cheap tinned tomatoes

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Are smartprice ones really bitter and awful or is there no real difference? At the minute a brand name has them on offer but I am thinking about when the offer ends!

I buy smart price, they seem a bit thinner but you cant tell once they are in a spag bol, they taste the same.

I never notice anything wrong with them in chilli, spag Bol etc.

Cheaper the better I find

They're fine.

Tomatoes is tomatoes

I use Sainsbos basics chopped tomatoes - 31p ish... they are fine.

Great, thanks everyone! I suppose its the same for smartprice passata too then!!

I always add a little sugar and I slow cook things so its definately a saving to use the cheaper stuff!

I always go for the cheapest in tinned tomatoes, I only put them in spag bog/chilli/pasta sauce etc & you can't tell the difference once it's cooked :)

Less toms, more juice so it depends on your recipe! I once drained a very expensive (emergency purchase) tin of toms and there was bugger-all left!

The best tinned tomatoes I ever bought were 4 for £1 in Home Bargains, great flavour and not watery at all, just wish I'd bought more and I can't even remember the make but it was a dark blue tin!

I think they're fine, I always slow cook dishes with them in and add a pinch of sugar per tin

Cheapo tinned toms here too. I only ever use them in sauces anyway.

I did used to like tinned tomatoes on toast, but would use Napolina for that 'dish'.

I haven't proved this scientifically but I thing that the whole tomatoes and chop them yourself are better than the ones that are already chopped. So I tend to buy the cheapest whole plum tomatoes and am happy with them.

I like Ciro ones. They are half price for a four pack at Sainsbos atm, so just under 50p each. They have special offers on these quite a lot, so I bulk buy when the do as we go through loads of them.

TheSecondComing that's it Ciro and they were lovely, I'll keep an eye out for them again as definitely the best of all the tinned tomatoes I've used :)

Of course there's a difference or they wouldn't be cheaper. They are less ripe, more acidic, not such a good colour and often contain a much lower pulp to water ratio ...

I find that cheaper plum tomatoes are better than the chopped ones, I then attack them with the spoon. If I'm making curry I use cheap ones. Ocado plum ones are brilliant

They taste exactly the same but the sauce is more watery.

I tend to buy the branded or own brand but not cheapest ones, but when they're on offer - excludes the watery issue but isn't as expensive.