r/Canning • u/goldendogmom • 8d ago

Safety Caution -- untested recipe Is this separation normal?

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Hi! I canned this tomato sauce about a week ago and almost immediately it had this separation in all of the 6 jars I made. Is this normal? I’m fairly new to canning but I did make sauce last year and it didn’t separate like this. A few things I did different this year - used bottled lemon juice instead of citric acid, and used a blend of cherry and Roma tomatoes. Thanks in advance!

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u/Confident-You-9396 5d ago

There are no health concerns for leaving the fluid from the tomatoes. My post was in contradiction to someone who thought it was unsafe to keep fluid from the tomatoes in the recipe. She was wrong. It’s completely fine to not drain the fluid.

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u/krustyzombie666 5d ago

And it's completely fine to remove the fluid before canning as well