Why do companies put sugar in apple sauce?

[Al B. Sure!]

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?

[C0ckney]

i used to have an apple tree in my garden and i made lots of apple sauce. for best results you do need to add some sugar (although this depends a lot on the apples) and lemon. although i can well imagine companies put far too much sugar in. in brasil there is far too much sugar or salt, in everything, it's kind of frustrating.

[giblets]

Sugar is a preservative.

[Al B. Sure!]

Sugar is a preservative.

And yet the jars of no sugar added apple sauce are best by 2/25/2012 ****ER

Now put me back on ignore *******

[Al B. Sure!]

i used to have an apple tree in my garden and i made lots of apple sauce. for best results you do need to add some sugar (although this depends a lot on the apples) and lemon. although i can well imagine companies put far too much sugar in. in brasil there is far too much sugar or salt, in everything, it's kind of frustrating.

I don't know man... apples are fruits. They're pretty sweet as is. Judging from this no sugar added apple sauce, sugar really isn't needed.

This is the stuff I don't get. Why do these companies just throw sugar (or corn syrup) in everything like this? They're paying extra money to buy this sugar so why add it? Stuff tastes just as good without it.

[giblets]

Why do companies worry about kids getting botulism from their food? I don't understand

[Al B. Sure!]

Why do companies worry about kids getting botulism from their food? I don't understand

You dumb ****. The no sugar added apple sauce is best by Feb 2012. Clearly the sugar isn't needed as a preservative since the stuff is good for a year since I bought it and who knows how long it was sitting on a shelf before that!

How long are people storing ****ing apple sauce that a year isn't long enough? And I guarantee that the sugary apple sauce doesn't have a further expiration date.

[C0ckney]

I don't know man... apples are fruits. They're pretty sweet as is. Judging from this no sugar added apple sauce, sugar really isn't needed.

This is the stuff I don't get. Why do these companies just throw sugar (or corn syrup) in everything like this? They're paying extra money to buy this sugar so why add it? Stuff tastes just as good without it.

well like i said, it depends on the apples you use. some apples are very sweet to start and you probably wouldn't need to add sugar (you would though need some other kind of preservative, otherwise it would spoil very quickly). others are more bitter and you need to add sugar to take the edge off it.

i suppose it's because sugar is actually quite addictive and if you get people hooked on that sugary goodness, you sell more...

[SlowwHand]

And yet the jars of no sugar added apple sauce are best by 2/25/2012 ****ER

Now put me back on ignore *******

A year? That's pretty preserved for food. I have to agree with Al on this one.

[Al B. Sure!]

http://www.motts.com/products/nutrition/mottsclassicapplesauce.html

Standard original Motts apple sauce has 22g of sugar per 1 cup serving.
Motts natural apple sauce has 11g of sugar per 1 cup serving.

They add as much sugar as the apples themselves have! But the natural tastes ****ing good. What's the point? Why? Are they trying to get us addicted to sugar on purpose? You'd think Motts would just rock out with the natural only so that they don't have to pay for the added sugar.

[Dinner]

They put sugar in everything for the same reason they put salt in everything. It's dirt cheap and they think Americans like it that way though really it's all about the bottom line (see the dirt cheap part).

[Jon Miller]

i don't know why

Many countries I can't even find non-sweetened apple sauce, but in those countries apple sauce is a dessert.

JM

[Dinner]

i used to have an apple tree in my garden and i made lots of apple sauce. for best results you do need to add some sugar (although this depends a lot on the apples) and lemon. although i can well imagine companies put far too much sugar in. in brasil there is far too much sugar or salt, in everything, it's kind of frustrating.

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.

[Zoetstofzoetje]

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....

[Al B. Sure!]

They put sugar in everything for the same reason they put salt in everything. It's dirt cheap and they think Americans like it that way though really it's all about the bottom line (see the dirt cheap part).

Isn't it cheaper to not put sugar in it though?

I mean if they're worried about the bottom line, why add something in? That costs more.