Guest guest Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 You know, I was thinking about this today, and I hope someone can help me understand this. Canned foods are pretty much illegal with the exception of tomato juices that are labeled with ingredients of tomato and salt, olives, sun dried tomatos, pineapple juice, and maybe I'm missing a couple of other items. What I can't understand is why these few items are trust worthy, but canned spinach, green beans, or other legal veggies are not. I do understand with the fruit because I've never seen canned fruit that doesn't say that it is in syrup. I can understand canned beans because they probably were not soaked long enough, rinsed, and drained before being cooked. If there is that 2% law about being able to add ingredients without putting it on the label, then how can we trust what appears to be commercially manufacturered and legal mustard, tomato juice, olives, sun dried tomatos, ect.? I'm not bringing this up because I want to be able to use canned vegetables. I really prefer the frozen or fresh. I am just curious about what makes it so that we can trust these few products. I know that Elaine herself checked out the Dole pineapple juice, Heinz and s tomato juice. Did she do this for all of these other products? Thanks if you can answer this question. Meleah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 Meleah, Elaine spent a long time investigating the process of canning various foods. If someone gave us a lot of money then we would be able to do tests on more products. Mimi > You know, I was thinking about this today, and I hope someone can help me > understand this. Canned foods are pretty much illegal with the exception of > tomato juices that are labeled with ingredients of tomato and salt, olives, > sun dried tomatos, pineapple juice, and maybe I'm missing a couple of other > items. What I can't understand is why these few items are trust worthy, but > canned spinach, green beans, or other legal veggies are not. I do > understand with the fruit because I've never seen canned fruit that doesn't > say that it is in syrup. I can understand canned beans because they > probably were not soaked long enough, rinsed, and drained before being > cooked. If there is that 2% law about being able to add ingredients without > putting it on the label, then how can we trust what appears to be > commercially manufacturered and legal mustard, tomato juice, olives, sun > dried tomatos, ect.? I'm not bringing this up because I want to be able to > use canned vegetables. I really prefer the frozen or fresh. I am just > curious about what makes it so that we can trust these few products. I know > that Elaine herself checked out the Dole pineapple juice, Heinz and > s tomato juice. Did she do this for all of these other products? > Thanks if you can answer this question. > Meleah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2007 Report Share Posted May 31, 2007 Hi Meleah, In large scale production of canned fruits and vegetables, companies want consistency in their brands. If the pH or brix level (sugar content) is not the same, due to crop variations it is adjusted. The adjustments can be made with SCD illegals. Elaine toured plants and watched them adjust sweetness etc.. with sugar syrup (that wasn't on the label). Since the texture and " sweetness " of canned fruits and vegetables is variable (and can change due to the canning process), canned fru. and Veg. are all illegal. Freezing fruits and veggies does not present the same problems as canning and as long as the frozen packs list no illegals they are fine to use. Some foods will have varying levels and may be adjusted or foods are " safe " foods and have no need for adjustment. Canned fish for example that is packed in oil or water is legal. It does not have a flavour profile dependent on sweetness. Canned ham on the other hand does require a certain level of sweetness and may be adulterated. Sheila, SCD, Feb. 2001, UC 23 yrs mom of and > You know, I was thinking about this today, and I hope someone can help me understand this. Canned foods are pretty much illegal with the exception of tomato juices that are labeled with ingredients of tomato and salt, olives, sun dried tomatos, pineapple juice, and maybe I'm missing a couple of other items. What I can't understand is why these few items are trust worthy, but canned spinach, green beans, or other legal veggies are not. I do understand with the fruit because I've never seen canned fruit that doesn't say that it is in syrup. I can understand canned beans because they probably were not soaked long enough, rinsed, and drained before being cooked. If there is that 2% law about being able to add ingredients without putting it on the label, then how can we trust what appears to be commercially manufacturered and legal mustard, tomato juice, olives, sun dried tomatos, ect.? I'm not bringing this up because I want to be able to use canned vegetables. I really prefer the frozen or fresh. I am just curious about what makes it so that we can trust these few products. I know that Elaine herself checked out the Dole pineapple juice, Heinz and s tomato juice. Did she do this for all of these other products? Thanks if you can answer this question. > Meleah > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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