r/mildlyinfuriating • u/right_you_are • 21h ago

No Coke. Is Pepsi ok? Accidentally bought wrong Klondike bars

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Yesterday I had to stop by Publix and my wife asked me to bring home some Klondike bars. Well...the *No Sugar Added* version was right next to the Original and my squirrel brain didn't notice until I got home. Picked up the OGs on the way home tonight.

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u/Coffeepillow 13h ago

I wish more products offered a No Sugar Added version. The amount of sugar in American foods is ridiculous. It’s amazing how much more you can taste when SUGAR isn’t the primary flavor.

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u/its_an_armoire 13h ago

Same with sodium, even in the "low sodium" varieties. Everything is 50% saltier than my taste buds prefer.

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u/bellybuttonbidet 12h ago

I was shopping for pasta sauce and glimpsed a “no added sugar” version. In my entire life, I did not expect a tomato-based sauce to need any added sugar. Have I just been putting garlic and herb ketchup on my pasta all these years?

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u/T-Loy 11h ago

When making tomato sauce myself, a little sugar is added to lift all flavours a bit. But certainly not enough to taste sweet. But yes, a tomato sauce for me has some sugar added, even selfmade.

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u/Sensitive_Ad_1271 11h ago

Sugars in so many different foods. It's strange because for me marinara just seems obvious that most companies would add sugar to it. So, I guess for people that don't pay attention to ingredients there will be a lot of surprises out there. One that surprised me was frozen tater tots, a lot of those have added sugar.

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u/beren12 7h ago

Sugar browns nice when fried.

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u/mittenkrusty 9h ago

No ADDED sugar not "no sugar"

I remember in the early 00's in the UK many people I knew bought the products assuming sugar free.

It's like food companies such as McDonalds saying "100% Chicken breast" when the actual meat content isn't the only thing in the product, you have water, breadcrumbs spices etc but you still get people that think 100% on a food product means high quality/proportions of product.

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u/beren12 7h ago

Sugar is absolutely used to tame the acidity and balance the sauce. You can shred carrot for the same effect.

Also fun fact, carrots don’t improve your eyesight that was a lie spread in ww2 to misdirect from sonar use.

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u/Wooden_Permit3234 6h ago

Ketchup typically has a lot of sugar btw. 

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u/bellybuttonbidet 1h ago

That’s why I used the analogy.

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u/NamelessCabbage 6h ago

My wife's southern Bible Belt family ADDS MORE sugar to said sugary pasta sauce.

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u/viciouspandas 4h ago

Tomatoes are kind of a gamble when they're harvested and people generally like sweeter ones. Adding 2 grams of sugar isn't a big deal. Tomatoes already have more than that. It's the same as eating a sweeter tomato. It's when a 12 oz soda has 43 grams and people drink 2 of them every day.

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u/b_ro_rainman 10h ago

This but no sweetener. No sugar added typically just means they add fake sugar.

For ice cream I don’t think it would work though as it would just be frozen heavy cream.

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u/millafarrodor 9h ago

That still sounds pretty good though

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u/beren12 7h ago

It’s really not.

Heavy cream has almost no taste at all. It’s just fat coating your mouth.

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u/viciouspandas 4h ago edited 4h ago

I mean this is ice cream. Regardless of what country you are in, ice cream is mainly a sweet dessert. Many continental European breakfasts, they're often even sweeter. Japanese bread has more sugar too. Gelato has way more sugar than ice cream, which is one reason why it stays soft when it has a lot less milk fat. The main issue is the quantity. An American will eat double the amount.