Dear Sherrie,



Thankyou for your enquiry regarding the carbohydrate content of Creative Gourmet Strawberries – copy below.



As stated on our pack the only ingredient in the product is Strawberries. No sugar is added to the product at any stage. Were sugar or any other ingredient to be added we would be breaking the law if we did not include such an additive in our ingredient declaration.



The nutritional information supplied on our packs is obtained wherever possible from data supplied by the people who grow and process the fruit we pack and not from published tables.



We do this for two reasons:



1. The data supplied by our growers is obtained from testing done on samples of the fruit they grow and harvest. Therefore it is more directly representative of the product we are selling. Published nutritional analysis tables by their very nature condense and average data from a range of sources. In some cases data from different published tables contradict each other.
2. From year to year and region to region the nutritional analysis for the fruit we pack can change. In some cases this is the result of a change in the variety or source of the fruit or variations in growing conditions in the areas where it comes from. Data supplied from our growers is updated periodically allowing us to identify changes and reflect them in our product labelling where necessary.



In the case of our Strawberry product the nutritional analyses provided by our suppliers averaged 9.1g per 100g serve when we prepared artwork prior to printing our packs. New season data will be arriving later in the year and, as always, we will review it when received. Should there be a significant change in the data the information printed on our packs will be updated. This may result in an increase or a decrease in the sugar content reported for the Strawberries.





Yours Sincerely



Ed McDonald

National Operations and Administration Manager

Creative Gourmet Pty Ltd