Do you eat tinned fruit daily and are you healthy?

[Belledan1]

Bit boring but with lockdown and shopping, its good to keep tinned supplies in. I have started to eat more frozen berries and mango since i got a bigger freezer and love it. Friend is organising Christmas food hampers and my part was to get loads of tins of fruit. Was amazed at the varieties. I have bought pineapple in the past but don't tend to go to that section of the supermarket. I know Slimming World you are not allowed it. Well I got 2 tins of pears for myself (in juice of course) - they were so nice. I love pears but fresh ones are either really hard or suddenly go really mushy. Was wondering if this was a good option, the calories do not look that high really and nice and easy to prepare. Was thinking trying the peaches and apples next. Family bit fussy re fruit but do eat bananas and oranges so would carry on getting them. What do you have if you have it and does it help with weight loss/sustaining weight?

Tinned peaches and tinned mandarins are up there with my favourite puddings!

They're not as healthy as fresh fruit but they're certainly not bad for you!

I'm healthyish and when I'm trying to shift a few pounds they're my go to pudding.

If you have a space in a freezer Farmfoods have nice frozen ones. Big fan of the sour cherries

I tend to buy tinned peaches and tinned pears. Buying them fresh is like a lottery a lot of the time. They're rock hard when you get them and you have to watch for the 25 minute window when they go soft, before going bad.

By all means enjoy your tinned fruit, but you can’t pretend it fits in any weightloss regime.

It may add a small amount of fibre to your body, but mainly a big whack of sugar.

My personal trainer, GP and dietitian (at different stages of my life) have all advised no fruit (tinned or otherwise) as important for weightloss. Right up there with limiting carbs. You may as well eat a doughnut as some tinned fruit!

Do you have a source that confirms this? You writing this doesn't make it any more valid than the above unless you have some way to prove it.

There is literally a link in the next post @LindaEllen

You need to buy the ones in juice rather than syrup. I like tinned pears. Not something I have more than once or twice a year though. Tinned peaches are particularly good for crumble, and mandarins are great in orange jelly.

My personal trainer, GP and dietitian (at different stages of my life) have all advised no fruit (tinned or otherwise) as important for weightloss.

Well. I guess it depends on a diet, but I am losing weight and eat usually at least 2 portions of fruit a day... Which was also ok with the dietitian I went to few years back.

You may as well eat a doughnut as some tinned fruit!

this is complete bollocks
you do know how doughnuts are cooked I presume

I've recently started eating tinned grapefruit and love it. I sometimes have a bowl of this rather than cereal or toast for breakfast. Obviously the grapefruit is much less carby and is lighter. Frozen foods are frozen very soon after being harvested, locking in the vitamins. I assume it's the same for tinned fruit. For me, the tinned grapefruit aids my weightloss as I'm consuming less calories and it's handy to have a tin in. I would likely forget to have/not fancy a grapefuit if I bought a fresh one.

How do you eat the frozen berries and mango OP? I've bought frozen berries before for smoothies. I know that some people put them straight into yogurt but surely they're still frozen.

Frozen berries - I grow and freeze tons of soft fruit. I put in a pan with no water and heat through, then serve with full fat Greek yogurt, not trying to lose weight though.

@Girlzroolz

By all means enjoy your tinned fruit, but you can’t pretend it fits in any weightloss regime.

It may add a small amount of fibre to your body, but mainly a big whack of sugar.

My personal trainer, GP and dietitian (at different stages of my life) have all advised no fruit (tinned or otherwise) as important for weightloss. Right up there with limiting carbs. You may as well eat a doughnut as some tinned fruit!

What bollocks.

Yes fruit has sugar but it also contains essential vitamins and minerals. It’s also excellent slow release energy.

As for cutting carbs then that’s great if you want to lose weight quickly but if you want to keep it off then complex carbs are one of the best way to build lean muscle. They’re also essential for muscle repairing.

If your trainer has genuinely convinced you a Krispy Kreme is better than some tinned mandarins then you need a new trainer.

I remember reading once that, unlike a lot of tinned fruit, peaches actually do retain a lot of their nutritious value.

Tinned mandarins with chocolate ice cream is amazing.

And I am someone who doesn't like Terry's chocolate oranges.

I love fruit arguments, especially when someone recommends eating a chocolate bar instead.

My grandma ate tinned fruit daily and lived to be 90. Del Monte peach halves and pear slices were a favourite.

French hotels always have tinned prunes with yoghurt for breakfast. The French are big on fruit puree too, not just for babies.

Only if you stick a tin of Tip Top on top 😋

(Is that even still a thing?!)

I loved Tip Top!!

I bought some tinned fruit for stores and have found raspberries wonderful, mango and grapefruit good and pear ok. Surprising - had never had it before now I think other than maybe school lunches ?

@TheRealJeanLouise

Only if you stick a tin of Tip Top on top 😋

(Is that even still a thing?!)

Ooh no, you have to add evaporated milk ! Love tinned fruit and evaporated milk 😍. Guess what we're having for pudding tonight ?

I remember the days when, in a British seaside hotel, Peach Melba was a bowl of two tinned peach halves with a scoop of vanilla ice cream thrown at it.

Exotic.

I always have some in as it is quite handy. We tend to have it when we are due to go shopping and the fruit bowl is down to one manky banana we don't want to eat or when we fancy a desert (we don't generally eat desert) and have it with some natural yogurt or a small scoop of ice cream. I always buy it in the juice and tend to prefer pineapple or pears.

Thanks for all the responses. Yes I do need to get weight off. Obviously i would not eat lots of tinned fruit all the time. The tin of pears lasted me 2 days as I mixed it with other fruit. I would buy all fruit in juice although. Thanks for the recommendations, prunes, mandarins, peaches (had peaches before but really fancy them) and tinned apricots are next on my list. Ohh Tip Top I used to love that.

herryBlossomTree7- I either remember to take them out the freezer the day before and put a mixture in a bowl in the fridge or I defrost them in the microwave. It does produce a lot of liquid but you can drain it off and you have to keep checking on it every 10 secs.

Yes Farm foods do good frozen fruits. I find Aldi is good too and Iceland.

I blitz one tin in the blender, throw it straight into lolly moulds and wait! We've had all sorts of flavours (even prune, which my toddler adored!). The sugar content helps it have that nice not-too-icy texture. One tin (contents plus juice) makes 6 IKEA lollies. Felt I was winning at life when I discovered that!

@BalloonSlayer

Tinned mandarins with chocolate ice cream is amazing.

And I am someone who doesn't like Terry's chocolate oranges.

Oh my god. We used to eat that when I was young. Looooved it

Your question was about weight loss? Short answer is no. A diet high in fresh fruits and vegetables is highly in fibre and nutritents. The high fibre helps you feel fuller longer and theoretically eat less. Tinned fruit has added sugar, skin removed (where bulk of nutrients are) and cooked, ie again results in a drop in nutrition. Frozen fresh fruit are a far better option

Dp and teen dd eat tinned fruit, in juice, right out the tin, usually fruit cocktail, peaches, mandarin or pineapple. Teen ds is a bit more of a snob and says it tastes too "tinny" and prefers the natures finest plastic pots. I'm not fussed either way!

No idea of the nutritional values or benefits!