So sweet, no spike: microbially produced protein 3k times sweeter than sugar

Re:So sweet, no spike: microbially produced protein 3k times... by masklinn on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:30AM (#36929747)

While tomatoes are fruits and some tomato varieties can be quite sweet, a "normal" red tomato is about 5% carbs, 1/3rd of which is fibers.

If your tomato soup is above 10% sugar, a significant amount of sugar was added.

For the wheat thins GP mentions, literally all 4g of sugar are added sugars, per packaging: "total sugars 4g, includes 4g added sugars".

Here is the list of ingredients from the amazon listing:

- wheat flour

- canola oil

- sugar

- cornstarch

- malt syrup

- refiner's syrup

- salt

- leavening

- tomato powder

- sundried tomato powder

- paprika

- garlic powder

- spices

- onion powder

- dried bell peppers

- yeast extract

- natural flavours

- sulfur dioxyde

"Sugar" is literally the third largest ingredient, followed by two syrups at 5 and 6.

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Re:So sweet, no spike: microbially produced protein 3k times... by TylerE on Sunday July 30, 2023 @06:37AM (#36929780)

That's misleading because most (95%) of a tomato are water. The non-water parts of a tomatoe are 80% sugar, the rest fiber.

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Re:So sweet, no spike: microbially produced protein 3k times... by masklinn on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:01AM (#36929911)

> That's misleading because most (95%) of a tomato are water.

So is the vast majority of a tomato soup.

You can literally look at the ingredients list of your can of campbell's or whatever and see sugar as one of the top ingredients.

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