I was explaining this to my daughter in quite simplified terms the other day- we evolved to taste sugar and enjoy it because finding a sweet edible plant meant we had a source of energy to help us hunt that day. Pretty useful if you’re a hunter-gatherer.

So we seek out sugar. Now we can get it whenever we want it, in much more massive quantities than we are supposed to be processing. Most of us are addicted. I’m not an exception.

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
      2·
      57 minutes ago

      The Ragu one has 0g added sugar, so for that one it’s just the tomato sugar, so it’s misleading.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 hour ago

      When you juice it, the natural sugar has the same effect as added sugar.

      It’s only better when it’s locked in with the fruit solids because then it’s a slow release rather than a fast sugar shock to your system, which can fuck with your insulin tolerance because that also needs to spike for your body to do anything with all that sugar.

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      43·
      3 hours ago

      The “other” ingredients is tomato puree, salt, and herbs like oregano. There isn’t any sugar except the processed sugar that they add to the sauce.

      Tomato sauce is surprisingly easy to make. There’s virtually no need to buy sauce from a jar unless you just can’t be bothered to do anything yourself.

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
        1·
        51 minutes ago

        For example, the Ragu ‘Simply’ is only your “other ingredients”. The only sugar in that sauce is innate to the Tomatoes used in the puree.

        Sugars exist in all sorts of foods and when it’s incidental to the fruit and/or vegetable content it’s mostly fine.

      • Lightor@lemmy.world
        3·
        54 minutes ago

        Or you have a busy life?

        I hate this mindset of, if you don’t make all these things yourself you just can’t be bothered to do anything yourself. Guy, I have a super busy day to day, I’m struggling to find time to work out every day, I’m not making all my food from scratch.

        • HowManyNimons@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 hour ago

          I feel exactly the same way, but I have to find time as often as I can. Most prepared food is garbage, and I’m cooking for people I care about.

      • The Menemen!@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 hours ago

        Tomato puree has a lot of sugar, because tomatoes contain a lot of sugar. Pure 3-times concentrated tomato puree is 18% sugar.