Tomato Juice Letdown

Just about everybody I sat next to on the plane yesterday drank tomato juice. Some had it straight from the can, some had it in a glass with ice, and some had it in a glass without.

Never having tried tomato juice, and suffering from the conventional wisdom, I thought: “Gross.”  So I ordered my own.  Yes, I really did want to find out whether I was waay wrong and the vegetable-looking, opaque-red state beverage of Ohio had some health benefits or, possibly, tasted good.

The answer came as a shock.  I snapped open the can and was hit immediately by a burst of something that smelled just like my mother’s old pasta sauce.  This was not a good sign.  Once the liquid was in my mouth, the suspicion was confirmed.  This was just not good.  It even tasted like watery old pasta sauce.

So I checked the nutrition label.  Something this gross must be good for me, right?

Wrong.  The stuff was just loaded with sodium – 41% DV in a single can.  Besides moderate helpings of vitamins A and C, there was nothing else.  Not even some sales voodoo informing me of the magic of this-o-pene or that-a-trol.  Just salt water.

I can’t imagine why people drink this stuff.  If you have a really compelling reason, hit us up on Twitter.  Thanks.

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