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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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