Ranking the Best Tomatoes You Can Find in the Grocery Store 2022

It’s so important to find the best tomatoes for homemade pizza sauce. When making pizza at home, people tend to focus first on making a great crust since there is seemingly so much involved with the complex dough making process. The sauce on a pizza is so incredibly important, and many beginners tend to start with tomatoes they are familiar with – for example, years ago I started with a value brand my mother always uses in her spaghetti sauce and wondered why my sauce was never satisfactory. I added sugar, seasonings, oil, cooked it, left it uncooked and tried everything to no avail. Then I started learning more about tomatoes and trying new products.

There are so many different types of tomatoes, and picking the best one can be challenging. For more information on choosing the right type of tomato, check out this article. In this article, my intention is to put in the work and create a comprehensive list of tomatoes that you can find in any grocery, specialty store, or online so that anyone can make great pizza sauce from these brands and types.

Benefits of Using Premium Tomatoes

The truth is, if you use the right tomatoes, you really don’t need added sugar, spices and crazy cooking methods.  Great tomatoes do all of the work for you and will impress your family and friends.  Using the top rated tomatoes on this list, I always get incredible feedback on my sauces – and to be honest my best sauces I only add a pinch of salt and a drizzle of olive oil!  An extra dollar or two per can on the right tomato will make all the difference in the world.

Whole Peeled Tomato Taste Test
Brand/TypeScore
Bianco DiNapoli Whole Peeled9.3
Gusto Rosso Tomatoes9.3
Valgri San Marzano P.D.O. Tomatoes9.3
Bianco DiNapoli Crushed8.7
Mutti Pelati Whole Peeled Tomatoes8.6
Ciao San marzano Whole Peeled Tomatoes8.4
Cento Certified San Marzano8.3
Muir Glen Organic Whole Peeled Tomatoes8
Muir Glen Organic Diced Tomatoes7.9
La Fede D.O.P San Marzano Tomatoes7.9
Rega Brand D.O.P. Whole Peeled San Marzano7.9
Rao’s Homemade Italian Whole Peeled Tomatoes7.9
Red Pack Whole Peeled Plum7.7
Wegmans Whole Peeled San Marzano D.O.P.7.6
Pomi Strained Tomatoes7.5
Pastorelli Whole Peeled Tomatoes7.5
Shop Rite Trading Co San Marzano Tomatoes7.4
Rienzi Italian Plum Tomatoes7.3
Cora Peeled Plum Tomatoes7.3
First Field Whole Peeled Tomatoes7.3
Pastene San Marzano D.O.P.7.2
Jersey Fresh Crushed Tomatoes7.1
Scalfani Crushed Tomatoes7.1
Tuttorosso San Marzano Style7
Colavita San Marzano Tomatoes DOP6.8
Rosa San Marzano Crushed Tomatoes6.6
Tuttorosso Peeled Plum6.5
Delallo San Marzano Style Whole Peeled Tomatoes6.5
Colavita Crushed Tomatoes6.4
Hunts Petite Diced Tomatoes6.1
Contadina Whole Peeled5.7
Dei Fratelli Stewed Tomatoes5.5
Furmano’s Whole Peeled Tomatoes5.5
Furmano’s Diced Tomatoes5.1
Hunts Whole Plum3.2
Hunts San Marzano Style3
My rating scores for each tomato taste tested

Best Ingredients for Homemade Pizza

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Tomato Taste Test Rankings

Come back soon for more updates as I taste test and rate more tomatoes and add a few of my favorite sauce recipes!  Check out the video below where I review 10 different whole peeled tomatoes live on camera!

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