"brooklyn1" > wrote:
> "Doug Freyburger" > wrote:
>
> > I started low carbing back in July 1999. *At that time I read the
> > labels of various brands of tomato paste. *Contadina was made
> > of tomatos and nothing else.
>
> All tomato products contain carbs, in the form of natural sugar.

I'm aware that many people can't tell natural sugar versus
added sugar and thus don't understand what it means when
"corn syrup" or "high fructose sweetener" or "maltodextrin"
appears on a label compared to natural sugars appearing
in the nutritional analysis because it grew that way on the
plant. Nonetheless the 1999 can labels said what they
said and they did list corn syrup in several brands of
tomato paste. I restricted myself to Contadina brand
until a friend pointe dout to me that the formulas had
changed again.

> Most brands of *tomato paste contain only tomatoes.

Now unlike 1999. The market has pressured companies to
improve their formulas IMO.

> Some contain ascorbic acid
> as a preservative, some add salt, none add carbs. *And some do contain
> spices, but even Contadina makes a version that contains spices.
>
> http://www.contadina.com/ProductCate...Tomato%20Paste