Points formula

(Calories + (Fat x 4) - (Fiber x 10))/50 = points

Thad Clark-Soles said:

Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat = points) to the point
calculator? I would like to use it in a spreadsheet

Thad

This is the Lotus 123 (some of us are ol' school and this is on my HP200 palmtop which has 123
builtin) and hoping I copied all the parenthesises correctly

(c3+(4*c4)-(10*(@IF(c5>4,4,c5))))/50

where c3 is calories c4 is fatgrams c5 is fiber

And as said, this is the US formula and this caps fiber at 4.

Thad Clark-Soles said:

Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat = points) to the point
calculator? I would like to use it in a spreadsheet

Thad

Actually it's: POINTS(R) = (calories/50) + (fat grams/12) - (fiber grams/5)

And the patent is public information here:

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Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat = points) to the point
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Thad

is that the same for the UK?

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(Calories + (Fat x 4) - (Fiber x 10))/50 = points

Thad Clark-Soles said:

Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat = points) to the point
calculator? I would like to use it in a spreadsheet

Thad

And don't for get to cap the number of fiber grams to 4.
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Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat

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points) to the point calculator? I would like to use it in a

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thanks

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(Calories + (Fat x 4) - (Fiber x 10))/50 = points

Thad Clark-Soles said:

Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal --> fat = points) to the point
calculator? I would like to use it in a spreadsheet

Thad

I think the UK does not count fiber, IIRC. Otherwise I think the formula is the same.

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(Calories + (Fat x 4) - (Fiber x 10))/50 = points

Thad Clark-Soles said:

Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal -->

fat =

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points) to the point calculator? I would like to use it in a

spreadsheet

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Thad

*smacking my forehead*

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that. I don't use it in my spreadsheet because I'm usually calculating
the points in a recipe, not in a single serving. If the recipe serves 4, then the cap would be at 16
grams, for example.

Just too complicated to bother with in that application, and only really applies to very high
fiber foods.

Thanks for the reminder, though. I hate giving out bad information!

Stan

Laura said:

And don't for get to cap the number of fiber grams to 4.

The UK also only counts saturated fat, rather than total fat. I don't think the formula can be
translated unfortunately.

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>Has anyone figured out the mathematic formula (fiber --> cal -->

fat =

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spreadsheet

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