Acceptable Packaged Products

[JeffN]

Thanks!!

Keep the response coming. This is all very helpful

After a few weeks, I will collate it all and put a list together. If you think I left out any categories, please just add it in with any approved product.

Thanks
Jeff

[GeoffreyLevens]

These corn tortillas already mentioned above but they are wonderful

Food For Life Sprouted Corn Tortillas

https://www.foodforlife.com/product/tortillas/sprouted-corn-tortillas

And

Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Whole Grain Tortillas

which are a bit high in sodium but the total is low enough I think for occasional use for most people.
https://www.foodforlife.com/product/tor ... -tortillas

[Lyndzie]

Just watched a Jane and Ann Esselstyn YouTube video and they used Green Mountain Gringo Mild Salsa. 2 tbsp is 10 cal and 85mg soldium, which is fairly low for a salsa (as a point of reference, Pace Picante is 250mg for the same amount).

[PJK]

Salad dressing - the Olde Cape Cod brand makes some fat-free dressings. I find them quite tasty.

I believe they offer 3 fat-free flavors: Balsamic vinaigrette, toasted sesame and ginger soy, and honey Dijon.

They are a bit high on sodium. For ex., the honey Dijon is just 50 cals per 2-tablesoon serving, but 105 mg of sodium. But otherwise compliant - no fat, oil, animal products or junk.

http://cainsfoods.com/Products/Specialt ... e-Cape-Cod
https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutr ... d+Dressing

[VeggieSue]

Salad dressing - the Olde Cape Cod brand makes some fat-free dressings. I find them quite tasty.

I believe they offer 3 fat-free flavors: Balsamic vinaigrette, toasted sesame and ginger soy, and honey Dijon.

I just found the fat free balsamic one on Amazon and saw the ingredients:

Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Balsamic Vinegar, Sugar, Cider Vinegar, Salt, Canola Oil*, Garlic, Spice, Xanthan Gum, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Natural Flavor and Caramel Color.

https://www.amazon.com/Olde-Cape-Balsam ... B0049Z7MDK


"Fat free" with added canola oil and tocopherols?? Pass on this one.

The honey dijon one has dairy as well as tocopherols, so this is out, too:

Water, Sugar, Dijon Mustard (Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, White Wine, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Turmeric, Paprika, Natural Flavor), Distilled Vinegar, Maltodextrin, Cider Vinegar, Honey, Cultured Buttermilk (Milk and Cultures), Spice, Onion, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Arabic Gum, Natural Flavor, and Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E).

https://www.instacart.com/giant/product ... -8-0-fl-oz

The Toasted sesame and ginger:

Water, Red Wine Vinegar, Sugar, Cider Vinegar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt, Caramel Color), Honey, Sesame Seeds, Garlic, Miso Powder Salt), Salt, Xanthan Gum, Spice, Vitamin E.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Olde-Cape-Co ... 6/17769358

still has the tocopherols (Vit E) and the sodium is off the charts in this one @ 240mg for a 40 calorie, 1 ounce serving.


As Jeff says, Never believe what's written on the front of the label. Always read the ingredients on the back.

[JeffN]

Thanks again!!

Always looking for more

Thanks
Jeff

[Skyscraper]

Minute Rice has a great product called Rice and Quinoa (they used to call it Multi-Grain Medley). It is just brown rice, thai red rice, wild rice, and quinoa precooked and dried. A box comes with 4 separate bags so it is already measured out. It's ready in about 10 minutes.

https://www.minuterice.com/en-us/products/241/RiceandQuinoa.aspx

[PJK]

The Olde Cape Cod fat-free balsamic does have a "trace" amount of soybean oil (I'm looking at the label now), but the total fat is indeed 0 grams. Saturated fat also 0 g. And trans fat at 0 g.

The main (first listed) ingredients are water, vinegar, sugar and cider vinegar.

[MINNIE]

Re: Acceptable Packaged Products

Postby Skyscraper » Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:41 am
Minute Rice has a great product called Rice and Quinoa (they used to call it Multi-Grain Medley). It is just brown rice, thai red rice, wild rice, and quinoa precooked and dried. A box comes with 4 separate bags so it is already measured out. It's ready in about 10 minutes.

I was going to mention that one!

It's really tasty and you can make it in a microwave. It's one of my favorite travel foods.

[Jobet]

I've just noticed in my local small-town Food Lion store the Birds Eye Steamfresh Selects Rice with Vegetables. Several varieties: Brown & Wild Rice with Broccoli & Carrots, Brown & Wild Rice with Corn, Carrots & Peas, Long Grain White Rice with Mixed Vegetables. I don't have a microwave, so I cook on top of the stove in minutes, and add extra steamed veggies and/or beans, or a salad. Right now they are cheap, 5 for $5.

[Lyndzie]

Something we always keep on hand are Pretzel Crisps Everything Pretzels. I heatitate to mention them because the sodium exceeds the 1:1 recommendation, and they are not whole wheat. With those warnings in place, they are great with either plain or garlic hummus, and have much less salt than other varieties.

[Idgie]

My mom found this chickpea curry for me and it's nearly perfect! No added fat, and very very tasty and convenient. Tiny bit of sugar and salt, but it's not as sweet or salty as most Americanized Indian food tastes to me.

Ingredients: Organic tomato, organic chick peas, water, organic onion, organic potato, organic green capsicum, organic brown sugar, organic garlic, salt, organic spices (black pepper, paprika, chili powder, oregano, bay leaves powder).

[J-Mac]

Jeff,

If you are still looking for products to put on the list, one of my new favorite discoveries is bean flakes with no added salt. I use them in so many ways (I know this is not a recipe area so I will try to start a thread about possible recipes to exchange ideas).

I believe that Santa Fe Beans Culinary Refried Beans have been familiar to McDougallers--

https://www.amazon.com/Santa-Fe-Bean-Cu ... B004P0YZFM

I also discovered a new company that sells many different kinds of salt-free bean and pea flakes: garbanzo, pinto, black, yellow and green pea--it's just an incredible find for me! A family company and you can buy their products in different sizes and all seem to have salt-free options:

https://www.gardenvalleyfoods.com/collections/all

They come packaged in sealed bags but cannot be resealed so I use zip-locs to store if I don't use the entire package at one time.

[JeffN]

Bumping up. Still collecting suggestions

In Health
Jeff

[Lyndzie]

Some tipped me off to Prego Light Smart Traditional Pasta Sauce recently. Salt is way too high, but no oil (beware, the Heart Healthly variety contains oil). http://www.prego.com/sauces/classic-ita ... ian-sauce/

Trader Joe’s has some items. I took pics of the nutritional info and will try to post them when I can:
- Whole grain pizza crust.
- Almond butter turmeric salad dressing (in refrigerated section)
- Lavash bread (only available on the West coast. I’ve never seen it)