Low Carb Pasta Sauce: Hunt's No Added Sugar

Different people have different tolerant levels for spices. Kids, especially, prefer less spicy foods. My husband and I adore an "off-the shelf" pasta sauce: Emerils, but it is VERY spicy. My kids don't like it, and with so many traditional pasta sauces just LOADED with sugar, and many lower carb pasta sauces going off the market, I was at my wit's end. (Low carb spaghetti and meatballs is one of my "quick -- I don't have anything to cook tonight dinners!" And without a canned/jarred sauce that was acceptable to the family, it was out of my "quick" repertoire.)

HOWEVER, Hunt's has now come out with a No Added Sugar Italian Style Sauce. It is your basic sauce and it is kid friendly! There are no "chunks" to snarl at and pick out, and it has a very mild flavor with 6g of net carbs. (Just take a look at some of the other sauces out there. It isn't uncommon to see 15g or even over 20g of sugar in a serving! Who needs that???) I tell you, companies should be pumping out the No Added Sugar products for kids!

Now, is it for me and my husband? No. But it is for my kids. I pair it up with Dreamfield's pasta, which you can always order here and have it delivered, even if it isn't in your local grocery store. Throw in a few frozen meatballs and some sausages, if I have them, and, with a salad, it is a complete meal. All I do is have two saucepans on the stove, one with each brand of sauce.

You may have to look for it though. For example, my local Market Basket doesn't stock it, but my MUCH smaller market, Crosby's, does.

Let me know your favorite low carb spaghetti sauce!

	Hunt's No Added Sugar Italian Style Sauce
Serving Size	1/2 cup
Calories	35
Total Fat	0g
Saturated Fat	0g
Trans Fat	0g
Cholesterol	0mg
Sodium	610mg
Total Carbohydrates	6g
Dietary Fiber	2g
Sugar	3g
Sugar Alcohol	0g
Protein	1g
Ingredients	Ingredients: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water less than 2% of: salt, soybean oil, dehydrated onions, carrot fiber, spices, citric acid, xanthan gum, sucralose, acesulfame, potassium, natural flavor

Notice it is flavored with sucralose, which is Splenda. I'm sure that this is the "industrial" Splenda, which isn't combined with dextrose as the filler, which is just another carb laden filler that is used for bulk. Why Splenda doesn't come out with another version without dextrose, I just don't know.

Comments

[Jonathan Carp]

What would be the best complement to this is the Shirataki Miracle Noodle. It is a noodle known in Asia for 2000 years and as a slimming aid popular in Japan today. It is made only of soluble fiber and is the perfect complement to any low carb diet. Check out miraclenoodle.com for more information!!

[Wheeler]

The lowest carb sauce I found was made by Mezzetta and it is part of the Napa Valley Bistro line. The flavor is Arrabbiata, it is all natural and has 5 gram of carb per 1/2 cup, 1 gram of fiber. It is delicious and spicy.