Why do companies put sugar in apple sauce?

[C0ckney]

A friend of mine said the same thing about too much salt on food in Brazil. He said he practically gagged the first time he ate real Brazilian food because they had literally put so much salt on everything.

yeah they do put far too much in and sometimes it can ruin the meal. sometimes i will make a point to ask them not to add too much salt. it's the same with drinks, if you order a fruit juice you have to make sure you ask for it without sugar, or you will be served something akin to syrup.

[Jon Miller]

It's an American thing. Here in Europe you need to add it manually, usually.

Here's another one for you: Why does McDonalds add sugar to salads? Yes, bingo....

My experience is that europe applesauce always has sugar while I pretty much can always find no sugar applesauce in the US stores.

JM

[Zoetstofzoetje]

My experience is that europe applesauce always has sugar while I pretty much can always find no sugar applesauce in the US stores.

JM

I checked on this in U.S. stores, but all these products that advertise on the packaging with "no sugar", "low sugar", or "no fat", well, it's a lie.

Guess it also depends on where you buy your stuff in Europe. The discount supermarket, or local stores. Where I live, lots of foodstuff is produced locally at a competitive price.

[KrazyHorse]

Why do companies put sugar in apple sauce?

Why do you have the time to worry about these things?

[Jon Miller]

I purchase food at all the standard Swedish places, there are stalls with fresh food occasionally during part of the year, but for the most part there is just standard grocery stores everywhere (ICA is the main one but there is others).

You read the actual contents of the food, which they can't lie about. And you see if there is anything but Apples listed in the ingrediants. You can get very good food in the US, and you have more options too.

JM
(I admit that in other countries than Sweden my stay has been short and I hvae just gone to 1-2 places)

[Al B. Sure!]

I checked on this in U.S. stores, but all these products that advertise on the packaging with "no sugar", "low sugar", or "no fat", well, it's a lie.

Guess it also depends on where you buy your stuff in Europe. The discount supermarket, or local stores. Where I live, lots of foodstuff is produced locally at a competitive price.

No, it's not 'no sugar' with apple sauce since apples obviously have sugar. It's no 'added' sugar. 11g per serving vs. 22g per serving.

Next time you're at the market, check how much sugar is in 128g of apple sauce. If it's closer to 11g than 22g, the Euros aren't adding sugar. If it's 22g then sorry, that has sugar added.

On the apple sauce I have, the ingredients are Apples, water, and Ascorbic acid. That's it. This generic brand has 8g of sugar per cup, so a bit less than Motts'

[Aeson]

Company A sells apple sauce which is naturally healthy. Company A's subsidiary sells weight loss pills. YOU DO THE MATH. (<----this is a hypothetical, Company A may or may not exist. But I watched WALL-E and it seems to me that unless Company A sells intergalactic transport ships that this is the next most likely candidate.)

[SlowwHand]

Salt is different than sugar. If you cook with absolutely no salt, you can't salt it enough to taste it at all.

[Egbert]

How long are people storing ****ing apple sauce that a year isn't long enough?

I heard about a chap who opened a bottle of tomato sauce (or was it paste) after 3 years and it was still good.

[SlowwHand]

Why doesn't Motts produce an apple flavored sugar? You could use it in your coffee.

[MrFun]

You ever have the 'natural' no sugar-added apple sauce? It tastes good and sweet as hell. So why the **** is the default with loads of added sugar?

What is this? The new cocaine?

I also don't like the fact that they put fructose syrup in apple sauce.

[MikeH]

Cooking apples, are very, very sour. And they tend to be the ones we make apple sauce out of here.

Apple sauce is ridiculously easy to make though.

If you can't be bothered with the full method you can just do a quick microwave version.

Get some eating apples, peel them and chop them up into slices and put in the microwave with a bit of water for a few mins until they go soft. Add some sugar and/or lemon juice if you want. Done.

[Docfeelgood]

I heard about a chap who opened a bottle of tomato sauce (or was it paste) after 3 years and it was still good.

I had a 15 yr old bottle of barbecue sauce. Still good when I opened and used it.

[Al B. Sure!]

I had a 15 yr old bottle of barbecue sauce. Still good when I opened and used it.

15 years?

Well, since we're on the topic...
I ate a box of Uncle Ben's rice that expired in 2006 two nights ago. I don't really eat rice but I saw it there and was like I ought to do something about it. Rice lasts forever though... the spice packet was rough though.

[Jon Miller]

I had some of the boxed foods which I think actually went bad. They had expired in 2003/2004 though. (I threw them out in 2009)

JM