Strange change in canned pumpkin calories

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  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    nanastaci2020 wrote: »
    I'm jealous. I tried to find pumpkin puree at 2 major grocery stores this past week, neither had it in stock.
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Pumpkin has been hard to find since March in my large metro area.

    I've had the best luck buying the organic at Safeway or organic pumpkin baby food. I don't usually buy organic, but needs must.

    You guys need to order it in 6lb 6oz pack of 6 containers from webstaurant like me LOL. They are good for over a year. I have bought from them for years since my grocery stores have had random shortages the past few years and are not reliable. I also like this consistency and taste better than other brands. I hate the target and walmart brand. I am picky about my pumpkin.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited August 2022
    This still bothers me....

    I bought some from amazon....
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    and then walmart last week ...
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    this week...
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    And how does the newest walmart one have 2g more protein?!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,783 Member
    Hybridizers keep producing new varieties. Growers grow them. The new varieties can have different macros, on average. Retesting will produce different results.

    Curmudgeon/ Nothing about this seems surprising, except that total sugars decreased. Most things seem to be getting sweeter and sweeter, more and more insipid tasting, with modern breeding. /Curmudgeon
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Hybridizers keep producing new varieties. Growers grow them. The new varieties can have different macros, on average. Retesting will produce different results.

    Curmudgeon/ Nothing about this seems surprising, except that total sugars decreased. Most things seem to be getting sweeter and sweeter, more and more insipid tasting, with modern breeding. /Curmudgeon

    That is what I figured, different varieties of "pumpkin" but it is just crazy to me (because I eat 4c at a time in my nightly pudding) that canned pumpkin can range so much (thats a difference in cal of >250 and >14g protein) which is pretty significant.

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