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Delallo Sauce Pizza Italian
Pasta & Pasta Sauce
📊 NOVA 3🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Delallo Sauce Pizza Italian

Delallo
12.70 oz
Available at Foodtown
40
Calories
1g
Protein
6g
Sugars
360mg
Sodium
2g
Fiber
11
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Delallo Sauce Pizza Italian reads like a pantry-friendly shortcut to an Italian-inspired home pizza. You’d find it on the pasta & sauce aisle or stacked near pizza crusts, canned tomatoes, and other jarred sauces — often grouped with imported or “authentic” Italian brands. It fits quick weeknight dinners, last-minute pizza parties, and lazy weekend baking sessions where shoppers want a recognizable sauce without making one from scratch. The brand leans into Italian culinary heritage: marketing that evokes family recipes, Mediterranean ingredients, and a slightly upmarket pantry staple for home cooks who prize authenticity and convenience. Labels typically highlight simple inputs — cherry tomatoes and extra virgin olive oil — creating a “natural” health halo; there’s no child-focused artwork or whimsical mascot, and no organic certification listed on the ingredient set provided. In plain terms this is a packaged, shelf-stable tomato sauce: processed and preserved for convenience but made from recognizable vegetables and oil rather than industrial additives. Sensory notes emphasize a bright, slightly chunky tomato texture with a glossy olive oil sheen, subtle sweetness from carrots and a touch of sugar, and herbaceous basil and onion aromas; the sauce spreads easily across dough or melts into bubbling cheese when heated. Packaging is the familiar 12.7 oz jar with a screw-top lid for spooning or pouring, making it part of the ritual of assembling pizza — warm the sauce, spread, top, and bake — or stirring into pasta. It’s a practical, comforting staple in American groceries that promises fuss-free, Italian-flavored results.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 0.25 cup
Servings per Container: 6
Calories40
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0g0%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium360mg16%
Total Carbohydrate8g3%
Dietary Fiber2g7%
Total Sugars6g
Protein1g
* 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

Cherry, Tomatoes,, Extra, Virgin, Olive, Oil,, Salt,, Carrots,, Onions,, Basil,, Sugar..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • extra virgin 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?

This is a processed packaged tomato sauce made from whole ingredients (cherry tomatoes, olive oil, vegetables) with added salt and sugar; it lacks industrial additives but is preserved and prepared for shelf stability, fitting NOVA group 3.

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Common Questions about Delallo Sauce Pizza Italian

Well, 'healthy' can mean different things depending on your goals! This sauce is low in calories and packed with tomatoes and veggies, which is a win for those looking for a lighter topping. However, it does have some sodium, so if you're watching your salt intake, just keep that in mind.

Perfect For

game-day-prep
movie-night
weeknight-dinner

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