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Canned Food Nutritional Values

Salpica
Salpica Posts: 205 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So tonight after the gym I decided to make myself some tilapia and have some sweet peas with it. I know canned veggies are HIGH in sodium but I have a question.........

Do those values reflect not draining the water and consuming that? Or does draining the water out not affect the nutritional value as stated on the label?

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  • amberjschmidt
    amberjschmidt Posts: 18 Member
    good question!
  • Salpica
    Salpica Posts: 205 Member
    Before Bed Time Bump!
  • Tammysueless
    Tammysueless Posts: 166
    I had always heard that it didnt make much of a difference if you rinsed them. But I would love to know because i just like the taste and texture of canned better..
  • Salpica
    Salpica Posts: 205 Member
    I'm bumping one more time because I am still curious.
  • cwunderlich
    cwunderlich Posts: 35 Member
    Just found this:

    www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/12354500/Articles/EB11_DrainedVeg.pdf

    Looks like draining does reduce the sodium some, and rinsing reduces it even more.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    According to the link below, you can reduce sodium up to 41% in canned beans by rinsing. I didn't read the paper cited in the article because it was long...and I'm lazy.

    http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/011110p62.shtml
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Also, check the label on the can to see if the nutritional info applied to the product drained. It should tell you that.
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