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Here's Our Least Favorite Canned Tomato Brand According To A Taste Test
BY Julia Holland
Tasting Table staff writer Hayle Hamilton Cogill taste tested and ranked 16 canned tomato brands and found that Contadina tomatoes should be best left on store shelves.
The over-100-year-old New York-native brand boasts Roma tomatoes that are GMO-free, grown in California, and as sweet as their Italian counterparts, but that sweetness is sickly.
The sweetness overwhelms the other natural flavors a tomato offers, like tang and umami. Clearly, Contadina tried to produce tomatoes with an Italian taste but missed the mark.
Plus, the cans contain crushed, unpeeled tomatoes, creating an unpleasant texture and bitterness. While you can rid them of their bitter skins, it’ll reduce the content of the can.