The ratios correspond to different canned fruits that benefit from more or less added sweetness, and it's actually quite easy to make this simple syrup to use with your homemade canned fruits.

Get the canned fruit sorbet recipe ... bake is also a very flexible recipe that can be used with a variety of different fruits and berries; work the contents around your favourite tastes.

Sometimes. Canned vegetables usually have added salt, and some canned fruit in packed sugary syrup. Choose canned veggies labeled low sodium, and buy fruit that's packed in water or its own juice.

But what would happen if you did cut out fresh fruit and veg and ate only tinned goods? In 2017, BBC Radio Derby's Andy Twigge set himself a challenge of eating only canned food for a week.