Surprising Pasta Sauces.When you're you're Contraction of you are. you're you are you're be in a hurry, nothing beats heating up a jar of pasta While the only basic difference between these names is the shape of the pasta, each pasta is typically matched with a particular sauce based on cooking time, consistency, ability to hold sauce, ease of eating, etc. sauce and pouring it over a bowl of just-cooked spaghetti spaghetti: see pasta. or linguine or rotini Rotini is a type of pasta, related to Fusilli, but with a tighter spiral, i.e. with a smaller pitch. The name derives from the Italian for twists. Rotini originate from Northern Italy and the tight twists help them retain a wide variety of sauces better. . Add a salad with a balsamic-vinegar-and-oil dressing and dinner's served. And what a dinner. You get vegetables from the salad and the sauce (each cup of tomato sauce takes care of two of your daily servings). If you're a man, the tomatoes' lycopene lycopene /ly·co·pene/ (li´ko-pen) the red carotenoid pigment of tomatoes and various berries and fruits. ly·co·pene n. may help reduce your risk of prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. (at least according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. one study). And every pasta meal is one less chance to load up on red meat. Many of today's bottled pasta sauces are every bit as good as homemade home·made adj. 1. Made or prepared in the home: homemade pie. 2. Made by oneself. 3. Crudely or simply made. Adj. 1. . But which brand to buy? Before you rush out and spend $10 on a 24-ounce bottle of Rao's Rao's' is a restaurant founded in 1896. Rao's is located at 455 East 114th Street, East Harlem, New York City.[1] The restaurant was started in 1896 by Charles Rao, who moved with his parents from Italy to the United States. Homemade Arrabiatta (it's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have heavenly heav·en·ly adj. 1. Sublime; delightful; enchanting. 2. Of or relating to the firmament; celestial: the sun, the moon, and other heavenly bodies. 3. , by the way), check out our "Five Pasta Sauce Surprises." Surprise 1: Low-sodium tastes fine. Pasta sauce is always high in salt, right? Tell that to Eden Organic, Enrico's, Francesco Francesco may refer to:
Still, there's no denying that salt brings out the flavor of tomato sauce. How much is too much? We set the cutoff for our Best Bites at a generous 800 milligrams per cup. That's because the two cups of pasta you pour it over have about 400 calories and almost no sodium (unless you salt the water). And for that many calories, 800 mg of sodium isn't bad. Surprise 2: Labels tell only half the story. A half cup. That's the serving listed on all pasta sauce labels (except those for Alfredos and pestos, which use a quarter cup). The Food and Drug Administration says a typical serving is a half-cup of sauce over a cup of cooked pasta. What could they be thinking? When we ordered spaghetti with tomato sauce at dozens of Italian restaurants in Chicago, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden as part of our analysis of Italian restaurant food, we were served an average of 3 1/2 cups of pasta and sauce combined. The closest we came to 1 1/2 cups was when the pasta came as a side dish side dish n. A dish served as an accompaniment to the main course. Noun 1. side dish - a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course entremets, side order . So we doubled the serving size--to one cup of sauce--when we prepared our chart and came up with our Best Bites. (When you're out shopping, you may have to do the same.) Surprise 3: Most leading brands don't lead. No Pregos. No Barillas. No Five Brothers. No Newman's Owns. No Buitoni Contadinas. Not a single Best Bite among the lot. And if it weren't for its Light line, Ragu wouldn't have any either. Even Classico could only come up with four Best Bites among its 14 flavors. In almost every case, the culprit was sodium. The big sellers think nothing of tossing toss v. tossed, toss·ing, toss·es v.tr. 1. To throw lightly or casually or with a sudden slight jerk: tossed the shirt on the floor. See Synonyms at throw. 1,000 mg or more into every cup. Barilla barilla see halogeton glomeratus. Green & Black Olive Noun 1. black olive - olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil ripe olive olive - one-seeded fruit of the European olive tree usually pickled and used as a relish tipped the scales at 2,020 mg per cup--almost a full day's quota quota In international trade, a government-imposed limit on the quantity of goods and services that may be exported or imported over a specified period of time. Quotas are more effective than tariffs in restricting trade, since they limit the availability of goods rather . What a waste. We found dozens of great-tasting sauces with no more than 800 mg of sodium per cup. And are you going to have fun trying them. Start with Classico Fire-Roasted Tomato & Garlic garlic: see onion. garlic Bulbous perennial plant (Allium sativum) of the lily family, native to central Asia and growing wild in Italy and southern France. The bulbs are used as a flavouring. or Spicy Red Pepper red pepper: see pepper. , Dell'Amore Fresh Basil & Garlic, Timpone's Spicy Roasted roast v. roast·ed, roast·ing, roasts v.tr. 1. To cook with dry heat, as in an oven or near hot coals. 2. To dry, brown, or parch by exposing to heat. 3. Peppers, or Steff Gourmet Roasted Garlic Marinara ma·ri·na·ra adj. Being or served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, garlic, and spices: spaghetti marinara. n. Marinara sauce. . The tomatoes and herbs taste like they've just been picked and the spicing is complex and inviting. You won't get a Mason jar or a fancy label with Ragu Light or Healthy Choice, but a few of their flavors are certainly worth a try. In fact, we'd be proud to pour Ragu Light No Sugar Added Tomato & Basil over our pasta any day. Surprise 4: Tomato Alfredos aren't all alike. If your pasta's not worth eating unless it's creamy cream·y adj. cream·i·er, cream·i·est Rich in or resembling cream. cream  i·ly adv. , you might be
tempted to try one of the new tomato Alfredos. Watch out. A cup of
Classico or Five Brothers has 14 grams of fat, seven or eight of them
saturated saturated /sat·u·rat·ed/ (sach´ah-rat?ed)1. denoting a chemical compound that has only single bonds and no double or triple bonds between atoms. 2. unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance. . DiGiorno Plum Tomato Alfredo has double that. The exceptions: Enrico's and Millina's Finest Organic. They're more like tomato than Alfredo. A one-cup serving of each has no more than two grams of sat fat. And watch your serving sizes. Some brands use a 1/4-cup serving on their tomato Alfredo labels (the FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. allows the puny pu·ny adj. pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est 1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses. 2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill. portion for pestos and cheese sauces). If you eat as much as you would a tomato sauce (which is likely), you'll run into a load of saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be you can do without. We used a one-cup serving in our chart. Surprise 5: Don't sweat the fat. As long as you steer steer castrated male cattle beast over a year of age. See also bullock, buller steer. steer bulling see bulling. steer Medtalk verb away from Alfredos (even if they're "light") or meat, cheese, cream, or pesto sauces, you can pretty much ignore fat. We let our Best Bites have up to ten grams per cup. Why? Because in ordinary tomato sauce, the fat is largely unsaturated unsaturated /un·sat·u·rat·ed/ (un-sach´ur-at?ed) 1. not holding all of a solute which can be held in solution by the solvent. 2. denoting compounds in which two or more atoms are united by double or triple bonds. , and because it's part of a 500- to 600-calorie meal. Of course, don't forget to add two grams of fat--and one gram of saturated fat--for every tablespoon ta·ble·spoon n. Abbr. T, tbsp. A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters. tablespoon a household unit of volume or capacity; equivalent to three teaspoons or approximately 15 milliliters; in metric of Parmesan you sprinkle over your bowl. RELATED ARTICLE: Revealing Our Sauces A one-cup serving of our Best Bite tomato (and tomato Alfredo) sauces has no more than ten grams of fat, two grams of saturated fat, and 800 milligrams of sodium. Worst Bites have six or more grams of saturated fat. (Most pasta sauce labels list nutrition information for an unrealistically small half-cup serving. If you eat a cup, make sure you double the numbers on the bottle.) Our serving size for non-tomato Alfredos is 1/2 cup and for pestos is 1/4 cup. Within each category, sauces are ranked from least to most fat, then sodium and calories.
Pasta Sauce (1 cup
unless otherwise Fat Sodium
noted) Calories (grams) (mg)
[check] [check] Enrico's (or
Enrico's Organic)
No Salt Added(1) 120 0 120
[check] [check] Millina's Finest
Organic Low Sodium
Tomato and Basil 90 0 160
[check] [check] Millina's Finest
Organic(2) 90 0 500
[check] [check] Tree of Life Fat-
Free Pasta Sauce
Plus(1) 90 0 520
[check] [check] Tree of Life
Organic Fat
Free(1) 60 0 540
[check] [check] Enrico's Fat Free
Traditional 120 0 540
[check] [check] Uncle Dave's Fat
Free with
Mushrooms 100 0 600
[check] [check] Enrico's Organic
(except No Salt
Added)(1) 100 0 640
[check] [check] Enrico's with
Mushrooms 120 0 760
[check] [check] Healthy Choice
(except
Alfredos)(1) 100 0 780
Hunt's Light
Traditional 80 0 820
Millina's Finest
Organic Garlic
Garlic 80 0 830
Seeds of Change
Southwestern 90 0 860
[check] [check] Seeds of Change
(except South-
western and
Three Cheese
Marinara)(1) 110 1 600
[check] [check] Ragu Light(1) 120 1 790
Hunt's Garlic &
Herb 80 1 1,280
[check] [check] Uncle Dave's
Sundried Tomato
Basil Pesto
(1/4 cup) 70 2 160
[check] [check] Steff Gourmet(1) 90 2 420
[check] [check] Hunt's Ready Chunky
Special 80 2 560
[check] [check] Muir Glen(1) 120 2 670
[check] [check] Progresso Red Clam
with Tomato &
Basil 120 2 700
[check] [check] Classico Tomato &
Basil 100 2 780
[check] [check] Classico Fire-
Roasted Tomato &
Garlic 120 2 780
Seeds of Change
Three Cheese
Marinara 80 2 900
Millina's Finest
Organic Pesto/Sun
Dried Tomato 100 2 1,100
[check] [check] Uncle Dave's Tex
Mex with Pine Nuts
(1/4 cup) 60 3 270
[check] [check] Mama Rizzo's
(except Tomato
Basil & Garlic)(1) 120 3 550
[check] [check] Timpone's Spicy
Roasted Peppers 100 3 640
[check] [check] Classico Roasted
Garlic 120 3 780
Classico Portobello
Mushroom 140 3 840
Classico Mushrooms
& Ripe Olives 140 3 860
Mama Rizzo's Tomato
Basil & Garlic 120 3 880
[check] [check] Tree of Life No
Salt Added 100 4 0
[check] [check] Colavita Mushroom 100 4 580
[check] [check] Tree of Life
(except No Salt
Added) 100 4 580
Classico Roasted
Peppers & Onion 120 4 820
Hunt's Ready
Italian 140 4 840
[check] [check] Eden Organic No
Salt Added 160 5 20
[check] [check] Colavita Marinara 140 5 440
[check] [check] Classico Spicy Red
Pepper 120 5 540
[check] [check] Uncle Dave's
Excellent Low Fat
Marinara(1) 160 5 560
[check] [check] Eden Organic 160 5 640
[check] [check] Enrico's Tomato
Alfredo(1) 160 5 690
[check] [check] Timpone's Classic 100 5 720
Barilla(1) 150 5 1,240
[check] [check] Colavita Classic
Hot or Garden
Style(3) 120 6 540
Classico Pecorino
Romano & Herb 160 6 820
Healthy Choice
Alfredo (1/2
cup)(1) 90 6 910
Five Brothers
(except
Alfredos)(1) 170 6 990
Newman's Own(1) 150 6 1,100
Ragu (except Ragu
Light and Cheese
Creations)(1) 210 7 1,220
Francesco Rinaldi
(except No Salt
Added)(1) 180 7 1,300
[check] [check] Francesco Rinaldi
No Salt Added 180 8 60
[check] [check] Rao's Homemade
(except
Puttanesca)(1) 120 8 750
Classico Sun-Dried
Tomato 160 8 980
Classico Four
Cheese 160 8 1,000
Prego(1) 240 8 1,050
Rao's Homemade
Puttanesca 120 8 1,200
[check] [check] Medei Cuisine(1) 150 9 110
[check] [check] Dell'Amore(1) 170 9 530
Classico Florentine
Spinach & Cheese 160 9 980
[check] [check] Uncle Dave's
Sunflower Pesto
(1/4 cup) 210 10 550
Classico Italian
Sausage & Fennel 180 10 940
Classico Spicy
Tomato & Pesto 180 10 1,060
X Ragu Cheese
Creations Creamy
Tomato Romano 240 10 1,160
X Classico Tomato
Alfredo 240 14 1,080
X Five Brothers
Tomato Alfredo 280 14 1,320
X Five Brothers
Alfredo (except
Tomato) (1/2
cup)(1) 200 18 840
X Ragu Cheese
Creations (except
Creamy Tomato
Romano) (1/2
cup)(1) 220 20 800
Refrigerated Sauce
(1 cup unless
otherwise noted)
[check] [check] DiGiorno Marinara 140 0 440
[check] [check] DiGiomo Plum Tomato
and Mushroom 120 0 520
Buitoni Contadina
Marinara(1) 140 6 1,050
X Buitoni Contadina
Light Alfredo (1/2
cup) 160 10 660
Buitoni Contadina
Reduced Fat Pesto
(1/4 cup) 230 18 560
X DiGiorno Light
Alfredo (1/2 cup) 280 18 1,200
X Buitoni Contadina
Tomato Herb
Parmesan 280 18 1,440
X Buitoni Contadina
Alfredo (except
Light) (1/2
cup)(1) 280 23 610
X Buitoni Contadina
Pesto (1/4 cup) 290 24 580
X DiGiorno Alfredo
(except Light and
Plum Tomato)
(1/2 cup)(1) 310 26 1,060
X DiGiorno Plum
Tomato Alfredo 320 28 720
X DiGiorno Pesto (1/4
cup)(1) 330 32 540
[check] [check] = Best Bite. X = Worst bite. (1) average of all flavors. (2) average of all flavors except Low Sodium Tomato and Basil, Garlic Garlic, and Pesto/Sun Dried Tomato. (3) average of flavors listed. The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. without written permission from CSPI CSPI Center for Science in the Public Interest CSPI Corporate Service Price Index CSPI Cumulative Schedule Performance Index . Source: Manufacturers. The information for this article was compiled by Wendy Meltzer. |
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