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"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 23:38:23 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 18:29:20 -0500, S Viemeister
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>>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. Campbell's tomato soup doesn't 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.
>>>
>>> I got it from he
>>>
>>> <http://www.fooducate.com/app#!page=product&id=FD74E9A6-18D4-11E1-8977-1231380C180E>

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>>Campbell's hasn't used sugar in this country for years. Only HFCS.

>
> In what way is that better or worse?


It is suspected to cause heart problems in diabetics and the way it is
processed in the body, it can lead to obesity, more so than sugar. But corn
is abundant here so it's cheaper to use.