365 Everyday Value Organic Marinara Pasta Sauce — MUNCH

Munch or Dump rates 365 Everyday Value Organic Marinara Pasta Sauce by 365 by Whole Foods Market MUNCH — score 100/90.

This is about as honest as a jarred marinara gets: organic tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, onion, and herbs, with no added sugar and nothing engineered. Ten recognizable ingredients, all of them food. Salt is the only thing to keep an eye on.

Why this verdict

• Ten ingredients, every one a recognizable organic whole food or herb
• No added sugar or corn syrup, which many national-brand marinaras rely on
• No gums, thickeners, or natural flavors
• Extra virgin olive oil instead of a refined seed oil
• Added salt is the single sodium watch-point

Ingredients (7)

• Organic diced tomatoes (safe) — The whole-food base; natural source of sweetness, acidity, and lycopene.
• organic tomato puree (safe) — Concentrated cooked tomato (water plus organic tomato paste) for body.
• Organic garlic puree (safe) — Garlic and water; a whole-food aromatic, not an extract.
• Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil (safe) — Unrefined, monounsaturated-rich oil.
• organic onions (safe) — Whole aromatic vegetable adding natural savoriness.
• Salt (safe) — Standard seasoning in small amounts.
• Organic basil, oregano, black pepper (safe) — Real herbs and spice doing the seasoning, so no natural flavors are needed.