Reggano Traditional Pasta Sauce
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I’ve had a favorite Aldi pasta sauce for years: Simply Nature Organic Marinara Pasta Sauce. I like it because it tastes good, and it has no added sugar.
In the interest of being a well-rounded writer about all things Aldi, I recently ventured out of my pasta sauce comfort zone and picked up a couple of other varieties of sauces from Aldi to try at home.
Specifically, I chose a few options from the most budget-friendly line of pasta sauces at Aldi. There are four different sauces in mixed cases that all sell for $1.59 for a 24-ounce jar at my local store at the time of writing. The sauce varieties include Traditional, Meat, Mushroom, and Tomato, Basil & Garlic. I bought the Traditional and the Meat options.
Here, I’m taking a closer look at the Reggano Traditional Pasta Sauce. Reggano is an Aldi house brand, not a company.
Reggano Traditional Pasta Sauce is a Regular Buy, which means you should be able to find it at Aldi all year. You’ll find it on the room-temperature shelves among the other sauces and pastas. It should be refrigerated after opening.
I bought this for review purposes, and a 24-ounce bottle cost $1.59 at my local Aldi at the time of writing. That comes out to about 7 cents per ounce.
For comparison, a 24-ounce jar of Prego Traditional Spaghetti Sauce at Walmart cost $2.48 at the time of writing, which is about 10 cents per ounce. A 24-ounce jar of Walmart house brand Great Value Traditional Pasta Sauce cost $1.67 at the time of writing, or about 7 cents per ounce.
So, the Aldi sauce is cheaper than name brand. It’s about the same price as other store brands.
Ingredients for the Reggano sauce are tomato puree (water, tomato paste), diced tomatoes in juice (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), sugar, and 2% or less of onions, citric acid, garlic, parsley flakes, salt, soybean oil, and spices.
This is gluten free.
One jar has about six half-cup servings. One serving has 70 calories, 1.5 grams of total fat (2% DV), no saturated fat, 460 mg of sodium (20% DV), 12 grams of total carbohydrates (4% DV), 3 grams of dietary fiber (11% DV), 8 grams of total sugars, 3 grams of added sugars (6% DV), and 2 grams of protein.
I served this along with Aldi spaghetti noodles and meatballs. It’s your classic, basic spaghetti sauce. While it doesn’t contain a ton of added sugar, it is lightly sweet. It’s slightly sweeter than what my family is accustomed to eating when I serve Aldi Simply Nature Organic Marinara Sauce. That didn’t stop my family from enjoying this sauce, though.
I do have some complaints about the plastic container this is sold in. First, it’s plastic instead of glass, which doesn’t seem as sustainable. Second, the inside of the container has ridges that make it hard to get all of the sauce out. A jar spatula won’t get it all. The only way to get all the sauce out is to add a small amount of water, put the lid on, shake, and then pour.
The Verdict:
Reggano Traditional Pasta Sauce is one of the cheapest red sauce options at Aldi. It’s fine. It does contain some added sugars, which is the main reason why we don’t buy this often. If you want budget spaghetti sauce, though, this will do the job.
We wish the container it came in was glass instead of plastic. The container also has some design flaws that make it difficult to get all the sauce out.