I buy Muir Glen (at WF) for organic and no added sugar - we like it. Just bought a jar of Rao's to taste-test after all the raves I have heard for years but somehow never tried.

I buy whatever Marinara or Tomato Basil is A) not Ragu and B) on sale and then dress it up with basil, oregano, onion powder, parsley, minced garlic and a pinch of sugar to taste.

Kirkland at Costco. No added sugar.

Anonymous wrote:Rao's is for suckers.

Classico tomato basil is the way to go. Unless you're a sucker.

Awww - I remember when I used to buy Classico when I was a poor grad student. It's not bad, but it's not great.

Anonymous wrote:Rao's is for suckers.

Classico tomato basil is the way to go. Unless you're a sucker.

Because anyone who doesn't share your subjective taste in tomato sauce is obviously a sucker.

Rao's is for suckers.

Classico tomato basil is the way to go. Unless you're a sucker.

Anonymous wrote:I am not a pasta sauce expert but I have always disliked jarred sauces because I find them too sweet. I have tried some of the more expensive brands, but our hands down favorite is the Simply Enjoy Marinara sauce at Giant

This is the reason that we like Classico's Tomato and Basil, it has one of the lowest sugar contents of jarred sauces and is not over-sugared like the others.

Good grief - it's so bloody easy to make your own tomato sauce. I've never had jar sauce in my life!

But it still takes time. I use jarred sauce when I want a fast meal that doesn't take the extra time to simmer down the tomatoes. I make my own sauce, but it takes at least an extra 45-60 minutes to simmer the tomatoes into a good sauce. I use jarred sauce to make a fast meal that is ready from start to finish in under 45 minutes rather than over an hour. I add enough extra stuff to the jarred sauce (I can sautee onions and garlic, brown meat, add tomato paste and jarred sauce in the time it takes to boil a pot of water and the pasta).

There's a place for both fresh and jarred sauces (at least in our lives).
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Newman, Barilla, or Classico.

Anonymous wrote:Ragu

No no no! Ragubis the one to avoid.

Ragu

Anonymous wrote:Rao's was on sale at Target last week for $5 or $6/jar, which is more than I usually spend. Both DH and I thought it was meh at best. I don't understand the love for this sauce.

The Rao's fra diavolo, puttanesca, and cuore di pomodoro sauces are superior to any other jarred sauce I have tried - the italian sausage, regular marinara and eggplant sauces are more ordinary. The only other fra diavolo I have tried that is close is DeLallo (which I used to see at Giant frequently, but less so as of late.) I have heard that the A&P store brand (Via Roma) puttanesca is good, but I haven't tried it - no longer any A&P's or Super Freshes around here!

Rao's was on sale at Target last week for $5 or $6/jar, which is more than I usually spend. Both DH and I thought it was meh at best. I don't understand the love for this sauce.

Anonymous wrote:Another for Rao's.

Normally about 8.99 at Giant but when it goes on sale for 5.99, we stock up.

+1. It's the only brand my family likes. Newman's is OK as a distant second but Rao's is really better if you're OK with the price.