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Prego 100% Natural Italian Pasta Sauce, Traditional
Pasta & Pasta Sauce
📊 NOVA 4🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free

Prego 100% Natural Italian Pasta Sauce, Traditional

Prego®
45 oz
Available at Foodtown
70
Calories
2g
Protein
8g
Sugars
480mg
Sodium
3g
Fiber
32
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Prego 100% Natural Italian Pasta Sauce, Traditional is the familiar jar you’ll find in the pasta-and-sauce aisle, usually shelved beside other jarred tomato sauces, canned tomatoes, boxed pasta and Italian seasoning packets. At 45 oz it’s a family-size jar often placed near value multipacks and meal-stretching staples. This sauce fits weeknight dinners, back-to-school meal routines, and meal-prep Sundays when shoppers pick up convenient bases for quick pastas, casseroles or slow-simmered weeknight meals. Prego’s brand positioning leans into classic American-Italian comfort: an accessible, long-standing household name marketed to busy parents and families who want an easy, reliably tasty dinner solution. The label leans on health-friendly claims — “100% Natural,” vegan, gluten-free, “no high fructose corn syrup” and “no artificial colors” — but it is not certified organic and reads like mainstream, family-focused branding rather than specialty or artisan messaging. In plain terms, this is an industrially produced, shelf-stable tomato sauce made from concentrated tomato purée and added ingredients to enhance shelf life and flavor. Sensory details: expect a thick, smooth, slightly chunky tomato texture with a bright vine-ripened tomato aroma, a balanced herb-and-sugar sweetness, and a savory finish from dried onion/garlic and spice extracts. Packaged in a wide-mouth screw-top jar for easy stirring and storage, it invites simple rituals — heating in a saucepan, spooning over pasta, or stretching into soups and baked dishes — and is designed to deliver consistent flavor that keeps family meals quick, comforting and familiar.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 0.5 cup
Servings per Container: 10
Calories70
% Daily Value*
Total Fat1.5g2%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium480mg21%
Total Carbohydrate11g4%
Dietary Fiber3g11%
Total Sugars8g
Added Sugars3g6%
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

INGREDIENTS:, TOMATO, PUREE, (WATER,, TOMATO, PASTE),, DICED, TOMATOES, IN, TOMATO, JUICE,, SUGAR,, CONTAINS, LESS, THAN, 1%, OF:, SALT,, CANOLA, OIL,, DRIED, ONIONS,, DRIED, GARLIC,, SPICES,, BASIL,, CITRIC, ACID,, ONION, EXTRACT,, GARLIC, EXTRACT..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • canola oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • canola oil - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

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

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

The sauce is an industrially formulated, shelf-stable product containing added sugar, refined oil, acidulants and flavor extracts; these characteristics and processing steps align with NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed foods).

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Common Questions about Prego 100% Natural Italian Pasta Sauce, Traditional

Healthiness can be a bit subjective, right? Prego's sauce has a decent amount of tomatoes and spices, plus it's low in calories at just 70 per half-cup. However, it does contain added sugars and sodium, which might not be ideal if you're watching those. So, it’s great for a quick meal but maybe not a health food superstar.

Perfect For

back-to-school
meal-prep-sunday
weeknight-dinner

Vibe:

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