Which brand of tinned tomatoes do you use?

[TheTecknician]

I always used to buy Napolina for making pizza and pasta sauces and beef ragus and was always very happy with them. There seem to be more brands about now. Today I've bought a few tins of Mutti peeled Plum and chopped tomatoes with garlic. I don't remember using them before. I'll be making the Plum tomatoes into an uncooked pizza sauce, hopefully with minimal extra ingredients.

I don't buy TT that often so for me it makes sense to buy the best I can afford, provided price matches quality. I realise not everyone is able to do so.

Is there any way of checking this at the point of purchase?

Mutti or Cerio

Depends what I am making. If it's something very tomato-based and rich I'll use Mutti or Napolina, whatever is on offer.

If the tomatoes are not a crucial element of the recipe, I'll use shops own.

the cheapest on the shelf

I've read an article about Mutti today. If I've understood it correctly they only buy tomatoes from farms that are totally mechanised, which I guess is particularly important at harvest time. Hand-picking under the Italian sun would be quite onerous.

Mutti and I buy them from Amazon in packs of 6. They are £5.70 for 6 cans.

Mufti and Cirio. Mufti are a softer flavour and Cirio more acidic.

They take turns being on offer in Waitrose so I just buy whichever has money off.

Sam Marzano I think they're called. Really good.

San

Mutti or Waitrose own brand

On offer inAsda atm

Mutti if they are an integral part of recipe- otherwise cirio

The mutti cherry tomatoes are fantastic. If you need them for a proper feature in a dish.

If I'm slow cooking a stew I use whatever brand.

Cirio or the Lidl cherry ones

I don't use any most of the time, I buy fresh tomatoes and supermarket own brand passata (if any).

The tomatoes are grown on the Isle of Wight or in Kent.

I think if it says the tomatoes are grown in Italy then I'm entitled to assume that's true as a consumer and should not have to conduct investigations as to whether they are in fact grown in China and have been picked by slaves.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crezlw4y152o

Yes I had seen that - very disturbing. Makes you realise that the food chain cannot be trusted.

Same here although I tried Tesco's once and was really quite impressed. Don't have Tesco nearby though!

DH is the tomato user in our household. He swears by Cirio ( chopped not peeled).

Polpa in Lidl are an exact copy of Mutti.

Still available where I live.

Mutti, always 😋

I was about to say those too. The Lidl "Deluxe" tomato tins are excellent.

Another vote for Mutti.

I use whatever DH has bought - he does the shopping. I can't say I've ever noticed a significant difference by the time they're cooked,
But I don't think we've tried Mutti,

I must admit I don't get the love for Mutti., although I know lots of people rate them highly. I tried them once and didn't think they were as good as HEINZ . Back up would be Cirio or Napolina.