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Tinned tomatoes 🍅

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smurfette11 · 29/07/2023 22:04

Settle an argument at home.

YANBU it doesn't matter which tinned tomatoes you buy they all taste the same and the trick is to cook them properly and drain off the watery stuff

YABU premium brands are so much better And have more pulp

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LadyPenelope68 · 30/07/2023 08:54

JMSA · 30/07/2023 08:10

I've just checked my Tesco app for Mutti (I get a Tesco grocery delivery weekly and always have done), but all that came up were Mutti pasta and pizza sauces, not tinned tomatoes.

My local two Tescos don’t stock Mutti tinned tomatoes either, so I assume then perhaps Tesco don’t stock them at all.

fussychica · 30/07/2023 08:54

I use Cirio. I tried Mutti but was unimpressed for the extra money. If you want to try them though they are on offer at Waitrose at the moment for £4 for 4.

daylilies · 30/07/2023 08:52

cirio tuscan for me when on offer!

LadyPenelope68 · 30/07/2023 08:50

JMSA · 30/07/2023 08:33

One thing that is a mystery to me, is why people would have tinned tomatoes rather than fresh in their breakfast.

Mystery to me too! We have an amazing farm shop near us which also has a coffee shop with wonderful quality food, but their cooked breakfast akways has tinned tomatoes 🤮

LadyPenelope68 · 30/07/2023 08:49

Peony654 · 30/07/2023 08:11

I’ve only ever bought supermarket own brand, not just tinned tomato’s but everything! It’s all made in the same factory

Absolute misconception. My Brother works for a well known pie company, they make pies/sausage rolls etc for different brands. Cheap pies are made with margarine in the pastry and cheap bits of meat, more expensive pies all butter pastry, high quality cuts of meat, there’s a massive difference. He’s also worked for a frozen veg packing company - peas are the prime example, sweetest freshest peas go to M&S, next best batch to Birds Eye and the older, bigger, harder peas are your budget brands. Yes, they might come from the same factory but the quality is massively different.

MsMoody · 30/07/2023 08:38

Cirio is better than Mutti!! Use tinned tomatoes at least twice a week and I can’t go back to the cheapy ones now.

isthismylifenow · 30/07/2023 08:36

dinosaurcookie · 30/07/2023 00:51

£1.45 a can. Blimey!!

This is about the normal price for a cheaper brand here at the moment. Not in UK so brand names differ.

The prices are extortionate for a tin of tomatoes right now, and I don't know why. We are in winter granted, but I am talking like double the price suddenly. In fact, I managed to buy a 3kg bag of fresh tomatoes for the same price as one can. It's bonkers.

But thank you for the tip for using whole not chopped. Now I think about it, the whole ones have less liquid and more tomato to fill the can.

AnIntrovert · 30/07/2023 08:35

Mufti, Mutti and Mutti. For tinned tomatoes and passata.

WhamBamThankU · 30/07/2023 08:33

Tinned cherry tomatoes are always such a disappointment and not worth the money at all. I find the skins are always tougher and they're quite bitter compared to what you would expect from a lovely ripe cherry tomato.

JMSA · 30/07/2023 08:33

One thing that is a mystery to me, is why people would have tinned tomatoes rather than fresh in their breakfast.

Suunnyd · 30/07/2023 08:31

SavvyMaria · 29/07/2023 22:38

Cirio are better than Mutti IMO.

Cheap plum tomatoes are better than chopped.

I tried Cirio chopped tomatoes on the advice of a MN thread and they didnf taste any different to my usual own brand plum tomatoes that i buy from asda, tesco or aldi. Saying that, i only use tinned tomatoes in pasta sauces etc so perhaps it doesnt matter when you are adding a load of other things.

Oblomov23 · 30/07/2023 08:30

I think they all taste of nothing recently.

VictoriaVenkman · 30/07/2023 08:28

Peony654 · 30/07/2023 08:11

I’ve only ever bought supermarket own brand, not just tinned tomato’s but everything! It’s all made in the same factory

But not necessarily the same recipe or ingredients.

Badbudgeter · 30/07/2023 08:28

I buy Aldis own brand whole plum tomatoes and they are fine. If you want a sweet kick to your meal Aldi cherry tomatoes are 75p a can. I normally do 750g mince 2 cans of plum and one of cherry tomatoes.

BitOutOfPractice · 30/07/2023 08:25

I had Waitrose tinned cherry tomatoes on my fried breakfast yesterday and they were bloody lovely. That was apropos of nothing but I needed to share my good news.

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 30/07/2023 08:24

I’ve tried mutti, couldn’t tell the difference.

cushioncovers · 30/07/2023 08:22

Cirio are our favourite. You definitely get what you pay for.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 30/07/2023 08:22

Mutti are so expensive! I like Napolina, find them v good.

ZairWazAnOldLady · 30/07/2023 08:20

GrumpyPanda · 30/07/2023 00:55

I take it you are growing your own then? Or where do you manage to miraculously find fully ripe tomatoes? Fine for a tomato salad, yes. But for most of us who aren't actually living in Southrtn climes, tinned will be by far the better bet for a pasta sauce. Think you'll find professionals doing the same.

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I don’t have any problem buying ripe tomatoes on summer. I suppose if they were I would put them on a windowsill or near the bananas. Pasta made with a fresh tomato sauce and sundries tomatoes instead of tomato purée is an infinitely superior dish. Light and full of summer flavour.

In the winter I’d use passata on the whole but that’s become our food cooks for much longer and has a different flavour profile.

Peony654 · 30/07/2023 08:11

I’ve only ever bought supermarket own brand, not just tinned tomato’s but everything! It’s all made in the same factory

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smurfette11 · 30/07/2023 08:10

Also I bought this Trullo cook book which totally changed how I cooked any sort of tinned tomatoes, I always seive off any excess liquid even if it is for a chilli or bolognese and cook them first then add them to a dish.

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JMSA · 30/07/2023 08:10

I've just checked my Tesco app for Mutti (I get a Tesco grocery delivery weekly and always have done), but all that came up were Mutti pasta and pizza sauces, not tinned tomatoes.

LadyPenelope68 · 30/07/2023 08:06

Tinned tomatoes are one item that’s definitely better the more expensive they are, the taste difference is huge! Always buy whole tomatoes as well and chop them up with scissors yourself, difference in taste is very noticeable. Italianavero plum or cherry tomatoes are THE best.

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smurfette11 · 30/07/2023 08:06

I started this thread after buying Mutti for the first time, I wasn't going to mention the brand but I was amazed at how little watery stuff was in there when I seived it, the pasta sauce I made was so much nicer and as many of you say no metallic taste and they weren't too acidic

Duchy Organic are a close second but Mutti is really the nicest I've ever bought. I'm never going back to the basic Aldi ones.

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Cheesusisgrate · 30/07/2023 08:00

Both are incorrect.

Brands matter, doesn't have to be premium brand. I love valfrutta plum tomatoes. Absolute winner