Hunt's
Original Tomato Sauce
No added sugar
Ragu
Sauce flavored with meat
CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #20 of 20 marinara and pasta sauce we grade
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1/2 cup (125 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 30 mg, at most 79 mg (20% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 63 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 82 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | beef roast |
| Fructose per serving | 3.5 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 1 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 7 g |
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cooked ground beef salt | beef roast (C) | 125 mg | up to 50% | 78 mg | 78 mg |
| tomato puree | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 100% | 8 mg | 1 mg |
| dehydrated onions | onions (A) | 2 mg | up to 20% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- About 30 mg of purine per serving, and at most 79 mg (20% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from beef roast. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 1 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), COOKED GROUND BEEF SALT, OLIVE OIL, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, CITRIC ACID.
Serving: 1/2 cup (125 g). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2632483), dated 2023-09-14. UPC 036200003008. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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