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Tomato is a fruit. Most fruits have quite a bit of sugar in them. So no, it isn't surprising that tomato soup has sugar in it.

• masklinn 3y ago
  While tomatoes are fruits and some tomato varieties can be quite sweet, a "normal" red tomato is about 5% carbs, 1/3rd of which is fibers. If your tomato soup is above 10% sugar, a significant amount of sugar was added. For the wheat thins GP mentions, literally all 4g of sugar are added sugars, per packaging: "total sugars 4g, includes 4g added sugars". Here is the list of ingredients from the amazon listing: - wheat flour - canola oil - sugar - cornstarch - malt syrup - refiner's syrup - salt - leavening - tomato powder - sundried tomato powder - paprika - garlic powder - spices - onion powder - dried bell peppers - yeast extract - natural flavours - sulfur dioxyde "Sugar" is literally the third largest ingredient, followed by two syrups at 5 and 6.
  • TylerE 3y ago
    That's misleading because most (95%) of a tomato are water. The non-water parts of a tomatoe are 80% sugar, the rest fiber.
    • masklinn 3y ago
      > That's misleading because most (95%) of a tomato are water. So is the vast majority of a tomato soup. You can literally look at the ingredients list of your can of campbell's or whatever and see sugar as one of the top ingredients.