Dehydrated "sun-dried" tomato nutrition?
MsSleeth
Posts: 15 Member
I am using a dehydrator to dry all the extra tomatoes that my garden is now producing. In addition to adding them to pasta, I snack on the dried tomatoes because they are a rich source of potassium and other hard to get minerals.
While most commercially purchased sun-dried tomatoes are treated with some sort of oil, sodium and/or sugar solution, I do not add anything to my tomatoes. So far, all of the nutrition entries I have found for sun-dried or dehydrated tomatoes have high sodium/fat/sugar percentages. I am having trouble finding appropriate nutrition amounts for untreated tomatoes.
Would it be appropriate for me to create a new food and just eliminate or reduce these high amounts? Raw tomatoes do have natural sodium and sugar in them. I am hesitant to just add levels for raw tomatoes because nutrient levels do vary between raw, cooked, and dried.
While most commercially purchased sun-dried tomatoes are treated with some sort of oil, sodium and/or sugar solution, I do not add anything to my tomatoes. So far, all of the nutrition entries I have found for sun-dried or dehydrated tomatoes have high sodium/fat/sugar percentages. I am having trouble finding appropriate nutrition amounts for untreated tomatoes.
Would it be appropriate for me to create a new food and just eliminate or reduce these high amounts? Raw tomatoes do have natural sodium and sugar in them. I am hesitant to just add levels for raw tomatoes because nutrient levels do vary between raw, cooked, and dried.
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