Weight-Loss Canned fruit- any way to make it better?

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amy1985

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I know that canned fruit isn't as good as fresh or frozen, but in instances where it's the only practical option, is there any way to make it a healthier/ lower calorie choice? I know about choosing it in juice or water rather than syrup, but that depends on the fruit in juice or water being available. If I can only get the fruit in question in syrup, would any options after the fact mitigate the sugar hit, like rinsing the fruit or soaking it in water?

I'm looking at a recipe which calls for mango ( - yes, I'm aware there's no way that nutritional information is accurate, I think it's probably closer to 400 calories per serve), but fresh mango is more than double the price of canned and probably far more messy- worth it to eat by itself but probably not in a stir fry. (I can only find canned mango in syrup in the supermarket I'll be going to)
 
I'm sure rinsing would help. I think the caloric information on the can includes a portion of the corn syrup per serving.
 
Thanks :) I think I'll work out the calories on my own and see how many calories it comes to (I'll be making some other alterations as well).
 
I wouldn't waste mango by cooking it in a stir fry. I'd buy fresh and eat it as fruit.

To reduce the calories in canned fruit, i would just not eat the juice. I wouldn't bother to wash the fruit. it would ruin it.
 
If it comes in syrup rinsing will help take some of the hit off as you will be removing the syrup from the equation. Soaking may help depending on houw porous the fruit is by allowing some of the syrup that would have soaked in diffuse out into the water. I couldn't begin to estimate how much it sugar you will be cutting out with this method but I can not think of any other option to reduce the sugar content.
 
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