Bremer Family Size Original and Italian Meatballs

Spaghetti and meatballs is both comfort food and convenience food in my house. I’ve always got jars of marinara sauce and packages of dry pasta in my pantry, and I often have a bag or two of meatballs in my deep freezer. It’s easy to boil water, cook some pasta, open a jar of sauce, heat up some pre-cooked meatballs, and have a meal ready to serve.

While you can make meatballs from scratch, I often like the convenience of store-bought frozen meatballs. I usually just microwave the amount I want, making them simple and easy.

Aldi sells a few different types of frozen meatballs.

Bremer Family Size Meatballs come in Original or Italian Style. These are sold under the Bremer brand, which is not a company. Rather, it’s the name Aldi uses for various frozen entrees it sells, which it sources from various suppliers.

These are Regular Buys, which means you should be able to find them any time of year. They’re stocked in the freezer aisle.

We buy Aldi products for review using our own funds. I paid $6.95 for each 32-ounce package of meatballs in May of 2025. That’s around 22 cents per ounce. Each bag contains about 11 six-meatball servings, with about 64 meatballs per bag, or about 11 cents per meatball.

If you’re looking out for allergens, these contain milk, soy, and wheat.

These do contain some ultra-processed ingredients, and they have some fat and sodium, so we enjoy them in moderation.

Bremer Family Size Original Meatballs nutrition information, ingredients, and heating directions. (Click to enlarge.)

Ingredients for the Original meatballs are beef and pork, water, breadcrumbs (wheat flour), textured soy flour, and 2% or less of soy protein concentrate, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, parsley flakes, nonfat milk, sodium phosphate, and rosemary extract.

One six-meatball serving of the Original meatballs has 280 calories, 23 grams of total fat (29% DV), 9 grams of saturated fat (45% DV), 550 mg of sodium (24% DV), 7 grams of total carbohydrates (3% DV), 2 grams of dietary fiber (7% DV), no total sugars or added sugars, and 11 grams of protein.

Bremer Family Size Italian Style Meatballs nutrition information, ingredients, and heating directions. (Click to enlarge.)

Ingredients for the Italian Style meatballs are beef and pork, water, textured soy flour, breadcrumbs (wheat flour), and 2% or less of soy protein concentrate, dextrose, corn syrup solids, salt, parmesan cheese (milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), spices, garlic powder, parsley flakes, onion powder, sodium phosphate, and rosemary extract.

One six-meatball serving of the Italian Style meatballs has 280 calories, 22 grams of total fat (28% DV), 9 grams of saturated fat (45% DV), 520 mg of sodium (23% DV), 9 grams of total carbohydrates (3% DV), 1 gram of dietary fiber (4% DV), 2 grams of total sugars, 2 grams of added sugars (4% DV), and 11 grams of protein.

The packages have directions for heating this in a conventional oven, in the microwave, or on the stove top.

To bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place 12 frozen meatballs in a single layer on a baking sheet. Heat for 15-17 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

To microwave, place 6 frozen meatballs on a microwave-safe plate. Cover with a paper towel. Heat on high power for 1 minute and 30 seconds to 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

To heat on the stove top, place 12 frozen meatballs in a saucepan with 2 cups of your favorite sauce over medium heat. Cover. Heat for 15-17 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir occasionally while heating.

Bremer Original Meatballs and Simply Nature Brown Rice and Quinoa Penne — Original meatballs with Aldi Simply Nature Brown Rice & Quinoa penne pasta and alfredo sauce.

These brown nicely if you heat them in the oven, but for convenience I usually heat these in my microwave. I served some up for a recent pasta night with some brown rice & quinoa fusilli and penne pasta from Aldi.

Bremer Italian Style Meatballs and Simply Nature Brown Rice and Quinoa Fusilli — Italian Style meatballs with Aldi Simply Nature Brown Rice & Quinoa fusilli pasta and marinara sauce.

There isn’t a lot of flavor difference between the Original and the Italian Style meatballs. The Italian Style meatballs have parmesan cheese and a bit of added sugar, which gives them a slightly different flavor. If you made me do a blind taste test, though, I might not be able to tell the difference between the two.

The Verdict:

Bremer Family Size Meatballs come in Original and Italian Style. These are sold frozen, and it’s easy to heat just the amount you need. They’re good for serving with pasta, in meatball sandwiches, in a slow cooker with sauce, or however you want to serve meatballs.