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Best Tomato Sauce/Ketchup? (aussie.zone)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ok I have a confession to make. I often don't put tomato sauce on things that are ~~expected~~ required by Aussies to have tomato sauce. It's a shameful thing, and I don't want to talk about that.

But, sometimes I must have tomato sauce. The bottle is almost empty, and after upgrading my BBQ sauce and Mayo, surely there is a great bang for the buck tomato sauce.

Choice rated Community Co A Squeeze of Tomato Sauce, available from IGA, as number 1 in 2019 from a list of over 20 tomato sauces/ketchups.

Anyone tried this and can give me a recommendation and reasons on why I should try something else over this?

Ima have to apologise in advance for being a questioning beotch that expects a reference to a scientific study for every statement...after quoting Choice 🤣

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Beerenberg is a lot thicker than the average tomato sauce, with a more varied texture in the mouth. It also has some additional spices and ingredients like apple and onion which give it a more complex flavour. There is also a "hot" variant with a small amount of chilli that is even better again. Finally, they are one of a few manufacturers that use fermented vinegar instead of acetic acid and/or citric acid which does change the flavour slightly. Another manufacturer to use this traditional method is Ozesauce, who I also recommend. However, Ozesauce is closer in flavour and texture to any other tomato sauce you've had, whereas Beerenberg really stands out as being quite unique (hence why it has so many fans).

Having said all that, at the moment I have a bottle of Rosella at home since it was on a good sale last time I was buying tomato sauce. It's fine. Honestly I think there is not actually much difference between any of the thinner tomato sauces, they don't vary anywhere near as much as other sauces like sweet chilli or BBQ which can be awful if you get the wrong one.