🧾 What is it?
Panzani Originale Pasta Sauce 400 g is a ready-to-use tomato sauce (sterilised), inspired by classic Italian cuisine. Ideal as a pasta sauce, but also as a base for pizza, baked dishes or other tomato-based recipes.
🧪 Ingredients and allergens
Main ingredients:
✔️ Tomato pulp with tomato pieces and tomato purée (~75 %)
✔️ Water
✔️ Fresh vegetables: onion (9 %), carrot (3.5 %)
✔️ Extra virgin olive oil
✔️ Sugar
✔️ Salt
✔️ Modified maize starch
✔️ Aromatic herbs (e.g. basil ~0.1 %)
✔️ Vegetable extract
✔️ Fresh garlic
✔️ Natural bay leaf flavouring
Allergens: This product does not contain commonly declared allergens such as gluten or soya, but always check the label on the specific packaging before use.
📊 Nutritional values (per 100 g)
| Nutritional component | Per 100 g |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~216 kJ / ~52 kcal |
| Fat | ~2.0 g |
| – of which saturated | ~0.3 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~6.4 g |
| – of which sugars | ~3.7 g |
| Fibre | ~1.4 g |
| Protein | ~1.3 g |
| Salt | ~0.91 g |
| (Values based on available data for Panzani Originale 400 g.) |
🍴 Taste and use
✔️ Flavour: a classic tomato sauce with a subtle vegetable and herb flavour, slightly aromatic thanks to basil and garlic.
✔️ Texture: a smooth sauce with pieces of tomato and vegetables.
Recommended uses:
🍝 Pasta: spaghetti, penne, fusilli or other types – simply heat and mix.
🍕 Pizza: as a tomato base instead of traditional tomato purée.
🍲 Sauce base: for lasagne, ratatouille or other Italian dishes.
🥩 With meat and vegetables: as an accompaniment to meat or vegetable dishes.
💡 Cooking tips
🌿 A richer flavour profile: Add fresh herbs such as basil, oregano or thyme whilst heating.
🍷 Depth of flavour: A small glass of red wine stirred into the heated sauce will bring out the flavour.
🍅 A creamier version: A little cream or ricotta will make the sauce smoother.
📦 Storage
Once opened, store in the fridge (up to +4 °C) and use within 3 days.
🧠 Summary
Panzani Originale Pasta Sauce 400 g is a classic ready-made tomato sauce with basil and vegetables, ready for immediate use. It is suitable for pasta, pizza, bakes or as a base for other sauces and recipes. It contains mainly tomatoes and aromatic herbs and is low in calories (~52 kcal/100 g).
