what to use for tomato sauce?

[Mothercooter]

I have tomato sauce and paste in my cabinet and both have sugars and carbs. I want something I can use for eggplant pizza.

[ValidRouge]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Mindy, I get the small cans of tomato sauce that are the store brand...they have the natural sugars that are in tomatoes, but they don't have ADDED sugar in the ingredients. The small cans go a LONG way now.

In fact, I had hamburger meat, tomato sauce, onions, mozzerella cheese and pepperoni on top tonight. I've made the same with ricotta cheese too. Sometimes I don't even use the whole small can, just a couple tablespoons. But, it's better than opening a 16 oz can.

Hope that helps...look for the store brands.

[sadie147]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Yes as Joy said the store brands are usually good here as well. Just remember the 'sugars' that show in the nutritional list are ok as long as you don't see sugar in the ingredients.

[Atkid]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Yum, you mention eggplant my mouth is watering. Do you have a recipe for that eggplant pizza?

[Outback Jess]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Yes as Joy said the store brands are usually good here as well. Just remember the 'sugars' that show in the nutritional list are ok as long as you don't see sugar in the ingredients.

ok, so this sugar thing is not something I have mastered...If I see sugars in the nutritional label thingy, I'm ok, but if I see sugars in the ingredients, I AM NOT...what other names for sugars in the ingredient labels should I look for???

[sadie147]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Tomatoes and many veggies have naturally occurring sugars so that is what you see on the nutritional label if you don't see any in the ingredients.

I normally look for anything that ends with 'ose' (except Sucralose which is splenda), and 'syrups' like corn syrup.

I found this list of sugars:

• Glucose
• Fructose
• Lactose
• Maltose
• Sucrose (white sugar)
• Corn syrup
• Brown sugar
• Honey

Single sugars - these are made up of one molecule.

• Glucose
• Galactose
• Fructose (fruit sugar)

Double sugars - these are made up of two molecules

• Sucrose (white sugar) - made up of fructose and glucose
• Lactose (milk sugar) - made up of glucose and galactose
• Maltose - made up of two glucose molecules

[ladyinred]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Thanks Sadie. That information will certainly keep us on our 'tose'. Heeeee (Hey - it's Friday, what can I say)

[SugarFreeSheila]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

I use Hunt's Tomato Sauce. Just 3 carbs per 4 tablespoons!

[sadie147]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Thanks Sadie. That information will certainly keep us on our 'tose'. Heeeee (Hey - it's Friday, what can I say)

LOL now THAT is funny

[2big4mysize]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

dont forget the nasty sweetener high fructose corn syrup too sometimes listed as HFCS in the ingredients.
here is a copy of Not2lates sugar ingredient list from the induction stickies

Barley Sugar
Brown Rice Syrup
Corn sweetener
Corn Syrup
Corn syrup solids
Dextrin
Dextrose
Fruit juice concentrate (juice concentrate)
Fructose
Galactose
Glucose
High fructose corn syrup
Honey
Invert sugar
Lactose
Levulose
Maltose
Malt
Malt syrup
Maple syrup
Modified corn starch
Molasses
Sorghum
Sucrose
Sugar (all including, brown, raw, turbinado, powdered, table, caster, fine, etc.)

[2Bthin]

Re: what to use for tomato sauce?

Here's one that should probably be on that list, I saw it on a label yesterday, "Organic evaporated cane juice", sounds like sugar to me.