Prego Italian Tomato Pasta Sauce with Roasted Garlic & Herbs

Name: Prego Italian Tomato Pasta Sauce with Roasted Garlic & Herbs
Brand: Prego

Chunky tomato sauce in the Prego range with roasted garlic, basil and other herbs. Contains added sugar and natural flavoring.

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Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

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Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Canola oil	Seed oils	CANOLA OIL

Ingredients as listed

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

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2731687). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Prego Italian Tomato Pasta Sauce with Roasted Garlic & Herbs

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Ingredients as listed

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