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"S Viemeister" > wrote in message
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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.


True. I remember a debate about McDonald's fry ingredients. The US had
different ones than in Canada.