295965 Sun Feb 01 14:08:12 -0800 2004 6 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1628636 I bought Juanita's Mexican Style Hominy the other day and the info on the can says that that in a half cup serving that there are 10 g. carbohydrates and 6 g. of fiber. Most other brands (American) weigh in at somewhere between 17 and 27 g. carbohydrate in a half cup and 3-4 g. fiber. I'm thinking that it must be the type of corn used but does anyone know for sure? I'm guessing it must be field corn lower sugars but why the fiber difference? Sun Feb 01 14:08:12 -0800 2004 0 Candy 1 1628641 "Feed corn" and non super sweet corn tends to have bigger seeds and tougher skins, if I recall correctly from my grandpa the corn farmer. Therefore, more fiber. Sun Feb 01 14:41:18 -0800 2004 1628636 0 EMDB 2 1628644 That is kind of what I was thinking. Sun Feb 01 15:20:47 -0800 2004 1628641 0 Candy 1 1628660 Interesting! ! Your comments drove me to open "The Complete Book of Food Counts" - a Christmas present - must be a message in there somewhere. There are several entries for hominy, 1/2 cup, canned - first number is grams of carbohydrate, second number is grams of fiber Golden: Allens/Uncle William 27, 4 Bush's Best 13, 3 Bush's Best with peppers 14, 3 Mexican: Allens/Uncle William Pepi 25, 3 White: Allens/Uncle William 22, 4 Bush's Best Pozole Blanco 14, 4 Juanita's Mexican 10, 6 Bush's Best with peppers 16, 4 I guess, bottom line, is that, if you're limiting carbs, hominy is not for you. Sun Feb 01 21:17:45 -0800 2004 1628636 0 garlicginger 2 1628709 I have the book too. That is where I was puzzled, the book gives such high counts and says hominy is low in fiber and then the Juanita's and I believe the other brand I saw with much lower carb counts and high fiber was La Preferida. I used some of the Juanita's last night and it was a bit chewier. Mon Feb 02 14:05:00 -0800 2004 1628660 0 Candy 1 1628795 The different corn used could make a difference. But these companies are all pretty small operations. I suspect they did not send their product to a lab for a scientific evaluation. They may just be guessing at the figures. But you could go to the Juanita's web site and ask them. Tue Feb 03 09:11:14 -0800 2004 1628636 0 EHB 1 1629065 Noticed the same thing when I bought hominy earlier this week. (Are you also making the hominy chicken chili from Everyday Food? -- turned out really well and super easy.) The Juanita hominy is much chewier than the white hominys I've had in the past. Thu Feb 05 13:37:51 -0800 2004 1628636 0 caliston