Jo Anne Slaven wrote:
> Serendipity wrote:
>
> > Commercial tomato paste contains about 30 g of sodium for 5.5 oz
can.
> > That is the small can. That is a fair amount of sodium if a whole
can
> > of paste was used.
>
>
> <delurk>
>
> Um, Serendipity, not to nitpick but I think that should read 30 mg
> (milligrams). I just got out a can of Unico tomato paste, and the
> ingredients a tomatoes. Nothing else.
>
> It then goes on to say that there are 11 mg of sodium per serving,
but
> it doesn't define a "serving". And I assume that those 11 mg of
sodium
> come from the tomatoes naturally.
>
> If it was 30 *grams* of sodium, that would be about 1/5 of the
contents
> of the can!

Contadina Tomato Paste (6oz can)

Ingredients: 100% Tomatoes (no added salt)

Nutrition facts...
20 mg sodium/serving - serving = 2 Tbsps (33g)
Approx 5 servings/can or 100 mg sodium per can.

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