- Brand
- Prego
- Made by
- The Campbell's Company
- Kind
- pasta sauce
- Barcode
- 00051000025494
Prego
Prego Traditional Pasta Sauce
The jarred red sauce Campbell's sells as its everyday tomato sauce. Tomato puree and diced tomatoes, with sugar the third ingredient and a little canola oil.
Label check
- 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.
What was flagged, and the words it was read from
| 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, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: SALT, CANOLA OIL, DRIED ONIONS, DRIED GARLIC, SPICES, BASIL, CITRIC ACID, ONION EXTRACT, GARLIC EXTRACT.
Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2695858). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.
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