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Cooking & Baking

perfessor

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4. Getting old? Can't answer that one.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2024, 06:02 PM

Jun 2024

But so many products have hidden sugars and other ingredients that I read labels as a matter of course.

“No sugar added” is often, though not always, an indicator of sucralose. For example, Del Monte NSA canned fruits contain sucralose. Mott’s NSA applesauce is just apples, water, and ascorbic acid.

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Read the labels, stupid. [View all] erronis Jun 2024 OP

No! You are not getting old. They are sneaky snakes. GreenWave Jun 2024 #1

Thanks. Agree about the snakes, but the calendar tells me time is marching along. erronis Jun 2024 #2

Prolly. I have discovered, at age 76, that I MOMFUDSKI Jun 2024 #3

Getting old? Can't answer that one. perfessor Jun 2024 #4

Dunno, I AM old, and didn't buy enough beans, even tho already prepared, elleng Jun 2024 #5

It's not about your age. surrealAmerican Jun 2024 #6

A phone camera can capture the ingredients list, and magnify it so it's actually readable. usonian Jun 2024 #7

Sneaky snakes NJCher Jun 2024 #12

I can't read labels any more, my eyes are about shot Warpy Jun 2024 #8

Thanks for those helpful notes, Warpy. erronis Jun 2024 #9

The thing about Xanthan is that it takes only a tiny amount Warpy Jun 2024 #10

There are a lot of ways to hide added sugar Retrograde Jun 2024 #11

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