Sat, Jul-26-14, 21:49
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Originally Posted by doreen T
^^ What Candice said.
My jar of Hellman's does indeed list sugar in the ingredients. However, sugar comes *after* salt, which means there's less of it.
According to the nutrient panel, there's 110 mg sodium per 15 ml serving. 110 mg = 0.11 gram .. so there wouldn't be more sugar than that, roughly 1/10'th of a gram per serving. Unless you're eating mayo by the cupful, the amount of added sugar is insignificant.
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I think you've made a slight mistake in the calculation. I think the 110 mg listed is just for the sodium portion of the salt molecule (NaCl). That means there is more than just 110 mg of salt added. Now the molecular weights of the constituent atoms are (in atomic units):
Sodium: 23 u
Chrlorine: 35.5 u
So if there is 110 mg of sodium, then there is 110*(35.5 + 23)/23 = 280 mg of salt.
And if sugar is listed after salt in the ingredients you can take the amount of sodium listed and multiply by (35.5 + 23)/23 = 2.5 to get an upper bound on the amount of sugar added.
The rule of thumb would be to take the sodium amount and multiply by 2.5.
This works for any ingredient listed after salt.
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