to have had the cream removed, but I am not sure what that means in terms of fat. Now that I look at the label on a liter of Lactel Matin Leger (this one is also .5% lactose), it seems to say that saturated fats are .13 grams/100 ml. I do not know how we calculate fat levels in the US but this seems to be an apples and oranges exercise in trying to come up with a percentage. 33 calories for each of 100 ml as well. Here is the main website for the company.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Bread mixes

In France, a Pain de Compagne bread mix comes in a 1 kg bag (2.2 lbs), and says it will make 2 breads of 750 kg each (because of adding water to the mix). Per 100 gram slice, it's 9.8 grams of protein and 320 calories. 70% of the ingredients are wheat flour.Bonpain is the maker. No website that I can find.
Will add a US maker.