Tomato-based pasta sauce

Tomato-based pasta sauce is a savory sauce centered on tomatoes and served with pasta or other dishes.

About Tomato-based pasta sauce

Tomato-based pasta sauce is a savoury sauce built around tomatoes and commonly served with pasta. It may also accompany vegetables, grains, meat, or other savoury foods. Garlic, onion, herbs, oil, salt, and pepper are frequent additions, but recipes vary widely.

The flavour is usually tangy, savoury, and gently sweet from cooked tomatoes, with seasoning adding herbal, spicy, or aromatic notes. Texture ranges from smooth and pourable to thick and visibly chunky, depending on the tomato preparation and cooking time.

It can be made with fresh or canned tomatoes, passata, purée, or chopped tomatoes, and is sold ready-made or prepared at home. Chopping preserves pieces, while blending or straining produces a smoother sauce; simmering concentrates flavour and thickens it.

Ingredient type: sauce

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Tomato-based pasta sauce nutrition & diet

Tomato-based pasta sauce nutritional value

Reference: Sauce, pasta, tomato-based, commercial, heated

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories: 54kcal
Protein: 1.6g
Carbs: 7.5g
Fat: 1.5g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F008050. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Treat this as a recipe-based sauce rather than a single standardized food. Identify tomato concentration and additions such as oil, onion, meat, cheese, sugar, or starch, and match the reference to the finished sauce as served.

Compare the right form: Match references to the specific tomato pasta sauce recipe and finished consistency, including oil, meat, dairy, sugar, starch, and serving preparation.

Diet considerations

The base is plant-derived tomato, but compatibility depends on the full recipe. Meat, dairy, seafood, wheat-based thickeners, sugar, or other cereal ingredients may be included. Portion and serving with pasta, bread, or vegetables determine the meal’s carbohydrate pattern; branded and homemade sauces require separate review.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

Vegan
Not established
Vegetarian
Not established
Pescatarian
Not established
Keto
Not established
Paleo
Not established
Low-carb
Not established
Halal
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Kosher
Not established

What these diet assessments mean

Vegan · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established: The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established: The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established: A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established: Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Sauce, pasta, tomato-based, commercial, heated ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.