You should combine all of the opened jars to make a giant spaghetti. Let's find out if the sum is greater than the parts.
@eon62744 ай бұрын
What a wild idea. I'm trying to imagine how much pasta that would require
@unicornmuffin14 ай бұрын
@safiya nygaard - a pasta Frankensauce!?
@sabbathjackal4 ай бұрын
No there's too many low tiers. It would turn into rage or prego
@xXWaifuInsuranceXx4 ай бұрын
@@sabbathjackal Just leave em out, nobody needs to know
@GuyTakashi734 ай бұрын
Italian jungle juice
@lmsmith0154 ай бұрын
I feel validated because I've always felt like they all tasted nearly identical. It's amazing that they manage to take up so much space in the grocery store with such trivial variations.
@tayk-47usa414 ай бұрын
most of them are what like 99% just processed tomatoes too so calling them a pasta sauce is also kinda funny when you can just combine crushed tomatoes with like garlic and olive oil and you have a better product
@alirose77954 ай бұрын
Capitalism is the illusion of choice lol.
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
I don’t trust him anymore….he doesn’t know who Lidia Bastianich is? 🙄🙄🙄
@hcbs19864 ай бұрын
@@DP-jajacalm down with the spam
@styx9713 ай бұрын
@@tayk-47usa41 this is why i buy whichever is cheapest that week and just doctor them up ... not amazing but hard to go too wrong
@BlessedLifeOriginal2 ай бұрын
A bonus to the Classico is that it comes in an actual mason jar, that can be reused for water bath or pressure canning over and over again.
@doubleutubefan54 ай бұрын
I would have loved to see a practical joke where somebody takes one of the pasta jars empties the sauce fills it with babish's own homemade sauce and then see if he can tell
@illegal.anglo882 ай бұрын
I almost am sure he wouldn’t be able to. These food critic guys are more actors than anything.
@ProdAlarick8 күн бұрын
@@illegal.anglo88 I'm not a chef or food critic but 100% sure I could taste the difference between my mediocre sauce and jarred sauce. It's not hard to make a homemade one not that much more expensive as well and tastes 100x better.
@gointoorbitКүн бұрын
@@illegal.anglo88his job isn't food critic, he makes these videos for fun
@musicalt10524 ай бұрын
Knowing multiple people who have worked at Ragu, Ragu and Bertolli come out of the same factory. Probably happens at all sauce places, but the crates of tomatoes sit out in the parking lot until they're needed and often explode in the heat.
@supernova7433 ай бұрын
Its very common for products to come from the same plant.
@nolancho2 ай бұрын
Don't care! 😊
@twelvepackattack2 ай бұрын
I work at a sauce plant, and the totes of tomatoes will only explode if they are filled improperly where they are made. There should be no air in the inner bag (from inside to out it goes, tomatoes either in paste form or diced with juice, vacuum sealed inner bag, vacuum sealed outer bag, liner bag, foam slip, cardboard sheet, wooden crate). Leaving any air allows the tomato juice to ferment, and the resulting CO2 expands the bags until the whole thing blows. Summer heat can accelerate this process. Properly sealed, the tomatoes can last for 4 years (although we set our internal expiration dates on them at 2 and aim to use them within 6 months of receipt from the manufacturer). So no, not often. Maybe one or two in a year. Most of the spills that happen come from the forklift operator overestimating their abilities and they fall from 30 feet in the air (we stack them 5 tall, in long rows of about 20 deep, separated by item number and date of manufacture) and they have a gross weight of roughly 2,800 pounds for diced, or 3,100 pounds for paste so they will absolutely explode from those heights. Shoveling 500 gallons of tomato paste off of pavement is not a fun activity, I can tell you that.
@MFWb00bi3s2 ай бұрын
Thats not what happens to fruit in the sun lol
@pizza-for-mountains4 ай бұрын
very glad to see Classico wasn't rated low, me and my family washed out the jars after we used them, now they compose a decent portion of our drinking glasses and food storage jars :D
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
I don’t trust him anymore….he doesn’t know who Lidia Bastianich is? 🙄🙄🙄
@Wazboom4 ай бұрын
Dude same, i love using them for mixing drinks. Throw the cap back on shake and serve
@crustaceanfungus75564 ай бұрын
MAGPIE PFP SPOTTED
@beingprovidence4 ай бұрын
These jars replaced every shaker cup in my house a few years ago, love that they use standard Mason jar lids!
@Wazboom4 ай бұрын
@@beingprovidence right? Tomorrow for the fourth of july im making jungle juice in them and putting tjem in the cooler.
@snookerwither99554 ай бұрын
Anyone else read the title and think "Who is Jarred?"
@WeAreInstraMENTALS4 ай бұрын
I did, thought Jarred was some kind of pasta sauce brand
@yonderalpaca10354 ай бұрын
Legit had a brainfart when I read it
@drownzi4 ай бұрын
my ex boyfriend is named Jarred with two r’s 💀
@mmmomiji4 ай бұрын
Why did it take me this long to finally realise I was reading the title wrong 💀
@Guyfromnowhere24 ай бұрын
nice pfp
@rkeantube4 ай бұрын
In our family the jar is the base, then we add stuff to it, like crushed tomato , sausage, spices, etc. It does go against the instant nature of jar sauce, but used as a time saver in making sauce from scratch. We use Classico as the base.
@NaquadahEOD3 ай бұрын
I grew up in a small town with a very limited selection. my mother always started her meatsauce with a base of Ragu Traditional. I'm 20+ years older with more knowledge, more money, and a greater selection in a larger grocery store and all the sauces I've created still don't come close.
@leapintothewild3 ай бұрын
Ditto. Zucchini, shredded carrot, sweet peppers, mushrooms, canned artichokes, whatever extra vegs I have on hand! Bulks it up, more fiber, less sleepy-hit from the pasta carbs.
@adadove63803 ай бұрын
@@leapintothewildthat's like a vegetable stew
@DavidiVideos2 ай бұрын
Same I wish actual Passata was more readily available
@asterismos54512 ай бұрын
@@adadove6380 to me a lot of the time the only difference between a stew/soup and pasta sauce is the amount of water. they tend to work for both really well!
@devin2343 ай бұрын
My dog’s name is Ragu and she was VERY confused. The name fits her, she is saucy lady.
@P3-mz8ps23 күн бұрын
The best comment ever
@bllrmbltzz4 ай бұрын
From an Italian speaking family, I've had the joy of laughing about Prego sauce my entire life over just how bold that name is 😂
@plektosgaming4 ай бұрын
The Trader Joe's marinara used to be sold in a large can years ago. It's 100% designed to be used as a base to build your sauce off of, and for the price and quality, is a large step ahead of the other canned options. $2, add whatever you want to it. EDIT: It's fantastic as a base for soups and chili.
@techshabby00014 ай бұрын
I use any and all of the pasta sauces as a base
@greenhaloxbox38504 ай бұрын
Also trader Joe's is just another name for Aldi's.
@tealchief4 ай бұрын
@@greenhaloxbox3850 And Aldi is awesome!
@GrahamCrannell4 ай бұрын
@@greenhaloxbox3850 - they're owned by the same parent company, but Trader Joes is *completely* different than Aldi...
@myladycasagrande8634 ай бұрын
@@GrahamCrannellI'm disappointed that he didn't include Aldi sauces; they're pretty much the only ones I buy.
@paulahillier13904 ай бұрын
Watching someone eat sauce out of a jar for 46 minutes. Exciting Friday night. 😄
@jameswent484 ай бұрын
Then why are you here?
@thomaspalmer19794 ай бұрын
@@jameswent48 all right completely changing/removing my comment. I had NO idea what had been going on in Andrew's personal life, and now that I've read his Reddit post about it, I apologize to him and hope he's able to heal. He's always seemed like such a genuinely great guy, and I made incorrect assumptions. Andrew, I'm sorry, and I really hope things start looking up for you.
@kevinbond89664 ай бұрын
You sound like my kinda gal😍😍
@ZarniwoopIII4 ай бұрын
@@thomaspalmer1979 I'm relatively certain that he is not just "phoning it in." He's had some very intense, and I'm sure incredibly scary, mental issues which he has shared. After being institutionalized for a while, losing his fiance, and I'm sure probably a few other things he wishes to keep private, he's probably trying to give himself the mental space he needs for it to not happen again. I imagine he probably does a fair bit behind the scenes, but has handed off the more labor intensive and mentally taxing stuff to Alvin and the rest of the crew.
@kioku1194 ай бұрын
I don't even like pasta sauces and I watched it for some reason or another, if that makes you feel any better.
@OctacleEdits4 ай бұрын
"Prego means 'you're welcome'. A really cocky name for an average pasta sauce." - Peter Griffin
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
I don’t trust him anymore….he doesn’t know who Lidia Bastianich is? 🙄🙄🙄
@bubbasully153 ай бұрын
@@DP-jajadon’t you feel a little like a psycho for commenting the same thing a thousand times on the same video?
@DP-jaja3 ай бұрын
@@bubbasully15 so says my stalker 😂😂😂 and yes I’ve been diagnosed with psychopathic personality disorder…..Who is Kallie and Kantor btw?
@JustinLesamiz3 ай бұрын
Coming from a very below average show...
@DP-jaja3 ай бұрын
@@JustinLesamiz 😂
@applehoney3684 ай бұрын
This video has put me to sleep for 3 nights in a row , not because it’s boring or uniformative but because it’s thorough and Babish has a soothing voice . I always rewind to the last part I remember before dozing off. I’m absolutely here for more Babish ASMR .
@saadasad74146 күн бұрын
Lol easily fall asleep watching these videos of talking
@YourBoyDave4 ай бұрын
I got to 6:55 and I had to turn it off for excessive fork biting
@greenluna63632 ай бұрын
It happend and i immediately checked the comments
@nothanks74332 ай бұрын
Thank you! And the mouth smacking and sniffing. I was itching.
@dreamwolf73024 ай бұрын
So just something to take note of: When Prego was first starting up as a company, it was not intended to marketed as a stand alone sauce, it was supposed to be a sauce BASE. But they didnt think it would sell well enough, if they said "Just add fresh spices and herbs" because other sauces on the market were just that, fully finished sauces. You are supposed to, per the original makers idea, add various things to make the sauce your own. Fresh veggies, meat, spices, herbs, and cheeses, and you were also supposed to add about 1/4 cup of pasta water to the sauce while heating it to a low boil, to thicken it, as it was left thin for the purpose of being easier to add more herbs and spices.
@barethor58694 ай бұрын
This is how my family has always used all pasta sauces from a jar
@savaresta4 ай бұрын
At that point why not just make your own sauce with a can of tomatoes instead of a jarred base
@dreamwolf73024 ай бұрын
@@savaresta The idea was to have a base that only needed minor tweaks. Think of it like a 40k or D&D mini. Just add paint, and its custom to your preferences.
@CPFMTKV4 ай бұрын
@@savaresta because making your own tomato sauce from scratch is still much more work than just putting some seasoning in a pre-made sauce base
@Banned4Life4 ай бұрын
@@CPFMTKV Essentially, but tinned tomatoes (if tomatoes are not in season), some sauteed garlic/onion and simple seasoning is one of the laziest things to whip up. "Much more" only applies relative to simply dumping a jar into your pasta, but as far as generally, it's almost no effort at all.
@Silentgrace114 ай бұрын
As someone who’s go to is usually Bertolli’s Alfredo, I’m happy to say this is one of the few instances that Babish has not insisted I am a dishonor to my cow for liking a product, and even deemed it the top of the surreal tinned cream sauces, so I find victory in this day
@cameronland59344 ай бұрын
My go to alfredo is bertolli. I'm glad to see it got the best score of the alfredo sauces..
@MaherandIbrahimsAvengers4 ай бұрын
my favorite was Classico's Alfredo.... in my defense I usually go with Four Cheese or Creamy instead of Roasted Garlic so maybe that's why he didn't like it
@wesfishcare4 ай бұрын
SAME
@The_Diesel44 ай бұрын
Just a heads up, it takes about 2 minutes to make your own Alfredo and its taste so much better than store bought you’ll never be able to buy it again. I’d suggest you do that! Only 3/4 ingredients depending on how you do it!
@MikaGinelle3 ай бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't try the Carbone alfredo to compare or even the Rao's one since people usually hype those two up.
@MayimHastings4 ай бұрын
Thank you, Andrew, now i know which sauces to get for my family! Being allergic to allium (garlic and onion), dairy, nuts, cinnamon, bananas and water chestnuts absolutely blows. I just discovered Rao's and Prego's 'sensitive' sauces and it's the first prepackaged food ive been able to have in so long. I literally cried. I cried, and then added a ton of chili's, fresh basil and some wine 🤤
@Dandelionplants4 ай бұрын
I also am allergic to alliums!! There is an entire brand called fody that makes salsas dressings and even ketchup without them!!!
@1Avatar4 ай бұрын
This is a very interesting and new experience of information. I didn't know people could be allergic to alliums. That has to make cooking a challenge however I fall into the group that cilantro tastes like soap. Not allergic just not a pleasant experience.
@peterquynce43434 ай бұрын
I recently realized I have a allium allergy, your family is likely different & more sensitive, but found out I can eat roasted garlic and pickled- both cases, the garlic is whole, so little or no allium. The worst version is powdered garlic, so much allium! And it’s in LOTS of things. Salad dressing is a pain- easier to just ask for oil & vinegar.
@MayimHastings4 ай бұрын
@@peterquynce4343 Fascinating! I didn't know that about roasted garlic, thank you! Once in a long time i can have a wee bit of garlic in something, but now that i think about it, it's always roasted garlic... Bizarre! I still get a bit itchy, but my throat and head aren't effected. Onions are just evil lol! And yeah, powdered milk is also the most venomous, so it makes sense. Do you take anything with you when you go out to eat? I usually bring a tiny bottle of Tajín, or a homemade spice blend to sprinkle on a plain potato or salad. Haven't figured out how to cleanly smuggle in salad dressing yet lol, so yeah, vinegar and oil! Thank you for your lovely reply 🤍🙏🕊
@g33f0r4 ай бұрын
why are you even alive
@jjames69904 ай бұрын
YOU DIDNT EVEN DO THE RAOS ROASTED GARLIC SAUCE It is hands down the most garliciest sauce I've ever had I love it so much
@AM7114 ай бұрын
I might not watch the whole video bc Rao's is already my favorite - also it's not half sugar like all the others are
@SavvyMon42 ай бұрын
Best rao’s sauce is the mushroom and bell pepper one
@kawalie2 ай бұрын
their tomato basil is my go-to 😅
@michaelkennedy3404 ай бұрын
I typically modify all jar red sauces, I do like Prego basil and garlic for my jar base. For Alfredo jars I like Bertolli creamy basil which is kind of difficult to find here but stands out above all the rest.
@CaptainRyker4 ай бұрын
Lidia's pasta sauce is Lidia Bastianich sauce. Who's the mother of Joe Bastianich one of the judges of MasterChef US. Never knew she had her own sauce
@thechief004 ай бұрын
she was famous for her own cooking long before her son was ever on TV.
@CaptainRyker4 ай бұрын
@@thechief00 I'm aware, but I assure you majority of people, like Babish (I assume because he didn't mention it or anything) may not know who she is.
@nonameaccount77734 ай бұрын
Feel sad for all you people who never experienced public access television with CreateTV. Lidia's one of the GOATs
@CaptainRyker4 ай бұрын
@@nonameaccount7773 As do I
@marcoi994954 ай бұрын
pretty sure everyone with parents who forced them to watch tv with them because there was only one tv knows who lidia is
@mikerich324 ай бұрын
Anyone else get 5 ads for "FX's The Bear" during this video? 😅
@ginnyweatherbee79414 ай бұрын
Yup lol
@Tpainactual4 ай бұрын
Yep
@Jiibby4 ай бұрын
What's an ad? KZbin premium is keyyy
@aidan86664 ай бұрын
What's a premium adblockers are keyyy
@Jiibby4 ай бұрын
Cant close your phone and listen to yourube with adblockers!@@aidan8666
@slipplays95024 ай бұрын
The way he hits the fork on his teeth EVERY TIME...
@craigpuckett46904 ай бұрын
Nails, meet chalkboard.
@tbmcgough14 ай бұрын
As toxic as my mother is, at least she taught me and my sisters not to scrape our teeth on our forks. 😖
@codu.4 ай бұрын
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING
@angusmcgovern4794 ай бұрын
You are all correct. This is unwatchable.
@sunflowerbaby18534 ай бұрын
Grounds for divorce!
@TheBabyCaleb4 ай бұрын
I can’t get over how babish bobs his head up and down when eating the noodles
@catsauro4622Ай бұрын
Watching him struggle to get noodles into his mouth is the worst part of this lol someone teach him how it's done😂
@vitisxvinifera4 ай бұрын
I know this video is mostly about jarred sauces, but my go-to is the canned Contadina tomato sauce. I don’t enjoy chunky sauce, so I love its smooth texture. Great as a base sauce or in soups. I also use it when I make Mexican style rice. Just a great overall all purpose tomato sauce.
@ryeofthebeholder4 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see my preferred brand of Classico generally score pretty alright.
@audreyobrien9984 ай бұрын
Same!! People are always raving about Rao’s I will die on the hill that Classico tastes the same if not very slightly better better than Raos. And I’m saving $5
@WayStedYou4 ай бұрын
as someoen from outside murcia that barilla was basically the only option I've ever seen from the ones he tried, and newmans own but havent seen those for probably 20 years classico seems to be the best value for money from what he was describing and the prices
@styx9713 ай бұрын
@@audreyobrien998 bought roa once when my partner seen it on sale and i told him don't do it again it wasn't worth it
@JustinLesamiz3 ай бұрын
@@audreyobrien998Classico is considerably better than Rao's in 2024. People are saying Rao's tastes worse after the Campbell's buyout. I only had it for the first time recently and it's AWFUL. I couldn't finish the jar and people didn't want to eat the pasta I made with it, when I've never had that issue with Classico. Rao's love is all a viral marketing scheme. It sucks.
@BardovBacchus4 ай бұрын
It's not a tomato sauce but Aldi had this Butternut Squash pasta sauce that I just loved. Perfect for those winter blues night when I want comfort with minimal effort
@sgtmug3 ай бұрын
i LOVED that sauce i wish i had cleaned out the aisle when they had it 😭😭
@exile44144 ай бұрын
Fun fact, rao's got bought by Campbell's soup. So there goes any amount of better quality rao's had
@victoriavira85574 ай бұрын
I just fell to my knees
@matthiasd92164 ай бұрын
Soon, we'll be buying pasta sauce with a lid you can drink from so you can have pasta on the go
@mizFahrenheit4 ай бұрын
Noooo. No. Noooo
@kittiekatxmeow60264 ай бұрын
That explains why the flavor changed in the not so distant past....It used to be my favorite and now it just tastes...wrong.
@LonelyGallifreyan4 ай бұрын
Wait what 😭😭😭😭😭
@Pumpkinhead90924 ай бұрын
I dislike your website requiring a subscription to view recipes. I've been using your recipes for years and now don't have access out of the blue.
@jeej73454 ай бұрын
yes dude! loved babish for years but I can't use his brownie recipe at free-will anymore 😔
@tonyp91794 ай бұрын
But he wants to sell your verified contact info 😊
@jeej73454 ай бұрын
@@tonyp9179 they can have it lol
@Musicbook1014 ай бұрын
It’s $1 a month you guys. A single dollar.
@Pumpkinhead90924 ай бұрын
@@Musicbook101 a singular dollar for something that used to be free. Plus all my billing information for sale.
I actually really appreciate this series of rating food products because you're offering me info I can use when I do my grocery shopping. Thank you babish
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
I don’t trust him anymore….he doesn’t know who Lidia Bastianich is? 🙄🙄🙄
@nolancho2 ай бұрын
Don't care what you think 😊
@DP-jaja2 ай бұрын
@@nolancho why comment? Obviously you do 😂🤦🏻♂️
@rivermoon48254 ай бұрын
16:42 sensitive recipe are for people with crohn's disease. Can't eat onions and garlic. There's a few brands out there. I buy Prego because it's cheaper. And I appreciate their sauce brands out there that we can eat. So unfortunately as entertaining as all that says can't have any of other sauce.
@trieditgal576421 күн бұрын
Rao's Sensitive is also great for people who get acid reflux/heartburn.
@lilykep4 ай бұрын
It's crazy that Hunts is $5 for y'all cause it's like $1 where I live. I think it recently went up to $1.20 and I was annoyed. In college it was my go-to sauce cause it was $0.98 cents. I could feed myself for a whole week on $2 with the cheap $1 pasta and the Hunts sauce.
@Sergio81919944 ай бұрын
Same here! I was like, I know it's not amazing or anything but it's only a dollar, meanwhile someone is making bank selling those for $5 a can.
@spongebrain4104 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! It's like half the price of Ragu anywhere I've ever seen it (it's also my favorite, for some reason anything else is a textural nightmare). Kinda feel like someone's notes were wrong lol
@bradyb99294 ай бұрын
Yeah that must be a New York thing. Hunts is insanely cheap here. Usually under a dollar on sale.
@gingyyycakes4 ай бұрын
Thank you! Same!
@Jesseface944 ай бұрын
@@bradyb9929New Yorker here, it's between $1 and $2 per can
@beautyqueenwannabe55732 ай бұрын
My husband is a massive pasta lover. Not traditional lol but I’ve noticed every pasta sause needs seasoning or he knows! I love this video!
@robgreen452126 күн бұрын
One thing I always liked about Classico is that (aside from not being the worst jar sauce) was that you could re-use the mason jars afterwards.
@jakukuja77364 ай бұрын
Andrew's getting teady for the jam/pickling season
@GrahamCrannell4 ай бұрын
you definitely shouldn't use store-bought pasta jars for home canning (this also goes for pickle jars, or olive jars, or anything like that). The factories use industrial equipment to seal the cans; a home-canning process won't get them to seal properly. For anyone thinking of reusing pasta or pickle jars: just go buy a set of Ball mason jars and two-piece lids.
@LGPanthers14 ай бұрын
I had to go to Prego's website to double-check you on the no garlic in the tomato, basil, garlic sauce. You were 100 percent right and that baffles me; do they know this? How many people out there buy that sauce because they really like the garlic flavor of the sauce with no garlic in it?
@cpljimmyneutron4 ай бұрын
Fun thing here... I am diabetic, and I find that Classico tends to have far less sugar than any of the other brands, even tying or beating Raos depending on the specific sauce.
@grantreill19664 ай бұрын
also pretty widely available an pretty decent so I'm glad you have a solid choice on lock for your needs 😎
@Zractor4 ай бұрын
As a fellow diabetic, don't you find that the carb content of the pasta negates almost any difference in the sauce? I don't eat much pasta, I try to avoid it because I always tend to overeat and need another dose of insulin - I'm just curious!
@cpljimmyneutron4 ай бұрын
@@Zractor I don't use it on pasta, but on baked chicken and such
@Zractor4 ай бұрын
@@cpljimmyneutron That makes sense! I'll spring for it next time I'm out and about & searching for pasta sauce. Thanks for the tip!
@Trevorkian20104 ай бұрын
That's why we use Newman's Own, there is no sugar
@southgagirl4 ай бұрын
My go-to sauce is Michael's of Brooklyn. Their Tomato Basil sauce is the best at my local grocery store. I'll be on the lookout for Carbone now.
@reedan1003 ай бұрын
The Sunday Gravy is my fave
@TheRealFLDB4 ай бұрын
I grew up on Prego and still eat Prego, I just have a nostalgia factor for it haha. 7 in my books!
@BnaBreaker4 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie... I kinda love that weirdly sweet Ragu/Prego style sauce when I'm in a nostalgic headspace... I know it sucks in terms of overall quality, but I like it because spaghetti with that and some cheddar cheese on it brings me right back to childhood and a place of comfort.
@Sniperboy55514 ай бұрын
It reminds me of my college days
@frankyi82064 ай бұрын
Ragu has a nostalgic taste for me. When I was a kid my aunt would make fettucine with Original Ragu, meatballs, and Italian sausage. I still enjoy it for that reason even though I'm fully aware it is an otherwise ok sauce at best. I was never a big fan of Prego/Ragu variations of any sort outside of the original flavors as a kid
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
Ragu old world style is my childhood ❤❤❤
@Andech_4 ай бұрын
I would love if these taste tests included someone who was less familiar to the homemade version of the product. For almost every one Andrew said it had a "fake" taste, but it would be nice to hear the opinion of someone who almost exclusively has the frame of reference of using packaged products.
@j-bq5nc4 ай бұрын
then go watch someone who does just that. this is his channel from his perspective, so that’s what he’s going to share. there are countless pasta sauce taste tests and rankings on the internet. this was just specifically his.
@OctacleEdits4 ай бұрын
"Ragu Sauce: if you gave this to someone who is actually from Italy, they'd punch you in the face." - Frankie Boyle
@ZombiZohm4 ай бұрын
If you can afford to travel to Italy then you're not buying Ragu
@melindamitchell-ph8jyКүн бұрын
My favorite is the Classico fire, roasted tomato, and garlic
@America_Yea3 ай бұрын
I blend up and use the bertoli tomato basil sauce for the perfect pizza sauce. (As someone alergic to nightshade and most types of tomato this one has the lowest reaction for me alongside certain italian tomatos.)
@sssssnnnnaaakke4 ай бұрын
Hearing that the hunts can was 5$ is crazy. Either that was a mistake on the teams part or new york prices really be insane. I can buy a can of that for 1$ right now at my grocery store
@andrewhaupt76952 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing here
@CaptainBroooАй бұрын
Same, came to the comments to see if anyone else said that. I get hunts for my sauce base. Also only around $1 here
@AirLancer3 күн бұрын
It's a mistake. Usually see it for $1 and change in Brooklyn.
@waldocollins47574 ай бұрын
I usually get generic cheap canned tomato sauce for pasta and build it up by roasting bell peppers and garlic and blending it and adding it to the sauce along with plenty of spices. But no matter how cheap it is I will NEVER get pasta sauce that has meat in or premade Alfredo. Adding in your own meat or making Alfredo from scratch is ALWAYS worth it in my opinion
@Sniperboy55514 ай бұрын
A nice sofrito will always be able to rescue any jarred sauce! I also like blending my sofrito and cooking it down for 5-10 minutes when making it from scratch, although I just halve or quarter some garlic and add that after the tomatoes. To each their own, but I like having nice chunks of garlic in my sauce.
@Jorvalt4 ай бұрын
I almost always get the canned whole tomatoes, because with crushed/pureed tomatoes they can get away with using lower quality tomatoes.
@zebrachickie00164 ай бұрын
calling again for a request of trying chocolate ice cream and/or peanut butters
@perseusnova4 ай бұрын
all roasted garlic sauce has that weird flavors so i've started just chopping up like 3-4 cloves and adding it to my favorite sauce and letting it simmer for like 20 mins. it amps it up so much its crazy
@Simping4jackblack2 ай бұрын
After years of “fancying up” canned sauces in my early 20s I’ve finally switched to just making them homemade and its a world of difference flavor wise and somehow cheaper
@Wyld924 ай бұрын
Alternative title: Binging With Heartburn.
@erikkusiak4 ай бұрын
You need Rao's Sensitive.
@stocktonnash4 ай бұрын
Babish: “these all taste like stainless steel.” Babish’s teeth: “ouch. that forking hurts!”
@chucktowski_4 ай бұрын
the teeth on metal noises ...
@stinkybuttrat4 ай бұрын
Babish biting the fork in 4k
@sandraengstrand27843 ай бұрын
@@chucktowski_Absolutely cringe every time 😑😵💫
@samuelweymouth44313 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's very bad
@magicman19214 ай бұрын
It’s a shame he never reviewed Mutti sauces as I love their sauces. Especially their Tomato and Calabrian Chilli Sauce.
@herbertholland9244 ай бұрын
I tried Mutti recently, and hated it.
@shawnasideas4 ай бұрын
I only use mutti passata but honestly I’m fine if it stays a secret 🤗
@defaultusername44104 ай бұрын
@@herbertholland924 If you're used to these other sauces that are full of added sugars and extracts, Mutti will be lacking in taste. If you're used to homemade sauces with only a few ingredients, that's more Mutti's ballpark.
@herbertholland9244 ай бұрын
@@defaultusername4410 I primarily make my own sauce, and still did not care for Mutti. The only Jarred sauce that I like is Raos.
@WayStedYou4 ай бұрын
@@defaultusername4410 it tasted almost the same as most of the pasta sauces I've tried in Australia it was just chunkier
@catalyst37134 ай бұрын
My personal favorite, which doesn't seem to get much recognition in these videos, is Mezzetta original Marinara. They use San Marzano tomatoes, fresh not dried ingredients, and I did a side-by-side taste comparison with Rao's(internet's favorite) and it tastes just as great, for nealy half the cost.
@ewiemama4 ай бұрын
Yes!! I went around the store looking for sauce with the same ingredients as Rao’s and found that one. I did a side by side and do like Rao’s just a touch more, but for the price Mezetta’s is the better choice. Almost identical.
@Qwertylol4 ай бұрын
Am I going to spend the last 30 minutes of my work day watching a 45 minute long Babish video? Yes, yes I am.
@RazorsxEdge4 ай бұрын
Twins!
@larissa46154 ай бұрын
Triplets 😂
@jinja-ninga97c214 ай бұрын
Quads
@bergmik4 ай бұрын
we getting fired today
@tiagofernandes75494 ай бұрын
Is not just 45 minutes , its more cause they put a lot of ads in this video 😂
@sweetscheme4 ай бұрын
honestly, newman's own marinara is my favorite because it's not too heavily seasoned, not too full of big tomato chunks, and still has a yummy taste. marinara is best when it doesn't hurt my tummy.
@BenFenner4 ай бұрын
600 flavors from Prego and Ragu but only one flavor from Barilla? I wanted to see their tomato/basil variety!
@NateCowАй бұрын
Once I dialed in my own from-scratch pasta sauce, I tried whipping up a quick spaghetti dish with some jarred stuff and couldn't stand it. This'll be a fun video to watch regardless :)
@silentjay014 ай бұрын
Paul Newman's Sockarooni is my go-to jarred sauce. Although, I usually add at least one chopped up tomato and some sautéed bell pepper (if I have any) just to give it some extra crunch and brightness.
@Deborah-so8mv4 ай бұрын
Arrggh! That green pepper $&?!
@Nothing-xo1fl4 ай бұрын
This guy seems smart, he should try cooking
@markdouglas16014 ай бұрын
Besides the fact he didn’t warm up the sauce and was shocked when Alfredo was gross at room temp and way better warmed up
@peacelovewar984 ай бұрын
@@markdouglas1601I’m so glad someone else agrees the sauces should have been heated. They’d have tasted more like the intended flavor.
@Jcs57Ай бұрын
@@peacelovewar98Cold pizza is the only time and place for cold sauce.
@panic--panic--4 ай бұрын
chunky six cheese was my nickname in high school
@kitcobain4444 ай бұрын
Lol
@clydefrog56094 ай бұрын
No it wasn’t
@snowfish72944 ай бұрын
how did you get that as your nickname
@JustAFoolishMortal4 ай бұрын
Mine was chunky mama
@generallaro12694 ай бұрын
@@clydefrog5609THATS THE JOKE CLYDE! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'RE SO FUN AND AWESOME!
@jasonsmith-bm1sv4 ай бұрын
It might be worth noting that while a lot of these are "processed" and kind of fake tasting, a lot of these sauces are a hundred or more years old, and the whole concept of getting vegetables and herbs and cheeses into a quick easy to make at home meal was at the time innovative and groundbreaking. Without these products, a typical meal would take pretty much a whole day to make.
@barefootalien4 ай бұрын
Ooh, the butter finish is a neat idea! I often have a little pasta just with butter, salt, pepper, and parmesan, and then some with sauce, and when i'm done with the buttery one, I drizzle what's left over the saucy one, and it's great! My trick if a sauce comes out just a little flatter than I hoped, and you're gonna _despise_ this, I already know, but... I toss a single slice of American cheese in and stir until melted and distributed, and it _really_ wakes up a sauce. Plus emulsifies it to blend in any oil slicks on top (which if I'm not doing that, I use a little mustard powder to emulsify instead). It's just one of those really weird little hacks, that if you _tell_ people about, they go, "Ew, gross, why would you do that!?" But if you _don't_ tell them, they go, "Wow, this sauce was amazing! There was something really punchy and vibrant about it but I have no idea what."
@lynn_phoenix4 ай бұрын
Where in the world are you getting Hunts pasta sauce that it's $5? It's $1 to $1.50 at Walmart, Target, Amazon, Hy-Vee, Kroger, etc. It's the cheapest of all pasta sauces.
@ramsongewargis87364 ай бұрын
L.A
@bryanmoberg84084 ай бұрын
right? that price is absurd, it's dirt cheap here in Denver, that's why I buy it.
@WayStedYou4 ай бұрын
@@ramsongewargis8736 but they are in NY arent they?
@Twohomst4 ай бұрын
@@WayStedYouI thought they were in NYC
@araminrain4 ай бұрын
Best place to get Raos is probably Costco. The jar is bigger (24oz vs 28oz), and they come in a 2 pack between $12-15, and go on sale. Downside is you only get one type at Costco
@tony_25or6to44 ай бұрын
Goes on sale 4 times a year. $8.99 for the 2-pack.
@jonv81774 ай бұрын
Costco actually make a Raos knockoff sauce now. We did a "blind" taste test a few weeks back. All but one person got them confused
@tony_25or6to44 ай бұрын
@@jonv8177 knowing Costco's history of products, it's possible that they're made along side Rao's.
@c.michelle35384 ай бұрын
Sam's club also sells it. A 2 pack
@linengray4 ай бұрын
Vitacost often has it on sale. Check it out.
@jvc89474 ай бұрын
First video I’ve seen of yours. Love it. Heinz Sauce costs $1.07-$1.25 where I live (NC) Summer 2024. I only hate about all this-it’s so easy to buy quality tomatoes, add to garlic simmered in olive oil. Heat through and add salt and fresh basil. Squeeze of some acid or splash of wine (or hot sauce) . Make your own. Even with cheap tomatoes-you are better off
@gearzdesign17 күн бұрын
I'm sure many (if not most/all) will scoff at me, but if I don't make the sauce fresh and just want a quick spaghetti dinner, I grab a jar of Ragu and Rao's, mix those on a low flame and let it simmer with spices and peppers I add while I make the meat/smoked sausage (yes smoked sausage)/noodles. I tend to enjoy a sweeter sauce though. Most everyone I've had try it loves it. In the end, it's easy and fairly quick dinner that takes care of the next day's lunch/dinner etc.
@Kopa_Malphas4 ай бұрын
The chaos of these rankings is always a treat.
@kevincooper5744 ай бұрын
Love this series, but has to be a blind taste test for reliable results! Look at the jar after 🙌
@ToddDolce5 күн бұрын
Agree,..not sure why they didn't do a blind taste test because I don't care who you are,...you will have biases and assumptions going in before you even taste it when you can see the brand and/or label.
@shiottamusic4 ай бұрын
Not knowing who Lidia is surprised me. Co-owner of Eataly and owner of Becca in Manhattan
@emifarrar4 ай бұрын
I was also surprised! She is probably one of the most prominent Italian American chefs, not to mention that she has written many classic cookbooks on Italian home cooking…
@sfowler10174 ай бұрын
Not to mention a TV chef for decades.
@shaetenn4 ай бұрын
Lidia Bastianich is an institution!
@marcpeterson10924 ай бұрын
Watching her show is where I first heard of Grana Padano.
@GuidedPirate3 ай бұрын
This is actually really helpful. By Learning not what to do you will know how to do it properly.
@param_putr2 ай бұрын
I haven’t started watching yet, but I just want to say you’re doing God’s work thank you
@ginnipig4 ай бұрын
Our family likes Victoria’s marinara sauce from Costco.
@mikem145724 күн бұрын
This was my immediate comment when it ended and there was no Victoria. This list is a lie
@MuirlySims4 ай бұрын
What I used to do, back when I had no idea how to make my own pasta sauces from scratch, was take a jar of pasta sauce, read the ingredients, and just add more of them. So if the ingredients were "tomatoes, basil, garlic, salt, pepper", I'd just add more of those things to the sauce. I did the same thing with tinned soup.
@tabby924 ай бұрын
Rao's is by far my favorite jar sauce I can get in my area. I prefer to make my own but when I'm in a rush I grab Rao's before any of the ones before it.
@JaredDixon3 ай бұрын
I have to agree - I have had the top rated Carbone sauce and I still think Rao's Arrabiata and Marinara sauces are better by a decent margin.
@nolancho2 ай бұрын
Don't care what you like! 😊
@tabby922 ай бұрын
@@nolancho not much going for you I see. Since you have to comment something like that. You sad sad little man. 😂
@BamfIamone2 ай бұрын
Campbell's bought out raos last year so it's garbage now
@pinkLeopard5802 ай бұрын
@@BamfIamone😭😭
@cinaibur4 ай бұрын
Great video and obviously can't test everything. Mezzetta whole garlic and sweet basil is my go to when lazy.
@terrimactavish9547Ай бұрын
Carbone Marinara is only 8$ at Walmart... :)
@1993Nautilus4 ай бұрын
My favorite by far is MID's, specifically the meat one. Best jarred sauce I've ever found straight out of the jar.
@codyriggs62174 ай бұрын
Finally, the ultimate sauce list
@darklordofsword4 ай бұрын
Nah, didn't do jarred pesto.
@loxleymv4 ай бұрын
The ultimate uncooked jarred sauce list
@TotalRunningProductions4 ай бұрын
"Basil-ier" - the epitome of culinary excellence. BTW love these vids
@MezzettaOfficial3 ай бұрын
We're sad we were left out!
@frajoladellagato3 ай бұрын
I’m sad you were too! Mezzetta is my favorite sauce and I was waiting for him to review it. Your spicy marinara is a staple in my house and a solid 10 in my book. :)
@pyrojkl15 күн бұрын
I would have loved to sent you ohio's best jarred sauce, Mids. Pricing wise, I can get mids as low as $4 while here in OH, Carbone is $8.50 Mids can be found across the country but Looking at the map, it doesn't make it much past the mississippi river outside of "king sooper's" in Colorado that seems to carry it. And oddly enough the New England states all past NY don't have it either. Again, my favorite is the italian sausage and peppers because it has the simply effect of giving some solid flavor to the jarred sauces.
@alexdesignz094 ай бұрын
Mezzetta is the best!!!! Tastes like fresh tomatoes
@murph2k4 ай бұрын
Surprised to not see any of the Mezzetta offerings. my favorite being the Italian plum
@michaelarena91864 ай бұрын
Hands down best value. Only one I'd ever buy.
@quietone7482 ай бұрын
Yes!
@BrandenBurke-hc4si4 ай бұрын
Its so nice to see the BCU crew so chill and funny on camera lately...I love it so much! 😊
@tayk-47usa414 ай бұрын
greatest series on the internet
@maiahobx73753 ай бұрын
The Whole Foods garlic (not the organic) and the Bertolli garlic are amazing. I will stand by this.
@KuroKuma224 ай бұрын
Hey Babish! Love the channel. It might be interesting to dig into who’s packaging some of these sauces😀 I worked 13yrs in the food manufacturing industry, including pasta! You might be surprised to learn, but a lot of store brand sauces are the exact same as some of the named brands. Some have specific recipes, but most store brands are just a different label and lid on the same stuff inside the jar. We used to run some store brands back to back, just changed the label and moved on. This can be said about a lot of stuff like orange juice and snack foods!
@leapintothewild3 ай бұрын
Ditto the cosmetics and skin care industry, with a HUGE increase in price for those fancier labels.
@savannahhutcheson89094 ай бұрын
I want to see a pre-packaged pastry ranking, like Little Debbie, Hostess, Drake’s, Tastykake, etc!
@ginnyweatherbee79414 ай бұрын
I used to watch Lidia every week on PBS, she also has a KZbin channel
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
I don’t trust him anymore….he doesn’t know who Lidia Bastianich is? 🙄🙄🙄
@DP-jaja4 ай бұрын
How does he not know who she is?!?!🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ He lives in his own little universe.
@lindafrance91923 ай бұрын
@@DP-jajaWhy are you posting this same comment so many times? I seen it 4 times without even reading that many comments.
@spookster53254 ай бұрын
Jarred salsa next?
@Thesarcasticdom2 ай бұрын
The Whole Foods Spicy Arrabiatta sauce is my favorite!
@Tensen014 ай бұрын
Who tests these uncooked? No one eats it straight out of the jar. Also where TF are you buying your sauces that Hunt's was FIVE dollars?! Those cans are only 1.34 here in Colorado.
@Sniperboy55514 ай бұрын
New York City, the prices are nuts. Go to a restaurant and expect to pay at least $30 for the cheapest entree. Probably even $30 for an appetizer.
@ThePinkerton17764 ай бұрын
New York
@sjsrcr4 ай бұрын
Jarred pasta sauce is cooked. Cooking is basically sterilizing food, and to put something into a shelf stable jar, you have to seal it and then heat it until all the bacteria in it dies, i.e. it's cooked, for the most part. Some foods might now be fully texture-right because that's a separate thing than being safe-to-eat.
@annaliseoconner92664 ай бұрын
Came to comment the same thing. Hunts' is $1.25 here in KY, has been for like 10 years. I used to buy it when my kids were little because I was super broke and zing it up myself with dried herbs. I'm not much better off financially, but I have a better sense of what flavors work well, so I've upgraded to the Simply Ragu and use more fresh ingredients to give it that punch. Time and money are a luxury, I can't imagine being able to afford Rao's.
@therisashow4 ай бұрын
It’s $2-3 🇨🇦 here in Toronto. About $1.50-2.20 USD.
@themostselfishman4 ай бұрын
I love these so much, especially the pained guilt at liking the most expensive ones.
@danielsantiagourtado34304 ай бұрын
Love these rankings! Cookie dough please ❤❤❤
@austinbraxmeier71122 ай бұрын
Classico has always been my favorite jarred sauce especially the roasted tomato garlic
@HolyCross926 күн бұрын
Prego's my FAVORITE BRAND!
@olov2444 ай бұрын
I do pretty much all classico and doctor it up. love the mason jars, price is reasonable. I really want to try the trader joes ones though
@milkispolitics4 ай бұрын
Ten dollars for a jar of pasta sauce is absolutely insane
@bryanmoberg84084 ай бұрын
wherever they are shopping the prices seem to be a little more than double what I've seen anywhere else in the US. I'd wager that ten dollar jar is less than 5 here.
@Jessejrt14 ай бұрын
Love these comparison videos...because who has time to do this but you? So far spot on on the mac and cheese and ramen. I rely on you so keep up the comparisons!