Dole Tropical fruit mix is just pineapple and papaya?!

[JEDI]

I had a coupon for dole tropical fruit.
I wished it worked for Dole pineapple since I love pineapple.

color me happy when the 'tropical fruit' was just pineapple and papaya.

 

[lxskllr]

Is this a complaint, or... ?

 

[ElFenix]

JEDI.blog.anandtech.com

 

[JamesV]

Only suckers buy pineapple in a can.

Nearby store Marcs, has two pineapples for $5 often, about the size of large footballs (big), which nets me about 6+ cans worth of pineapple each.

And it tastes a lot better.

 

[zerocool84]

Only suckers buy pineapple in a can.

Nearby store Marcs, has two pineapples for $5 often, about the size of large footballs (big), which nets me about 6+ cans worth of pineapple each.

And it tastes a lot better.

And doesn't last as long either

 

[Kaido]

Only suckers buy pineapple in a can.

Nearby store Marcs, has two pineapples for $5 often, about the size of large footballs (big), which nets me about 6+ cans worth of pineapple each.

And it tastes a lot better.

And if you're lazy, there's a tool for five bucks that takes all the work out of it:

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Stee...dp/B005QJ7OR2/

 

[Kaido]

I had a coupon for dole tropical fruit.
I wished it worked for Dole pineapple since I love pineapple.

color me happy when the 'tropical fruit' was just pineapple and papaya.

3 ingredients:

1. Pineapple
2. Papaya
3. Corn

Read the ingredients labels, there is much corn to be had (I suffer from a corn allergy, so I'm overly-aware of these things)

 

[JEDI]

JEDI.blog.anandtech.com

 

[T9D]

3 ingredients:

1. Pineapple
2. Papaya
3. Corn

Read the ingredients labels, there is much corn to be had (I suffer from a corn allergy, so I'm overly-aware of these things)

You mean corn syrup? It comes in no syrup and just fruit juice too. I hate sweetened. Just natural.

 

[JamesV]

And if you're lazy, there's a tool for five bucks that takes all the work out of it:

http://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Stee...dp/B005QJ7OR2/

I bet a ton of people bought that too... what a joke. If every pineapple was exactly the same size with the same center, it might be nice, but you have to feel where to cut out the center.

Fresh cut pineapple will last over two weeks if you liberally add sugar to it after it's cut, and keep it in the refrigerator. That is the 'syrup' you see mentioned on cans, minus chemicals and god knows what.

 

[EliteRetard]

Are you guys suggesting you don't eat the center of a pineapple?

The best part of this thread is that it lead me to the banana slicer:

 

[DrPizza]

Only suckers buy pineapple in a can.

Nearby store Marcs, has two pineapples for $5 often, about the size of large footballs (big), which nets me about 6+ cans worth of pineapple each.

And it tastes a lot better.

I went my whole pre-married life without ever having fresh pineapple. Now, I only eat canned if I got it for something like putting the slices on a ham (tack them on with cloves) before cooking the ham.

I bet a ton of people bought that too... what a joke. If every pineapple was exactly the same size with the same center, it might be nice, but you have to feel where to cut out the center.

Fresh cut pineapple will last over two weeks if you liberally add sugar to it after it's cut, and keep it in the refrigerator. That is the 'syrup' you see mentioned on cans, minus chemicals and god knows what.

But... why would there be leftovers? One pineapple is perfect for 2 people over 2 days - and no sugar added.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Pretty sure I've had cut up pineapple last at least a week without sugar. Besides covering it with sugar defeats the purpose.

 

[Rudee]

What a bizarre post.

 

[Kaido]

You mean corn syrup? It comes in no syrup and just fruit juice too. I hate sweetened. Just natural.

It's really hard to find canned fruits that don't contain corn. Corn syrup, HFCS, citric acid, etc. A few are made with cane sugar, but that's not really much better because you're still just adding sugar to fruit :biggrin:

 

[mcurphy]

Are you guys suggesting you don't eat the center of a pineapple?

The best part of this thread is that it lead me to the banana slicer:

SNIP

Lol, I just got done reading some of the reviews for the banana slicer. Good stuff!

 

[gorcorps]

And doesn't last as long either

Buy a vacuum sealer

 

[Cappuccino]

Durian juice.

 

[Kaido]

Durian juice.

I literally gagged just thinking about that D:

 

[pmv]

It's really hard to find canned fruits that don't contain corn. Corn syrup, HFCS, citric acid, etc. A few are made with cane sugar, but that's not really much better because you're still just adding sugar to fruit :biggrin:

Is this a US-specific thing? Its very easy to find tinned fruit in plain fruit juice over here. We aren't quite so big on HFCS, I suppose becuase the subsidy-system is different.

And, yes, the main benefit of the tinned stuff is you can stock up on it in large volumes and just have it in 'reserve'. Fresh pinapple is great, but you never actually have it in the house when you want it, I find.

Also, fresh pinapple makes my lips bleed! Quite a lot.

I don't know if that's the acidity or the protein-destroying enzymes that pinapple contains (apparently those enzymes are destroyed by the heat treatment in the tinned stuff, which is why you can make jelly around tinned pinapple but it won't set around the fresh stuff).

You could probably weaponize pinapples with some genetic engineering, what with all that acid and protein-eating enzymes.

 

[Kaido]

Is this a US-specific thing? Its very easy to find tinned fruit in plain fruit juice over here. We aren't quite so big on HFCS, I suppose becuase the subsidy-system is different.

Yup, it's very difficult to find canned fruit that does not contain either corn sugar or added sugar. I think my local grocery store only carries one brand that is just fruit in 100% fruit juice syrup. It's pretty sad, but it's economics - corn is very cheap in the US right now and has far surpassed other sugars in food production. Which is unfortunate if you're like me and are allergic to it :biggrin: