Tomato sauce
Tomato sauce is a savory tomato-based sauce used with pasta, vegetables, meat, and other cooked dishes.
About Tomato sauce
Tomato sauce is a cooked preparation made primarily from tomatoes, with seasoning and sometimes oil, aromatics, or other vegetables. It is used with pasta, vegetables, meat, fish, grains, and baked dishes, either as a finishing sauce or cooking medium.
Its flavour may be bright and acidic, sweet, savoury, or concentrated, depending on the tomatoes, cooking time, and additions. Consistency ranges from smooth and pourable to thick and chunky.
Tomato sauce is usually red to deep red and may be prepared fresh or sold canned, jarred, or in other ready-to-use packaging. Further cooking can reduce it and deepen its flavour, while added ingredients change its texture and character.
- Ingredient type
- sauce
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Local names for tomato sauce
Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.
salsa di pomodoro
salsa de tomate
molho de tomate
Tomato sauce
tomato sauce
sauce tomate
Tomatensoße
tomatensaus
salsa de tomàquet
σάλτσα ντομάτας
sáltsa domátas
domates sosu
صلصة الطماطم
ṣalṣat al-ṭamāṭim
רוטב עגבניות
rotev agvaniyot
томатный соус
tomatnyy sous
томатний соус
tomatnyi sous
sos pomidorowy
rajčatová omáčka
paradajková omáčka
umak od rajčice
сос од парадајза
sos od paradajza
टमाटर सॉस
ṭamāṭar sॉs
トマトソース
tomato sōsu
토마토 소스
tomato soseu
ซอสมะเขือเทศ
sɔ̂ɔ má-kʉ̌a-thêet
sốt cà chua
sáltsa domátas
Romanised form
tomato sōsu
Romanised form
tomato paste (canned)
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tomato paste (powdered, dehydrated, canned)
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Tomato products, canned, sauce
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, spanish style
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, with herbs and cheese
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, with mushrooms
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, with onions
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, with onions, green peppers, and celery
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Tomato products, canned, sauce, with tomato tidbits
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tomato sauce (canned)
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tomato sauce (italian-style, canned)
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tomato sauce (with dehydrated chopped onions)
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tomato sauce with tomato chunks
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Tomato sauce, canned, no salt added
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Tomato sauce, for use with vegetables
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Tomato sauce, homemade
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tomato solids in tomato sauce (salt-free)
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Tomato, paste, canned, without salt added
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Tomato, paste, no added salt
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Tomato, paste, with added salt
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Tomato, sauce, canned, with salt added
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ṣalṣat al-ṭamāṭim
Romanised form
tomatnyi sous
Romanised form
tomato soseu
Romanised form
ṭamāṭar sॉs
Romanised form
tomatnyy sous
Romanised form
rotev agvaniyot
Romanised form
sos od paradajza
Romanised form
sɔ̂ɔ má-kʉ̌a-thêet
Romanised form
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Tomato sauce nutrition & diet
Tomato sauce nutritional value
Tomato products, canned, sauce
Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.
- Calories
- 24kcal
- Protein
- 1.2g
- Carbs
- 5.3g
- Fat
- 0.3g
Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.
Portions & preparation
Use a reference that matches the sauce’s actual recipe and serving context, since tomato sauce may be thin, reduced, chunky, seasoned, or sweetened. Check preparation details for oil, salt, sugar, stock, cheese, and meat, which can materially change the composition.
Compare the right form: Match prepared tomato sauce by recipe and edible portion, distinguishing plain, seasoned, sweetened, reduced, chunky, and meat-containing forms.
Diet considerations
The tomato base is plant-derived, but “tomato sauce” is a broad blend rather than one fixed food. Review labels or recipes for meat, dairy, stock, oil, sugar, and cereal thickeners. Pasta, bread, or grain pairings also change the meal’s carbohydrate pattern and overall compatibility.
AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.
Dietary compatibility
- VeganDepends on the version
- VegetarianDepends on the version
- PescatarianDepends on the version
- KetoNot established
- PaleoDepends on the version
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Depends on the version
- Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
- Vegetarian · Depends on the version
- Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
- Pescatarian · Depends on the version
- Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Depends on the version
- Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
- 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.
AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.
Sources & review
Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Tomato products, canned, sauce ↗. 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.
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