Household Ingredients Compared › Pasta Sauce (Singapore)
Jarred pasta sauce is not one thing. Tomato sauces are mostly tomato plus oil, sugar and herbs; pestos are mostly oil, basil and cheese with surprisingly little olive oil; cream sauces start with water and cream, not milk; and “cheese and herbs” sauces can be built on wheat flour and dairy blend rather than tomato at all. This page separates sauces by type, shows the list as printed, and does not give a health score.
| Product | Type | First ingredients | Added sugar? | Pack size (as printed) | Country of manufacture (as printed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prego Traditional Tomato | Tomato | Tomato puree, diced tomatoes, sugar | Yes — sugar | 680g | USA |
| Prego Mushroom | Tomato | Tomato puree, diced tomatoes, mushrooms, sugar | Yes — sugar | 680g | USA |
| Classico Tomato & Basil | Tomato | Tomato puree, diced tomatoes | No sugar in list | 680g | USA |
| Classico Traditional Sweet Basil | Tomato | Tomato puree, diced tomatoes, sugar | Yes — sugar | 680g | USA |
| Classico Vodka Sauce | Tomato-cream | Tomato puree, diced tomatoes, cream, vodka | Yes — sugar (<2%) | 680g | USA |
| Classico Di Liguria Tomato Alfredo | Cream | Tomato puree, water, skim milk, cream | No sugar in list | 425g | USA |
| Prego Cheese and Herbs | Cheese | Vegetable oil, wheat flour, dairy blend | Yes — sugar (late in list) | 300g | USA |
| Prego Roasted Garlic & Parmesan | Tomato-cheese | Tomato puree, onions, diced tomatoes, sugar, parmesan | Yes — sugar | 680g | USA |
| Bertolli d'Italia Alfredo | Cream | Water, cream, butter, Parmigiano Reggiano | No sugar in list | 425g | Italy |
| Bertolli d'Italia Four Cheese Alfredo | Cream | Water, cream, butter, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino, Fontal, Gorgonzola | No sugar in list | 425g | Italy |
| Bertolli Garlic Alfredo | Cream | Water, heavy cream, soybean oil, parmesan | No sugar in list* | 425g | Italy |
| Barilla Pesto alla Genovese | Pesto | Sunflower seed oil, basil 30%, cashews | Yes — sugar (late) | 190g | Italy |
| Rummo Pesto alla Genovese | Pesto | Italian basil 32%, sunflower oil, potato flakes, glucose syrup | Glucose syrup — see panel | 190g | Italy |
| Rummo Pesto Rosso (Little Farms) | Red pesto | Tomato paste 23%, sunflower seeds oil 20%, dried tomatoes 9% | Yes — sugar (late) | 190g | Italy |
| Prego Carbonara Mushroom (FairPrice SG) | Cream / carbonara | Creamer [glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable fat], mushrooms | Yes — sugar (late) | not stated | USA |
| Rummo Pesto alla Calabrese (Little Farms) | Red pesto | Water, olive oil, ricotta 15.4%, red pepper concentrate 14% | Yes — dextrose + sugar | 190g | Italy |
Re-audit 5 November 2026: 2 products added (Prego Carbonara Mushroom from a FairPrice SG ingredient section; Rummo Pesto alla Calabrese from EU/UK retailer listings that agree, flagged as non-SG), taking panelled products from 15 to 17. Mutti Rosso/Verde/Arancione pestos at Little Farms still have no complete verbatim list retrievable online — Mutti Rosso's Little Farms page shows only the tail of its list, so it stays seen-but-not-verified. Rummo Sugo Al Basilico / All'Arrabbiata / Ragu' Alla Bolognese and Rosso Gargano sauces are listed at Little Farms with no lists retrieved. This page is still not 100% complete: SG packs for Prego Traditional/Mushroom, Dolmio, Ragu and Leggo's remain unverified, and Giant/Sheng Siong/Cold Storage/Donki ranges still need an in-store check.
* Bertolli Garlic Alfredo lists garlic puree with high fructose corn syrup as a sub-ingredient — see panel. Prices are deliberately not shown.
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Sugar, Canola Oil, Contains Less Than 1% Of: Salt, Dehydrated Onions, Spices, Citric Acid, Dehydrated Garlic, Onion Extract, Garlic Extract
US retail / Open Food Facts listing for Prego Original. FairPrice Singapore lists “Prego Pasta Sauce – Traditional Tomato” 680g and 350g; the SG pack list was not separately retrieved, so this panel is flagged as a US listing for the same product name, not an SG pack transcription. Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Mushrooms, Sugar, Contains Less Than 1% Of: Salt, Canola Oil, Spices, Citric Acid, Onion Extract, Garlic Extract
US retail listing. Note: a different Spoonful listing for a mushroom variant includes beef — that appears to be a different (meat) variant, not this vegetarian mushroom sauce. Check the jar: “mushroom” alone does not guarantee meat-free. Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Juice (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Contains Less Than 2% Of: Onions, Salt, Basil, Olive Oil, Garlic, Spices, Natural Flavor
Open Food Facts / US retail listing. The notable point is what is absent: no sugar in this list, unlike Classico Traditional Sweet Basil below. No sugar in list
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Sugar, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Onions, Salt, Basil, Olive Oil, Spices, Garlic, Granulated Onion, Granulated Garlic, Soybean Oil
US retail listing. Same brand family as Tomato & Basil, different recipe — the word “Sweet” in the name matches the added sugar. Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Diced Tomatoes In Juice (Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Cream (From Milk), Water, Vodka, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Parmesan Cheese (Cultured Part-Skim Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Milk, Sugar, Salt, Onions, Olive Oil, Basil, Garlic, Xanthan Gum, Lactic Acid, Spices, Butter (Cream, Salt), Sodium Phosphates, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes
US retail listing. Vodka is the fifth ingredient, before the <2% group — it is a real ingredient here, not just a name. The alcohol itself mostly cooks off in use; the jar still lists it. Allergen: milk Added sugar: sugar (<2%)
Pack size: 425g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree, Water, Skim Milk, Cream, Romano Cheese (From Cow's Milk), Parmesan Cheese, Salt, Soybean Oil, Dehydrated Garlic, Dehydrated Onion, Basil, Xanthan Gum, Modified Gum Arabic, Lactic Acid, Olive Oil, Black Pepper, Butter, Sodium Phosphate
US retail listing. Filed here, not under plain tomato, because milk/cream/cheese come before the herbs — it is a tomato-cream hybrid. Allergen: milk
Pack size: 300g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Vegetable Oil, Wheat Flour, Dairy Blend (Whey Solids Milk), Sodium Caseinate (Contains Milk, Soya Bean), Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurised Milk, Cultures, Enzymes (Rennet), Cellulose, Sorbic Acid], Salt, Onions, Stabilisers, Garlic, Eggs, Flavourings (Soya Bean, Wheat Source), Cream (Contains Milk, Soya Bean), Herbs, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Pepper, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate
FairPrice Singapore ingredient section — the only FairPrice-verified panel on this page. No tomato in the list at all. Allergens: milk, soya, wheat, egg Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 680g · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Onions, Diced Tomatoes In Tomato Juice, Sugar, Parmesan Cheese (Part Skim Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Contains Less Than 1% Of: Salt, Dehydrated Roasted Garlic, Parmesan Cheese Paste (Granular And Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Salt, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid), Citric Acid, Flavoring, Spices
US retail listing. Parmesan appears twice — as cheese and as cheese paste — which is why the list looks longer than a plain tomato sauce. Allergen: milk Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 425g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Water, Cream, Butter, Parmigiano Reggiano P.D.O. Cheese (Cow's Milk, Sea Salt, Rennet), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower And/Or Soybean And/Or Canola Oil), Modified Food Starch, Pecorino Romano P.D.O. Cheese Made From Sheep's Milk (Sheep's Milk, Salt, Rennet [Lamb], Cheese Cultures [Lactic Ferments]), Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk Powder (Egg Yolks, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Enzymes), Sea Salt, Sodium Citrate, Yeast Extract, Xanthan Gum, Garlic Powder, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Black Pepper, Spices
Bertolli official site. Water first, cream second — the standard alfredo-jar structure. Allergens: milk, egg
Pack size: 425g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Water, Cream, Butter, Parmigiano Reggiano P.D.O. Cheese (Cow's Milk, Sea Salt, Rennet), Vegetable Oil (Sunflower And/Or Soybean And/Or Canola Oil), Modified Food Starch, Pecorino Romano P.D.O. Cheese Made From Sheep's Milk (Sheep's Milk, Salt, Rennet [Lamb], Cheese Cultures [Lactic Ferments]), Fontal Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Rennet), Cheese Blend (Milk, Salt, Rennet, Lysozyme Made With Egg [Preservative]), Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk Powder (Egg Yolks, Salt, Corn Syrup Solids, Enzymes), Sea Salt, Gorgonzola P.D.O. Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Cheese Cultures, Sea Salt, Enzymes, Penicillium Roqueforti), Sodium Citrate, Yeast Extract, Xanthan Gum, Garlic Powder, Sodium Hexametaphosphate. Contains: Milk, Egg
Bertolli official site. Four cheeses, in order: Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, Fontal, Gorgonzola. Allergens: milk, egg
Pack size: 425g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Water, Heavy Cream, Soybean Oil, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Butter (Cream, Salt), Modified Corn Starch, Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk (Egg Yolk, Salt, Enzyme), Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk (Pasteurized Part-skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Garlic Puree (Garlic, High Fructose Corn Syrup), American Sherry Cooking Wine [Wine, Grape Alcohol, Salt, Potassium Metabisulfite (Preservative)], Salt, Whey, Yeast Extract, Disodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Garlic Powder, Spices, Natural Flavors. Contains: Egg, Milk
Bertolli official site. The only alfredo panelled here with a sweetener in a sub-ingredient (high fructose corn syrup inside garlic puree) and with cooking wine. Allergens: milk, egg
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients (Open Food Facts, EU listing): Sunflower seed oil, basil 30%, cashews, parmigiano cheese reggiano PDO 5% (milk), corn fiber, whey powder, salt, milk protein, extra virgin olive oil, sugar, basil extract, natural aromas (milk), acidity corrector: lactic acid. Allergens: Milk, Nuts
EU listing; a second EU listing gives extra virgin olive oil at 1% and a Grana Padano/Pecorino variant — pesto recipes vary by market, so the SG jar must be checked. The consistent points across listings: sunflower oil first, basil 30%, cashews before cheese, olive oil small. Allergens: milk, nuts
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Fresh basil, extra virgin olive oil, sunflower seed oil, cashews, pine nuts, parmigiano reggiano PDO cheese (milk, salt, rennet), milk powder, salt, garlic, wine vinegar, fructose, lactic acid (to preserve freshness), citric acid. Allergens: Milk, Nuts
USDA-derived listing. Unlike the EU Barilla jar above, this one starts with basil and lists extra virgin olive oil second — proof that “Barilla pesto” is not one recipe worldwide. Do not merge these two panels. Allergens: milk, nuts
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Italian Basil 32%, Sunflower Oil, Potato Flakes, Glucose Syrup, Cashew Nuts, Grana Padano Cheese (Milk, Salt, Rennet, contains Egg Lysozyme) 5%, Pecorino Romano Cheese (Ewe's Milk, Salt, Rennet) 4.5%, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2%, Pine Nuts, Salt, Natural Basil Flavouring, Garlic 0.3%, Acidity Regulator: E270, Antioxidant: E300
Retail listing for the same 185g/190g jar sold at Little Farms Singapore. Glucose syrup is the fourth ingredient — a sweetener, even though the jar is savoury. Allergens: milk, egg, nuts
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients: Tomato Paste 23%, Sunflower Seeds Oil 20%, Water, Dried Tomatoes 9%, Basil 6%, Ricotta Cheese 6%, Cashews, Extra Virgin Olive Oil 3%, Pecorino Romano PDO Goat's Cheese 2%, Pine Nuts 1%, Garlic, Salt, Sugar, Natural Basil Flavouring, Acid: Lactic Acid
Little Farms product page. Red pesto is a tomato pesto, not a green pesto with tomato added as an afterthought — tomato paste is first. Note “Pecorino Romano PDO Goat's Cheese” is as printed on the Little Farms page (Pecorino Romano is normally sheep's milk; the page wording is quoted, not corrected). Allergens: milk, nuts Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: not stated · Made in: USA (as printed)
Ingredients: Creamer [Glucose Syrup, Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat, Emulsifiers, Stabilisers, E551, E160A], Mushrooms, E1442, Wheat Flour, Flavourings, Substances (Contains Milk, Gluten), Salt, Cream (Contains Milk), Sugar, Yeast Extract, Spice, E621, Egg, E415, E330, Herbs, E270, Lemon Juice
FairPrice Singapore ingredient section, quoted as printed — including the odd “Flavourings, Substances” wording, which looks like a retailer-listing transcription quirk; verify on the SG jar before publishing. Note this SG carbonara is built on a non-dairy creamer (glucose syrup + hydrogenated vegetable fat), not on the US Prego Carbonara list (water, cream, butter, parmesan, cheddar, bacon) — the two are different recipes for the same product name, so the US list is not used here. Allergens: milk, gluten, egg Added sugar: sugar
Pack size: 190g · Made in: Italy (as printed)
Ingredients (EU/UK retailer listings, agreeing): Water, Olive Oil, Ricotta Romana PDO Cheese (Ewe's Whey, Salt) 15.4%, Red Pepper Concentrate 14%, Dextrose, Onion, Double Concentrated Tomato, Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese 2.2% (Ewe's Milk, Salt, Rennet), Maize Starch, Acidity Regulator: E270, Whey Protein, Sugar, Salt, Chilli Powder, Oregano
Retailer listings for the same 190g jar sold at Little Farms Singapore (Coop CH, Melbury & Appleton UK and others agree on the list, apart from onion at 5.4% in one listing). Not an SG pack transcription — verify on the SG jar before publishing. Dextrose and sugar are both in the list. Allergens: milk, egg (lysozyme in some listings — check pack) Added sugar: dextrose, sugar
How to read this table. Figures are per 100 g (or per 100 ml for beer) only where the source gives per-100 figures. Where a source gives per-serving figures only, the row is quoted exactly as printed and the Basis column says “per serving, not per 100 g/ml” — those rows are not converted to per-100 and must not be compared gram-for-gram with per-100 rows. “Not stated” means the source retrieved did not give that column; it is not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. Salt = sodium × 2.5, so the Sodium column shows sodium as printed with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not salt, and salt is not sodium.
Most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is therefore not labelled “added sugar” here; the ingredient list on the page remains the evidence for whether sugar (or sucrose, glucose syrup, cane sugar) was added. No Nutri-Grade is assigned here and no health score, ranking or “best/worst” verdict is given — the numbers below are observations only, and the highest/lowest figures named in the text are just that: the highest and lowest numbers observed in this table.
Sauces are as sold, per 100 g. Where a source prints salt rather than sodium, sodium is calculated as salt ÷ 2.5 and flagged as calculated — the printed salt figure is the evidence. US/EU listings are flagged as such; they are not presented as Singapore pack panels. Note the Classico Tomato & Basil energy conflict below, shown rather than resolved.
| Product | Basis | Energy | Protein | Total fat | Saturated fat | Carbohydrate | Sugars | Sodium (salt equiv.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prego Traditional Tomato (US listing) | Per 100 g, as sold (US listing, not SG pack) | 58 kcal | 1.67 g | 0.83 g | 0 g | 10.83 g | 7.5 g (total sugars) | 406 mg calculated from printed salt 1.016 g (salt 1.02 g) |
| Classico Tomato & Basil (US listing) | Per 100 g, as sold (US listing, not SG pack) | 36 kcal (Open Food Facts) — 48 kcal in a USDA-derived listing; conflict flagged, not resolved | 1.6 g | 1.6 g | 0 g | 6.4 g | 4 g (total sugars; added sugars 0 g in US listing) | 328 mg (salt 0.82 g); Open Food Facts gives 336 mg (salt 0.84 g) |
| Classico Traditional Sweet Basil (US listing) | Per 100 g, as sold (US listing, not SG pack) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | 8 g (total sugars; added sugars 2.4 g in US listing) | 480 mg calculated from printed salt 1.2 g (salt 1.2 g) |
| Barilla Pesto alla Genovese (EU listing) | Per 100 g, as sold (EU listing, not SG jar) | 492 kcal | 4.7 g | 46 g | 7.1 g | 9.8 g | 5.5 g (total sugars) | 1,279 mg (salt 3.2 g) |
| Academia Barilla Pesto Alla Genovese (USDA-derived listing, different jar from EU Barilla) | Per 100 g, as sold | 661 kcal | 6.5 g | 66 g | 9.7 g | 6.5 g | 1.6 g (total sugars) | 1,468 mg (salt 3.67 g) |
Sugar/sodium observations (numbers only): total sugars in this table range from 1.6 g per 100 g (Academia Barilla pesto) to 8 g per 100 g (Classico Traditional Sweet Basil); sodium ranges from 328 mg per 100 g (Classico Tomato & Basil, USDA-derived figure) to 1,468 mg per 100 g (Academia Barilla pesto). Total sugars here include both tomato/basil sugars and added sugar where the ingredient list adds it — the ingredient list, not this column, is the evidence for added sugar.
Seen but not verified (nutrition) — the following panelled products have no verified nutrition panel in this pass, so no figures are shown for them. Do not estimate or borrow figures from another variant:
Checked 5–6 November 2026 from: FairPrice Singapore ingredient section (Prego Cheese and Herbs); Bertolli official site (d'Italia Alfredo, Four Cheese, Garlic Alfredo); Open Food Facts (Prego Original, Classico Tomato & Basil); US retail listings (Prego Mushroom/Traditional, Classico Sweet Basil/Vodka/Di Liguria, Barilla EU pesto, Rummo Genovese); Little Farms product pages (Rummo Pesto Rosso; Rummo/Little Farms sauce inventory). Channels checked: FairPrice (incl. Finest/Xtra/Online), Cold Storage, Giant, Sheng Siong, Don Don Donki, Mustafa, Meidi-Ya, Le Petit Depot, RedMart, Lazada, Shopee Singapore, Little Farms. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Where a full SG pack list could not be verified, the panel is flagged as a US/EU listing for the same product name, not presented as the SG pack.