Jack Bishop returns to the test kitchen to share big news: Italian canned whole tomatoes are his new favorite. Jack has Bridget Lancaster and Julia Collin Davison taste their way through various American and Italian brands of canned whole tomatoes, to see which brand made the smoothest, best-tasting red sauce.
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49 Comments
We garden and I can lots of tomatoes: homemade catsup is our favorite. Found the San Marzano plants last year. They took my catsup up another level! I haven't tried the Cento yet. Need to get some!
Was the goal of the introduction of this video to completely discredit ATK? Mission accomplished. You don't even have Bianco Di Napoli on the table. This is not a video people should use to choose canned tomatoes.
if anyone thinks that a U.S. tomato processing plant makes a better tomato than Italian factories, just check the ingredients. thats like comparing Ketchup to a fresh Roma tomato.
Can you test titanium pans?
Excellent question 😊
I'll try to save money in many ways but canned tomatoes are not one of those ways. A can makes many meals, and flavour is more important to me than the 2 bucks I'd save. But then again I almost always make my own pasta so I win the money back there ….
Costco sells Cento San Marzano tomatoes and I buy them almost every Costco run for pasta sauce, chili and various soups!
What about crushed tomatoes? Same result?
Julia is so real for immediately getting sauce on her shirt. Im right there with you homie
Anything is better than American
As far as i know Citric Acid is not for the punch… it's used in a process to get the skin off and also for some kind of preservation
Cento, used to Pope have a!way been my families choice. I mix the Italian with the American in my sauce. The salt and acid in the American brands compliments the Italian.
Love Cento! Their American tomato products are also superior. Their canned tomato products are just that. Tomatoes (and sometimes salt and/or basil).
Love it when reviewers try to hand out participation trophies to the losers. Cant hurt these guys feelings
All tomatoes are American …
A lot of chefs and home cooks swear by canned tomatoes, but I'm phasing them out. Not only the slight metal taste, but the fact that they get loaded with microplastics as well.
Have used Cento for many many years.
HEB has a store branded line of Italian tomatoes, and they have a variety of varietals! Yellow tomatoes, too…
Why would you want a "firming agent" in tomatoes used for tomato sauce.
You didn't test Mutti so you haven't tasted the best canned tomatoes.
Cento isn't even close.
Red Gold makes a more premium canned whole tomato called Red Gold Red Pack. It is the best canned tomato you can get, but it can be hard to come by.
I have been cheated xD
The biggest reason to avoiding all factory grown American produce and grain is Round-Up. Flavor isn't even on the list of concerns compared to that.
(I usually just go with imported Pastene, but I like the flavor of the fresh basil added right in the can)
Rule of thumb: There is not one American canned product better than an European or Asian variant.
Who would ever in this day and age, outside the US, buy American products? Make penance, & we will see…
😂 this is a fuckknf joke, Italian tomatoes are actually Chinese. Big issue in Italy avout that right now. Only 1 brand is actually Italian tomatoes (forgot which).
Idiots “informing” idiots is an issue
Next time throw a can of Mutti into the mix.
You guys always leave out Pacific Coast.
I imagine Europe has banned the chemical American content.
Mutti are the best. Plus look for DOP. DOP stands for Denominazione di Origine Protetta (Protected Designation of Origin), the highest level of certification for Italian food
They are missing the best of the best. Bianco DiNapoli are hands down the best canned tomatoes.
You didn't include any Stanislaus tomatoes.
DeLallo San marzano style are the best I have ever used. gerbes/Krogers puts them on sale quite often
Needed to test inexpensive non-SM Italian tomatoes. that's my go to. The flavor isn't typically as deep as the SM ones, but sometimes a bright sauce is actually better.
My guy watch @Ethanchlebowski tomatoe video and had his mind changed 😂
I can my own
Make America Tomato Again?
Can't trust anything and American says.
I use Cento and San Marzano. Italian anything is always better.
I don't know how you can have this discussion without including Mutti. You did this in another canned tomato video. I don't find this credible in any way….are you now shilling for Cento???
I've used both extensively, and there isn't enough of a taste difference when used in dishes to justify the increased price.
Bianco is the best but you didn't test them.
We've been a cento family for years. Let me just say, this validates me as a spaghetti snob.
I would love to see this with canned crushed tomatoes, too.
Please include a store brands next time.
I love my Centos but I might try the Hunt's San Marzano style just for the wayyyy smaller carbon footprint.
I wish they would have included Alessi…
Cento are my go-to as well. Very very good.
Pastene didn't even make the list?
They are both mediocre enough for your general purpose cooking.