🧾 What is it?
Barilla Basilico is a ready-made Italian tomato sauce with basil, ready for immediate use. It is a classic ‘sugo’-style basic tomato sauce enriched with fresh basil for a distinctive Mediterranean flavour. It is ideal as a pasta sauce or as a base for other recipes.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients:
✔️ Tomato pulp / chopped tomatoes (~72 %)
✔️ Tomato purée (~14 %)
✔️ Onion
✔️ Sunflower or olive oil
✔️ Basil (~2 %)
✔️ Sugar
✔️ Table salt
✔️ Natural flavourings / seasonings
(Ingredients may vary slightly depending on the market, but the above corresponds to the international product description.)
Allergens:
✔️ Gluten-free – also suitable for people on a gluten-free diet (check the label for specific packaging).
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~268 kJ / ~64 kcal |
| Fat | ~2.6 g |
| – of which saturated | ~0.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~7.6 g |
| – of which sugars | ~5.9 g |
| Fibre | ~1.9 g |
| Protein | ~1.6 g |
| Salt | ~0.9 g |
| *(Values are approximate, based on the manufacturer’s nutritional information.) |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: a delicate tomato sauce with aromatic basil, slightly sweet and pleasantly fresh.
✔️ Texture: a smooth, medium-thick sauce with small pieces of tomato and herbs.
Recommended uses:
🍝 Pasta: ideal with penne, spaghetti, fusilli or linguine – add to cooked pasta and toss together.
🍲 Base for dishes: suitable as a base for sauces for lasagne or baked pasta dishes.
🍕 Pizza: you can use it as a tomato base.
🥩 Seasoning: for meat, vegetables or risotto.
💡 Kitchen tips
🍷 For a richer flavour: briefly heat the sauce in a pan with a little olive oil and garlic.
🌿 Freshness: add extra basil leaves just before serving.
🧀 A cheesy twist: sprinkle with Parmesan or Pecorino for a more intense flavour.
📦 Storage
Once opened, keep in the fridge and use within 3–5 days for best flavour and safety.
🧠 Summary
Barilla Basilico tomato sauce with basil 400 g is a classic Italian tomato sauce with basil, gluten-free and with no added preservatives. It’s perfect for pasta, pizza or as a base for other Mediterranean recipes – offering a balanced flavour of tomatoes and fresh herbs in every spoonful.
