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Classico Sauce, Roasted Tomato & Garlic
Pasta & Pasta Sauce
📊 NOVA 3🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Classico Sauce, Roasted Tomato & Garlic

Classico
24 oz
Available at Foodtown
50
Calories
2g
Protein
6g
Sugars
410mg
Sodium
2g
Fiber
47
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Classico Roasted Tomato & Garlic Sauce arrives on the grocery shelf in the pasta and canned tomato aisle, stacked beside other jarred red sauces, pestos, and pizza sauces and often near canned diced tomatoes and Italian pantry staples. It reads like a weeknight shorthand for home cooking—an approachable jar for spaghetti, lasagna, quick chicken Parmesan, or a pizza base. Shoppers grab it on grocery runs for easy dinners, meal-prep Sundays when batching pasta or bakes, and movie- or game-night nights when a comforting sauce speeds up cooking. The brand positions itself as classic Italian-American pantry fare: familiar, rustic, and family friendly, aimed at busy households that want a homemade feel without the time. Label copy leans on “fire roasted” and “made with real ingredients,” offering a mild health halo of authenticity; there is no organic badge and no child-focused mascots, just straightforward branding that appeals to adults seeking convenience with quality cues. The ingredient list is mostly tomatoes, seasonings, a little sugar, salt, and olive oil, with small amounts of acidity regulators and calcium for texture—so it is a processed jarred food rather than a fresh sauce. Sensory notes: the sauce is thick but slightly chunky from diced tomatoes, smoky roasted tomato aroma with a forward garlic note, and a glossy surface from olive oil. Packaged in a 24-ounce glass jar with a screw lid, its ritual is simple—simmer, spoon over pasta, or spread on dough—comforting, quick, and reliably pantry-stable until opened and refrigerated.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 0.5 cup
Servings per Container: 5
Calories50
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0.5g1%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium410mg18%
Total Carbohydrate10g4%
Dietary Fiber2g7%
Total Sugars6g
Protein2g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

TOMATO, PUREE, (WATER,, TOMATO, PASTE),, DICED, TOMATOES, IN, JUICE, (TOMATOES,, TOMATO, JUICE,, CITRIC, ACID,, CALCIUM, CHLORIDE),, FIRE, ROASTED, DICED, TOMATOES, (DICED, TOMATOES,, SMOKED, TOMATO, JUICE,, SALT,, CITRIC, ACID,, CALCIUM, CHLORIDE),, CONTAINS, LESS, THAN, 2%, OF, ONIONS,, SALT,, SPICES,, SUGAR,, OLIVE, OIL,, GRANULATED, GARLIC,, GRANULATED, ROASTED, GARLIC,, GARLIC..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • olive oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:3 / 4

Processed Food

Why this score?

Made from concentrated and diced tomatoes with added salt, sugar, and oil plus minor acidity and firming agents, this is a processed jarred sauce rather than an ultra-processed formulation with industrial additives.

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Common Questions about Classico Sauce, Roasted Tomato & Garlic

When we talk about health, it really depends on what you're comparing it to! This sauce is low in calories and has no added sugars or preservatives, which is a win in my book. It's a great option for adding flavor to meals without loading up on unnecessary extras.

Perfect For

meal-prep-sunday
movie-night
game-day-prep

Vibe:

comfortingconvenientwholesome
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