Ranking the Best Tomatoes You Can Find in the Grocery Store 2022
It’s so important to find the best tomatoes for homemade pizza sauce. When making pizza at home, people tend to focus first on making a great crust since there is seemingly so much involved with the complex dough making process. The sauce on a pizza is so incredibly important, and many beginners tend to start with tomatoes they are familiar with – for example, years ago I started with a value brand my mother always uses in her spaghetti sauce and wondered why my sauce was never satisfactory. I added sugar, seasonings, oil, cooked it, left it uncooked and tried everything to no avail. Then I started learning more about tomatoes and trying new products.
There are so many different types of tomatoes, and picking the best one can be challenging. For more information on choosing the right type of tomato, check out this article. In this article, my intention is to put in the work and create a comprehensive list of tomatoes that you can find in any grocery, specialty store, or online so that anyone can make great pizza sauce from these brands and types.
Benefits of Using Premium Tomatoes
The truth is, if you use the right tomatoes, you really don’t need added sugar, spices and crazy cooking methods. Great tomatoes do all of the work for you and will impress your family and friends. Using the top rated tomatoes on this list, I always get incredible feedback on my sauces – and to be honest my best sauces I only add a pinch of salt and a drizzle of olive oil! An extra dollar or two per can on the right tomato will make all the difference in the world.
| Whole Peeled Tomato Taste Test | |
| Brand/Type | Score |
| Bianco DiNapoli Whole Peeled | 9.3 |
| Gusto Rosso Tomatoes | 9.3 |
| Valgri San Marzano P.D.O. Tomatoes | 9.3 |
| Bianco DiNapoli Crushed | 8.7 |
| Mutti Pelati Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 8.6 |
| Ciao San marzano Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 8.4 |
| Cento Certified San Marzano | 8.3 |
| Muir Glen Organic Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 8 |
| Muir Glen Organic Diced Tomatoes | 7.9 |
| La Fede D.O.P San Marzano Tomatoes | 7.9 |
| Rega Brand D.O.P. Whole Peeled San Marzano | 7.9 |
| Rao’s Homemade Italian Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 7.9 |
| Red Pack Whole Peeled Plum | 7.7 |
| Wegmans Whole Peeled San Marzano D.O.P. | 7.6 |
| Pomi Strained Tomatoes | 7.5 |
| Pastorelli Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 7.5 |
| Shop Rite Trading Co San Marzano Tomatoes | 7.4 |
| Rienzi Italian Plum Tomatoes | 7.3 |
| Cora Peeled Plum Tomatoes | 7.3 |
| First Field Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 7.3 |
| Pastene San Marzano D.O.P. | 7.2 |
| Jersey Fresh Crushed Tomatoes | 7.1 |
| Scalfani Crushed Tomatoes | 7.1 |
| Tuttorosso San Marzano Style | 7 |
| Colavita San Marzano Tomatoes DOP | 6.8 |
| Rosa San Marzano Crushed Tomatoes | 6.6 |
| Tuttorosso Peeled Plum | 6.5 |
| Delallo San Marzano Style Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 6.5 |
| Colavita Crushed Tomatoes | 6.4 |
| Hunts Petite Diced Tomatoes | 6.1 |
| Contadina Whole Peeled | 5.7 |
| Dei Fratelli Stewed Tomatoes | 5.5 |
| Furmano’s Whole Peeled Tomatoes | 5.5 |
| Furmano’s Diced Tomatoes | 5.1 |
| Hunts Whole Plum | 3.2 |
| Hunts San Marzano Style | 3 |
Also see NEPA Pizza Review’s Guide to the Best Ingredients to Make Pizza at Home!
Tomato Taste Test Rankings
Come back soon for more updates as I taste test and rate more tomatoes and add a few of my favorite sauce recipes! Check out the video below where I review 10 different whole peeled tomatoes live on camera!
