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- Best gourmet pasta sauce Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce *Est. $8
- Best supermarket pasta sauce Barilla Basilico Tomato & Basil Sauce *Est. $3
- Best organic pasta sauce Amys Organic Family Marinara *Est. $6
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Best gourmet pasta sauce
- Complex taste
- Quality ingredients
- High price
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authentic, August 7, 2009Finally! an emergency jarred sauce that's authentically italian. Open the jar and the olive oil is marbled in the top, just like your very own leftovers. The marinara is the best and you can see the fresh… basil chunks inside.The vodka sauce is a good second and is great for penne and casseroles. Worth every penny. I heat a jar in a pan and cook my meatballs right in it. Make the pasta while it simmers. Dinner in less than 30 minutes!
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1. Rosengarten ReportDetails/Subscribe
Food commentator David Rosengarten gathers 500 pasta sauces, cuts the list to 125, tastes them, and identifies the 15 best. Three of the winners are varieties of Rao's, including Rao's Homemade Marinara. Rosengarten says Rao's is "light, acidic, subtle, real, complex."
Review: A Jarring Discovery, David Rosengarten, Mar. 2005
Good Housekeeping asks an unspecified number of tasters to evaluate 20 sauces, but identifies only the top two choices. Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce wins the competition, thanks to its quality ingredients and "a bit of a kick" to its flavor.
Review: Taste Test: Marinara Sauce, Samantha Seneviratne
3. Slate.com
Online magazine Slate.com put 12 sauces through an NCAA basketball tournament-style bracket competition, with Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce winning the final over the much cheaper Prego. Rao's doesn't use corn syrup and Prego does; judges say they could taste the difference.
Review: Marinara Madness: Finally, a Tournament that Levels the Wide World of Past Sauce, Kelly Alexander, Dec. 6, 2001
Food writer/commentator Ed Levine tastes jarred sauces from Emeril Lagasse, Lidia Bastianich and Frankie Pellegrino of Rao's. Winner Rao's was thick and had a "complex tomato flavor."
Review: Celebrity Marinara Sauces, Ed Levine, Mar. 2007
Chowhound is a message board populated by folks who stress flavor over brand prestige. This thread includes a number of recommendations from contributors. Rao's sauces are praised.
Review: What's a Good Store-Bought Pasta Sauce?, Contributors to Chowhound.com
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