Most tolerable tomato sauce in a jar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really like Victoria marinara (the only listed ingredients are tomatoes, onions, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and basil).

I buy from Costco (2 big jars for about 7 dollars).

This sauce is really good
I also like Classico spicy red pepper
Trader joes maranara in the jar and a couple of their other ones

I'd say Victoria is the closest to Rao's in my list

[Anonymous]

1) Rao's
2) Cento (probably the freshest tomato flavor of any commercial sauce)
3) Victoria
4) Classico

Currently making my way through Michael's of Brooklyn (available at Safeway) - the "spicy" abbraviata is not very! Unusually disappointed by this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1) Rao's
2) Cento (probably the freshest tomato flavor of any commercial sauce)
3) Victoria
4) Classico

Currently making my way through Michael's of Brooklyn (available at Safeway) - the "spicy" abbraviata is not very! Unusually disappointed by this one.

Oh, and an "honorable mention" goes to the Giada sauce, which of course is only available at Target!

[Anonymous]

Love Rao's and Patsy's. Wegmans Italian Classics sauces are great too - they have a variety of nice flavors.

[Anonymous]

Really like Whole Foods Marinara.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Wegmans Grandma's Pomodoro Sauce. Not a fan of the Grandpa or vodka sauces.

Rao's currently has a sticker coupon on the jars, at least at our local Safeway.

[Anonymous]

Ragu is awful!

[Anonymous]

I like to buy sauce that doesn't have water in the ingredients and doesn't cost a fortune. Most of the "better"/mid-priced brands contain water. Walmart actually sells one by Victoria's Trading Company that is not bad -- no water and $3.50 per jar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like to buy sauce that doesn't have water in the ingredients and doesn't cost a fortune. Most of the "better"/mid-priced brands contain water. Walmart actually sells one by Victoria's Trading Company that is not bad -- no water and $3.50 per jar.

Sorry, didn't realize this had already been listed. I'll try it from Costco!

[Anonymous]

Ragu is fine. If I'm going to get picky about my sauce, I'm happy to make my own (not hard!) but I won't spend $$$ on jarred sauce - that's just wrong.

[Anonymous]

Raos.

[Anonymous]

Rao's in on sale right now at WF...$3 off per big jar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rao's in on sale right now at WF...$3 off per big jar

So what is the price?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Rao's in on sale right now at WF...$3 off per big jar

So what is the price?

I didn't notice the price, but I did see the sale sign. I'll check next time I go. Maybe it was $9-$3 so $6/big jar?

The little jars were on sale too but I didn't see details.

[Anonymous]

omg six pages of replies…ok I admit I haven't read them all but want to mention that…Malcolm Gladwell's book "What the Dog Saw" has a chapter on tomato sauce.

Massive market research has divided people up into three categories when it comes to tomato sauce…I think it's spicy, plain, and chunky. It's very interesting--and good to know which kind you like, then you can narrow it down.

btw I just did a google search on

malcolm gladwell tomato sauce

and there is youtube video on this, as well as annotated speeches, LOL It's a big deal! (I suppose it justifies six pages of replies, ROTFL)