DON'T Buy These 9 Pasta Sauce Brands (And 3 That ACTUALLY Start With Tomatoes)

Pick up a jar of pasta sauce, one of the big names, and turn it over. The first ingredient says "tomato puree." Then a pair of brackets. Inside them, two words: water, tomato paste. It's still tomato. It's just not the tomato on the front of the jar. In this video we read the front, the ingredient list and the company line on 9 jars and cans, counting down from mildly misleading to hard to defend: #9 Great Value Traditional, #8 Good & Gather Traditional, #7 Newman's Own Marinara, #6 Bertolli Tomato & Basil, #5 Classico Traditional Sweet Basil, #4 Ragú Old World Style, #3 Hunt's Traditional, #2 Prego Traditional and #1 Primal Kitchen Organic Tomato Basil. #9 Great Value: tomato puree with water and tomato paste in the brackets, and what the federal code says about puree and paste. #8 Good & Gather: nearly the same list as the Walmart jar, and "and/or" oils. #7 Newman's Own: a real cause, zero added sugar, and the same first line. #6 Bertolli: "Since 1865" on the front, a Mount Prospect, Illinois company on the back. #5 Classico: "made with real ingredients" and a sweet basil with the basil under two percent. #4 Ragú Old World Style: two different ingredient lists for the same jar, and a 2019 FDA recall record. #3 Hunt's Traditional: "premium" on the ribbon, plain water as the second ingredient. #2 Prego Traditional: "Italian sauce" on the front, sugar third, and the company that also owns Rao's. #1 Primal Kitchen: the most expensive of the nine, with the same brackets on the second line. Along the way: six jars in this video belong to just three companies, and in two of those three pairs, only one label prints the company's name. Then we show you three jars whose first line is just tomatoes: Michael's of Brooklyn, Lucini Italia Organic Tuscan Tomato Sauce and Rao's Homemade Marinara. Each one has an honest downside, and we tell you what it is. The rule: Read the first line. Is it "tomatoes," or "tomato puree (water, tomato paste)"? ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 01:40 #9 Great Value Traditional 04:20 #8 Good & Gather Traditional 06:47 #7 Newman's Own Marinara 08:56 #6 Bertolli Tomato & Basil 11:15 #5 Classico Traditional Sweet Basil 13:42 #4 Ragú Old World Style 16:25 #3 Hunt's Traditional 18:44 #2 Prego Traditional 22:15 #1 Primal Kitchen Organic Tomato Basil 25:00 The 3 That Start With Tomatoes 28:32 The One Rule Disclaimer: This video is for general educational purposes only and is not medical or nutrition advice. Product formulas, sourcing and packaging can change, and labels may differ by size, flavor, store and date; for example, we found two different ingredient lists for Ragú Old World Style. Information reflects front-of-pack wording, ingredient lists, federal labeling rules, FDA recall records and public company information available at the time of production. Prices are from Walmart.com, one Target store and, for one product, Sprouts online on October 5, 2026, and vary by store. Inclusion does not mean a product is unsafe or violates regulations. Always check the current label. #PastaSauce #FoodLabels #GroceryShopping #ReadTheFirstLine