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Default canned stewed tomatoes

On 8/30/2010 7:16 PM, sf wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:43:05 -0700, Dan > wrote:
>
>> Is that "added sugar", as in list of ingredients? Or on the nutritional
>> part of the label?
>>
>> Ripe tomatoes have quite a bit of sugar in them, so even if none is
>> added, it will show on the nutrition label. They are also usually acid
>> (which doesn't have to be shown on the nutrition label), so they don't
>> taste very sweet.

>
> It's listed in the "ingredients" portion. The nutritional part says
> Sodium: 20mg
> Sugars: 5g
>
> That's one teaspoon of sugar. I can live with it.
>

Most of that sugar comes from the tomatoes themselves

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