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

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.