🍝 What is it?
Barilla Pesto Rosso 200 g is a ready-to-use Italian pesto rosso – a tomato-based pesto with basil, olive/sunflower oil, cheese ingredients and balsamic vinegar from Modena. It is ready for immediate use as a pasta sauce, dip or flavouring for various dishes.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Main ingredients:
✔️ Tomato pulp (37 %) and tomato purée (15 %)
✔️ Sunflower oil
✔️ Grana Padano PDO (milk, egg lysozyme)
✔️ Cashew nuts
✔️ Sugar, salt
✔️ Basil
✔️ Aceto Balsamico di Modena PGI (balsamic vinegar from Modena) 2 %
✔️ Whey powder (milk), Pecorino Romano PDO (sheep’s milk)
✔️ Rice starch, garlic, acidity regulator (lactic acid), flavourings (milk)
Allergens: milk, eggs (lysozyme), tree nuts (cashews); may contain traces of other nuts.
✅ Gluten-free – also suitable for people with gluten intolerance.
📊 Nutritional values (approximate per 100 g)
(Values according to the manufacturer/labelling sources – may vary slightly depending on the market.)
| Nutritional component | Per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~1,360 kJ / ~329 kcal |
| Fat | ~29 g |
| – of which saturated | ~3.4 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~12 g |
| – of which sugars | ~7.8 g |
| Fibre | ~2.3 g |
| Protein | ~3.8 g |
| Salt | ~2.8 g |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: a rich, aromatic tomato pesto with herbs, cheese and a slightly sweet-and-sour note from balsamic vinegar.
✔️ Texture: creamy and thick, ideal for coating pasta evenly or as an accompaniment to other dishes.
Recommended uses:
🍝 Pasta: mix with pasta (e.g. fusilli, penne, linguine); can be thinned with pasta cooking water for a better consistency.
🥪 Dip or spread: with bread, vegetables or as a spread for sandwiches.
🍗 Marinade or seasoning: for meat, fish or roasted vegetables.
📦 How to store
Once opened, keep in the fridge and use within 5 days for best flavour and food safety.
🧠 Summary
Barilla Pesto Rosso 200g is a delicious ready-made tomato pesto inspired by Mediterranean cuisine – gluten-free, with notes of cheese and nuts, ideal with pasta, as a dip or as an ingredient in various dishes.
