CR’s recent tests and ratings of 41 store-bought tomato sauces—32 marinaras and nine tomato basil sauces—found plenty that are good for you, in a range of prices. (Overall ratings are based ...

with visible specks of herbs and onion and some larger chunks of tomato. I thought Barilla's sauce had a good herb flavor. I could certainly taste the basil and oregano but it wasn't overpowering ...

Barilla's Vero Gusto line of red sauce is ... I then moved on to the restaurant and artisan brands, starting with tomato-basil sauce from Rao's Homemade. The restaurant Rao's is a New York City ...

Most versatile: Lucini Rustic Tomato Basil Sauce. Out of the 100 sauces we tried, this one stood out for its flavor of fresh, straight-from-the-garden basil leaves.

Not surprisingly, brands with tomato purée or tomato paste as the main ingredient tended to score lower for taste. Also not surprising, the pricier jars tended to offer tastier sauce.

For instance, this four (or five) ingredient tomato and basil pasta sauce that comes together in far less time than it takes spaghetti to cook. You don’t even have to slice the tomatoes.

The texture was looser than some of the other sauces, with visible specks of herbs and onion and some larger chunks of tomato. I thought Barilla's sauce had a good herb flavor. I could certainly taste ...

the better the sauce. Most of our recommended picks cost $1 to $1.60 per serving, with only two outliers: Hoboken Farms Basil Marinara at $2.02 per serving and the Monte Bene Tomato Basil at 94 ...