This footy finals season, it’s tomato sauce brands like Heinz, Rosella and MasterFoods which are going head-to-head to score top spot on your next meat pie. In this taste test, the Good Food team tackled 10 of the most popular tomato sauce products available in major supermarkets. We’re looking for a rich, smooth and complex sauce with a balance of salt, acidity and sweetness: the perfect complementary condiment for meat pies and sausage rolls in stadiums and pubs across Australia.
Sauces are scored out of 10, averaged across at least three separate Good Food Guide reviewers, and presented in ascending order. 12. Pop’s tomato sauce $3.
50 for 600ml Pop’s tomato sauce is an old-school tomato sauce with a loyal fan base. It contains the greatest percentage of (Australian) tomatoes, so why does it taste so unpleasant? It’s like watered down, uncooked tomato paste – gluggy, bitter and blergh. 3.
25/10 11. Woolworths tomato sauce $1.95 for 500ml A largely inoffensive addition to the line-up.
Woolies sauce has a biting acidity, but little else – making it neither too sweet, nor too sour, nor particularly memorable. A watery but acceptable (and affordable!) choice, if you’re in a pinch. 4.
5/10 10. Rosella tomato sauce (squeezy) $3.75 for 500ml It’s sweet, it’s sour, and it’s .
.. fine? The taste of the Australian-grown tomatoes shine through in this squeezy sauce, but there’s no real bite to back them up.
It doesn’t taste as though it has one of the highest sa.
