[babsnwv]

I got into trouble for using salsa - my coach said "all salsas have sugar" but I had read the label and didn't see that on mine. Course, I didn't argue with him, but I just doublechecked the jar last evening - no sugar!

I love tomatoes - in salad, as juice, in salsa - - - they've been the hardest thing for me to restrict, specially at this time of year!

Barbara

[Linden]

Originally Posted by babsnwv

I got into trouble for using salsa - my coach said "all salsas have sugar" but I had read the label and didn't see that on mine. Course, I didn't argue with him, but I just doublechecked the jar last evening - no sugar!

Hi Barbara,

Sorry, but I'm with your coach. Salsa has to have sugars if it has tomatoes in it. Using USDA calculations, 100 grams of generic salsa has 3.06 grams of sugar/100 grams total weight. 27 calories; 1.54 protein; .16 fat; 6.26 carbs' 1.6 fiber; and 1.59 starch. The starch is as scary as the sugars.

What the label indicates is that the manufaturrer hasn't added any sugars.