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Tomato sauce and passata: what's actually in it?

This page covers cooking tomato products — passata (sieved, uncooked tomato purée) and tomato sauce (cooked, seasoned sauce) — not ketchup and not canned whole or chopped tomatoes, which have their own pages. Passata should be almost nothing but tomato: Mutti Passata is tomato 99.5% and salt. Tomato sauce is a recipe: Del Monte's US sauce is tomato purée, water, sea salt, citric acid and spice, while its Philippines-market sauce adds sugar, vinegar, modified starch, sodium benzoate and FD&C Red No. 40. The Singapore shelf is Mutti and Cirio first, with Leggo's, Del Monte and Ayam alongside.

This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed and flags added sugar, salt and allergens.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Passata is tomato 99.5% and salt. Mutti Passata is tomato 99.5%, salt — 25–36 kcal per 100g and 0.5g salt. If your passata has more than three ingredients, it is not passata.
Leggo's tomatoes are 81% plus 18% paste, not 99%. Open Food Facts says tomatoes 99% (reconstituted diced), but the New World NZ retailer list says tomatoes 81% (reconstituted, crushed) plus tomato paste 18% — a conflict, panelled as such and not merged.
Del Monte's sauce changes by market. The US sauce is tomato purée, water, sea salt, citric acid and spice. The Philippines-market sauce adds sugar, vinegar, modified starch, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate and FD&C Red No. 40.
Mutti's own cans disagree on energy. The 700ml passata is 25 kcal per 100g; the 400g can is 36 kcal per 100g, with the same 99.5% tomato and salt list. Flagged, not averaged.
Cirio passata is tomatoes, salt, citric acid. The rustica spicy variant is sieved tomatoes, salt and natural flavour — and Cirio Polpa is chopped tomatoes 65% plus tomato paste, onion, salt, sugar and basil 0.7%.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)	Tomato share	Other ingredients	Salt per 100g	Energy per 100g
Mutti Passata, 700ml	700ml	Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF)	99.5%	Salt only	0.5 g	25 kcal
Mutti Passata, 400g	400g	Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF)	99.5%	Salt only	0.5 g	36 kcal
Mutti Passata with Basil, 700g	700g	not stated	99%	Salt, basil 0.1%	0.5 g	36 kcal
Cirio Passata (sieved tomatoes)	not stated	not stated	Not stated	Salt, citric acid	Not stated	Not stated
Cirio Polpa (finely chopped)	390g	Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF)	65% chopped + paste	Onion, salt, sugar, basil	Not stated	Not stated
Leggo's Passata Classic, 700g	700g	not stated	81% + 18% paste (NZ) / 99% (OFF)	Salt only	0.59 g	35 kcal
Del Monte Tomato Sauce (US)	not stated	not stated	Tomato purée	Water, salt, citric acid, spice	1.39 g	25 kcal
Del Monte Tomato Sauce (PH, 200g)	200g	not stated	Tomato paste	Sugar, vinegar, starch, preservatives, Red No. 40	1.25 g	41 kcal

Panelled with verbatim lists: 9 products. Seen but not verified: 10 products. Checked 12 November 2026. No prices are shown here: they change weekly and would go stale.

Panelled products

Mutti Passata, 700ml

Pack size: 700ml · Made in: Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF) (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (Italian listing) + brand): Tomato (99.5%), salt

Origin of ingredients: Italy. Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 25 kcal (149 kJ), fat 0.5g, saturated fat 0.1g, carbs 5.1g, sugars 4.5g, protein 1.6g, sodium 200mg (salt 0.5g). Flag: the 400g can gives 36 kcal per 100g with the same list — see the 400g panel. SG pack not verified. Origin: Italy Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Mutti Passata, 400g

Pack size: 400g · Made in: Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF) (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (Italian listing) + brand): Tomato (99.5%), salt

Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 36 kcal (151 kJ), fat 0.5g, saturated fat 0.1g, carbs 5.1g, sugars 4.5g, protein 1.6g, salt 0.5g. Conflict with the 700ml can (25 kcal per 100g) — same ingredient list, different stated energy; both panelled separately, not averaged. SG pack not verified. Origin: Italy Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Mutti Passata with Basil, 700g

Pack size: 700g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (Italian listing) + brand): Tomato (99%), salt, basil (0.1%), basil extract

Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 36 kcal, fat 0.5g, saturated fat 0.1g, carbs 5.1g, sugars 4.5g, protein 1.6g, salt 0.5g. Basil is 0.1% — a garnish quantity, not a flavour base. SG pack not verified. Origin: Italy Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Cirio Passata — Sieved Tomatoes

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Thompsons Food Service (UK foodservice, manufacturer data — secondary)): Tomatoes, salt, acidity regulator: citric acid

The plain Cirio passata adds citric acid as an acidity regulator where Mutti does not. The Rustica Spicy variant (EWG) is 'Sieved tomatoes, salt, natural flavor' — no citric acid, natural flavour instead. No per-100g nutrition verified for either. SG pack not verified. Via: UK foodservice SG pack unverified

Cirio Polpa Fine — Finely Chopped Tomatoes, 390g

Pack size: 390g · Made in: Italy (origin of ingredients, OFF) (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (UK/Italian listing — secondary)): Chopped tomatoes (65%), tomato paste, onion, salt, sugar, basil (0.7%), acidity regulator: citric acid

Origin of ingredients: Italy. Polpa is chopped tomatoes, not passata — it has a different structure (65% chopped tomatoes plus tomato paste, onion and sugar) and is panelled here because it is sold alongside passata as a cooking tomato product, not because it is passata. No per-100g nutrition verified. SG pack not verified. Origin: Italy Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Leggo's Passata Classic, 700g

Pack size: 700g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (UK listing) + New World NZ retailer list (conflict — see note)): Tomatoes (81%) (Reconstituted, Crushed), Tomato Paste (18%), Salt — per New World NZ retailer list

Conflict: Open Food Facts gives 'Tomatoes 99% (reconstituted diced), salt' while the New World NZ retailer list gives tomatoes 81% (reconstituted, crushed) plus tomato paste 18% and salt. Both cannot be the same recipe; the retailer list is panelled because it is the more detailed one, and the OFF list is recorded here as the conflict. Per-100g nutrition (NZ retailer): 147 kJ (35 kcal), protein 1.6g, fat 0.3g, carbs 5.3g, sugars 4g, sodium 235mg (salt 0.59g). SG pack not verified. Conflict Via: OFF + NZ retailer SG pack unverified

Del Monte Tomato Sauce (US recipe)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (US listing — secondary)): Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, sea salt, citric acid, spice

Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 25 kcal, fat 0g, carbs 4.92g, sugars 3.28g, protein 1.64g, salt 1.39g (sodium about 557mg). The cleanest Del Monte sauce list — no sugar, no preservative, no colour. SG pack not verified; this is the US-market recipe. Via: OFF US SG pack unverified

Del Monte Original Style Tomato Sauce, 200g (Philippines market)

Pack size: 200g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (Philippines listing — secondary)): Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Vinegar, Modified Starch, Iodized Salt, Sodium Benzoate, Spices, Potassium Sorbate, Nature-identical Flavors, Citric Acid, Disodium Inosinate, FD&C Red No. 40

Flag: Philippines-market product, water first — a different recipe from the US sauce (tomato purée first). It adds sugar, two preservatives (sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate), modified starch and FD&C Red No. 40. Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 41 kcal, fat 0g, carbs 8.33g, sugars 5g, protein under 1.67g, salt 1.25g. SG pack not verified; sold in Singapore via import channels. Philippines market Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Del Monte Tomato Sauce, 61g (US single-serve)

Pack size: 61g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (US listing — secondary)): Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), high fructose corn syrup, salt, dried peppers, citric acid

A third Del Monte recipe: this one adds high fructose corn syrup and dried peppers. Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 53 kcal, fat 0g, carbs 10.75g, sugars 10.75g, protein 2.69g. Panelled separately because it differs from both the plain US sauce and the Philippines sauce. SG pack not verified. Via: OFF US SG pack unverified

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Mutti Passata Emiliana / Pugliese variants — OFF lists retrieved (cherry plum tomatoes 99.8%, salt; 44/31 kcal per 100g); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Mutti Passata with Basil, 400g — OFF list retrieved (tomato 99.5%, salt, basil); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Cirio Passata Rustica Spicy — EWG list retrieved (sieved tomatoes, salt, natural flavor); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled separately from the Cirio panel above.
Cirio Passata Pizza, 350g — OFF list retrieved (tomatoes 100%); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Leggo's Passata Italian Herbs, 700g — OFF NZ list retrieved (tomatoes 80%, tomato paste 18%, salt, Italian herb seasoning, basil); nutrition listed as estimated only, so not tabled; SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Hunt's Tomato Sauce / Diced Tomatoes — listed in SG retail coverage; no lists retrieved.
Ayam Brand Tomato Sauce — listed in SG retail coverage; no list retrieved.
FairPrice house-brand tomato sauce / passata — listed in SG retail coverage; no lists retrieved.
Barilla / other Italian passata brands sold in Singapore — no SG-verified lists retrieved.
Heinz tomato sauce (cooking) — distinct from Heinz ketchup (already a page); no SG list retrieved.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the first table are as sold, per 100 g / 100 ml. Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as “added sugar”. Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, molasses, honey) versus naturally occurring sugars (fructose in fruit, lactose in milk).

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked “not stated” were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. No Nutri-Grade is quoted or assigned on this page: Nutri-Grade applies to drinks, and none of these products carries a printed Nutri-Grade on its Singapore pack as verified in this pass.

Product ↕	Energy ↕	Protein ↕	Total fat ↕	Saturated fat ↕	Carbohydrate ↕	Sugars ↕	Sodium (salt equiv.) ↕
Mutti Passata, 700ml	25 kcal (149 kJ)	1.6 g	0.5 g	0.1 g	5.1 g	4.5 g	200 mg (salt 0.5 g)
Mutti Passata, 400g	36 kcal (151 kJ)	1.6 g	0.5 g	0.1 g	5.1 g	4.5 g	not stated mg (salt 0.5 g)
Mutti Passata with Basil, 700g	36 kcal	1.6 g	0.5 g	0.1 g	5.1 g	4.5 g	not stated mg (salt 0.5 g)
Leggo's Passata Classic, 700g	35 kcal (147 kJ)	1.6 g	0.3 g	not stated	5.3 g	4 g	235 mg (salt 0.59 g)
Del Monte Tomato Sauce (US)	25 kcal	1.64 g	0 g	not stated	4.92 g	3.28 g	not stated mg (salt 1.39 g)
Del Monte Original Style Tomato Sauce, 200g (PH)	41 kcal	under 1.67 g	0 g	not stated	8.33 g	5 g	not stated mg (salt 1.25 g)
Del Monte Tomato Sauce, 61g (US single-serve)	53 kcal	2.69 g	0 g	not stated	10.75 g	10.75 g	not stated

Click a column header to sort low to high; click again for high to low. “not stated” always sorts last — it is missing data, not zero.

Conflicts flagged, not silently resolved: Mutti Passata — 700ml can 25 kcal per 100g vs 400g can 36 kcal per 100g, same ingredient list; both tabled, not averaged. Leggo's Passata — OFF 99% tomatoes vs NZ retailer 81% tomatoes + 18% tomato paste; the retailer list is panelled and the OFF list recorded as the conflict. Del Monte — three different recipes (plain US, Philippines, US single-serve) with different sugar and salt figures; each tabled separately. Del Monte US salt 1.39g and PH salt 1.25g are salt-equivalent figures from OFF, so sodium is shown as 'not stated mg' rather than back-calculated.

Seen but not verified (nutrition):

Cirio Passata, Cirio Polpa, Leggo's Italian Herbs — no per-100g nutrition panels verified.
Hunt's, Ayam, FairPrice house brand, Heinz cooking tomato sauce — not panelled, so no nutrition tabled.
Leggo's Italian Herbs nutrition is listed as estimated only in OFF and is deliberately not tabled.

How to read a tomato sauce and passata label — the jargon, in plain English

Passata: Sieved, uncooked tomato purée — tomatoes pressed through a sieve to remove seeds and skins. It should be tomato and salt, nothing else. It is not a sauce; it is an ingredient for sauces.
Tomato sauce (cooking): A cooked, seasoned tomato product — tomato purée or paste plus salt, acid and sometimes sugar, starch and preservatives. Del Monte's three recipes show how much this varies by market.
Polpa: Chopped tomato pulp — tomatoes cut, not sieved. Cirio Polpa is 65% chopped tomatoes plus tomato paste, onion, sugar and basil.
Tomato paste vs tomato purée: Tomato paste is concentrated cooked tomato (high solids); tomato purée is a thinner cooked tomato. Passata is neither — it is raw, sieved tomato.
Citric acid (acidity regulator): Added to adjust acidity and preserve colour. Cirio passata and the Del Monte sauces use it; Mutti passata does not.
FD&C Red No. 40 (E129): A red azo dye, present in the Philippines-market Del Monte sauce and in the US Lee Kum Kee hoisin — not in the plain US Del Monte sauce or in any passata panelled here.
Sodium benzoate / potassium sorbate: Preservatives. Present in the Philippines-market Del Monte sauce; absent from all passata panelled here and from the plain US Del Monte sauce.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. This page does not rank products.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: Open Food Facts (Mutti Passata 700ml, 400g and with Basil — ingredients and per-100g nutrition; Mutti Emiliana/Pugliese variants; Cirio Passata Pizza and Cirio Polpa; Leggo's Passata Classic and Italian Herbs; Del Monte Tomato Sauce US, PH 200g and 61g — ingredients and per-100g nutrition); Thompsons Food Service UK (Cirio Passata — ingredients); EWG (Cirio Passata Rustica Spicy — ingredients); New World NZ retailer (Leggo's Passata Classic — ingredient list and per-100g nutrition). No SG pack was available for any panelled product in this pass. Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page.