Trader Joe's Italian tomato & roasted veg pasta sauce

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Trader Joe's Italian tomato & roasted veg pasta sauce scores 96/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Trader Joe's Italian tomato & roasted veg pasta sauce lists 12 ingredients, starting with Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Zucchini and Eggplant. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 96/100 Trader Joe's Italian tomato & roasted veg pasta sauce sits in our top band, among the better pasta & cooking sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & cooking sauces is Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Sauce at 100/100.