Canned Tomatoes

Sasquatch76

I'm thinking I already know the answer to this, but are tinned tomatoes (Lustre e.g.) any use to dieters? They're probably full of sugar and other crap, but thought I'd ask anyway.

Khannie

They're great for soups and sauces. There are natural sugars in there alright but I wouldn't let that bother you.

dioltas

Handy for making cheap healthy pasta sauce.

A tin of chopped tomatoes I mean, they're usually about 35 kcal I think.

EileenG

They are great. Lots of good nutrients, often better flavour then fresh, and much lower carb/sugar than puree or concentrated tomato.

I always keep a few cans on standby.

Oh, for what it's worth, one of those tv chefs (the one who does half the program in Irish) reckons that the best tomatoes are in Lidl.

Sasquatch76

Woohoo! Thanks everyone, this opens up a few new ideas for lunch in work

gaoife

+ 1 for the lydl (sp) ones
I love making my own pasta sauce and i've tried the tinned chopped toms from everywhere, the cheapest and definetly the nicest are lydl ones

Dotcomdolly

I read this yesterday (on a u.s board) & had never heard the like , anyone else?

canned tomatoes are not what you want to use. the lining in food grade cans has BPA which can cause reproductive harm and with as acidic as tomatoes are, those are the worst to buy in a can. look for jars. isn't $.50 worth peace of mind?

Khannie

I don't think the tins I get my stuff in have any lining in them. I think it's just aluminium.

brianthebard

BPA is in nearly everything at this stage, you'd have to avoid a lot more than just tomatoes to keep it out of your system. I think its like mercury in tuna and stuff, sure its bad for you, obviously you shouldn't overdose on it, but at the end of the day you have to eat.

Jay Pentatonic

I think all canned foods aren't as good as non-canned, but I don't think that means they're bad for you.

El_Dangeroso

brianthebard wrote: »

BPA is in nearly everything at this stage, you'd have to avoid a lot more than just tomatoes to keep it out of your system. I think its like mercury in tuna and stuff, sure its bad for you, obviously you shouldn't overdose on it, but at the end of the day you have to eat.

It is impossible to avoid BPA unfortunately, the research is scant enough and mostly in rats at the moment, but it is an endochrine disrupter. There was a study showing a shocking amount of BPA in the umbilical cord of US mothers a while ago.

Always a good rule of thumb to eat mostly fresh food but since everything is transported in plastic at some point in the distribution chain we can't really do much to completely avoid it.:(