Salsa

(Robert Dockstader) #1

Anyone know of store bought salsa that’s ok? Pace restutant Original says zero carb and zero sugar and no sugar in ingredients.

(Bob M) #2

That’s not correct. What is the serving size? Usually, the serving size is tiny, so they can round down toward zero. I eat salsa, but i limit the amount.

(Robert Dockstader) #3

Found this one. 0 added sugar

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(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #4

Two tablespoons is the serve. If that’s your serve, go on with it. If you consider a jar a serving, multiply by 14.

(Laurie) #5

Pace’s is fine, but I wouldn’t believe the zero. Tomatoes are a main ingredient, so carbs.

I eat Pace’s Chunky salsa, often; 1/4 cup is supposed to be 4 net carbs, which is acceptable to me. I probably do eat 1/4 cup when I have it with eggs.

(I prefer Pace’s Picante Sauce, but it’s hard to find here.)

(Bob M) #6

And who eats 2 tablespoons of salsa? It’s a minute amount. I’d like to see the US go to the European system of using 100 grams. At least then we can compare.

I was trying to compare carbs in dark chocolate, and every bar used a different serving size. Impossible to compare.

(Running from stupidity) #7

The Australian nutritional labelling system, where they have to show a value for 100g of product in addition to a fictional “serving size” helps to get rid of a lot of this crap. (It also shows net carbs, with fibre shown further down the label.)

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #8

I use Newman’s salsa (when I chance upon a jar) as my pizza sauce when I make fathead. It is much lower carb than any other tomato based sauce and works really well with the other flavors in the pizza.

But then, my brain may be addled by living in China too long, where they sometimes use ketchup as pizza sauce :confounded:. I try to convince them you can go to jail for that in the US.

#9

I have a hard time believing that.

It may be among the lowest, but it would be difficult to get below the carb content of tomatoes themselves, unless a lot of water or no carb ingredients are added to reduce the tomato content. Usually, it’s higher carb veggies like peppers and onions that are added to salsa. And the Newman’s label I looked at did have sugar added. Nearly the last listed ingredient though, so probably not significant.

(Hyperbole- best thing in the universe!) #10

Let me clarify… much lower than any other tomato based sauce I have available to me.

(Banting & Yudkin & Atkins & Eadeses & Cordain & Taubes & Volek & Naiman & Bikman ) #11

Every serving should have a gram weight.
Takes a bit of math, but, it is achievable.

What I do, though is a bit different. I feel the division of the bar. If it’s 9 squares, like a Ritter Sport, I look at the serving, and it’s a full bar, I divide by 9, call that a square, and figure I eat 1-2 squares. If it’s a Theo (my current thing), they claim half the bar is a serving, there are 8 squares, I count the squares, even though I break the squares into fours, and have 1-6 at a go.

For Fitday, I find the particular bar, using the bar code scanner, or I create it, then figure the gram weight of my serving, versus their serving. Frequently, someone will have done the work, but I always check their math, and I like to round up, whereas a lot of folks want to round down.

(Bob M) #12

I meant impossible to do in my head. I was doing this at the store.

#13

Try 2 keto dudes, Richard in particular, has spoken of his own salsa he makes, maybe he has the recipe on his recipe area of the podcast?

#14

Here’ s a link to Carl’s meatball w salsa recipe.
Maybe add some chunk fresh tomatoes too!

(Bob M) #15

I’ve made that recipe several times. It’s great. However, if you have a problem with hot peppers, as I do, it has to be an infrequent treat.

#16

Yes, hot can be overwhelming to some!
Maybe switch out w different peppers.
I just wrote an email to Richard and Carl asking them to share a good salsa recipe, And maybe a pesto recipe.☆

#17

There’s no need to buy salsa. Make your own. It’s super easy and takes less than 10 minutes. If that’s not fast enough, buy the already diced/minced onion, tomato, pepper, garlic, etc and simply mix them together. That’s less than 3 minutes.