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On 2/16/2019 4:23 PM, Jinx the Minx wrote:
> Bruce > wrote:
>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 13:32:16 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>> Umm, might you be interpreting lack of salt as 'sweet' there? Neither
>>> has sugar added at all.

>> Campbell's Soup, Tomato:
>> "water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), sugar, bleached enriched
>> flour (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate,
>> riboflavin, folic acid), wheat flour, contains less than 1% of: dried
>> dairy blend (whey, calcium caseinate), salt, modified food starch,
>> butter (milk), vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, canola and/or
>> soybean), citric acid, flavoring and ascorbic acid (added to help
>> retain color)."
>> Sugar is the 3rd ingredient.
>> We should organise a Misinformation Contest. In the left corner
>> CSHENK, in the right corner SHELDON. It's gonna be close!
>>

> You are misinformed. Campbells tomato soup doesnt contain sugar, it
> contains high fructose corn syrup, as the SECOND ingredient€”right behind
> tomato purée. That the equivalent of 3 teaspoons of sugar per serving.
>

Perhaps not misinformed.
Many businesses with international distribution, vary their formulas for
different countries - like Coca Cola, with HFCS in the US, but cane
sugar in Mexico. I know that there are differences in the UK and US
versions of Campbell's, and that is likely the case for Australia, too.