• Pomoro Spicy Arrabbiata pasta sauce jar, front of pack shot straight on, on a plain white studio background
  • Close-up texture of Spicy Arrabbiata sauce with a wooden spoon
  • Pomoro Spicy Arrabbiata jar surrounded by whole and split red chillies
  • What is in Spicy Arrabbiata: San Marzano tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Guntur chilli flakes, extra virgin olive oil, and fresh onion, garlic and basil
  • Spicy Arrabbiata versus other pasta sauces: Guntur chilli flakes for the heat, San Marzano led tomatoes with Roma added for acidity, and no preservatives
  • Why Purepicked chose Spicy Arrabbiata: real Guntur chilli, San Marzano leads the tomatoes, and it is spicy without being salty
  • Bowl of penne in Spicy Arrabbiata sauce with the jar beside it
  • Pomoro Spicy Arrabbiata pasta sauce jar, back label with ingredients and claims, on a plain white studio background
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Pomoro

Spicy Arrabbiata Pasta Sauce

Spicy Arrabbiata Pasta Sauce

₹550.00
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UnsweetenedNo preservativesGuntur chilliOlive-oil baseLab testedVegan

Lab Test Review

  • No added sugar
  • Lower in salt
  • Lab tested clean
Pass

Lab tested. No added sugar, no trans fat, and nothing added to preserve it.

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Spicy Arrabbiata is a tomato sauce built on San Marzano tomatoes, with Roma tomatoes added for acidity, and its heat comes from Guntur chilli flakes rather than a flavouring or a colour added to make it look hot. Onion, garlic and basil go in fresh, and the cooking fat is cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil.

Lab tests confirm no added sugar and no trans fat, and it has the least salt of the three sauces in the range. Nothing on the ingredient list is a preservative, colour or flavouring, and it is vegan. It comes in a glass jar and suits pasta, pizza bases and baked eggs.

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Why We Like It

  • The heat is Guntur chilli flakes, not a flavouring or paprika added to make it look hot.
  • San Marzano leads the tomatoes, with Roma added for acidity because San Marzano alone runs sweet.
  • Nothing on the ingredient list is a preservative, colour or thickener — every line on it is a food.
  • Onion, garlic and basil go in fresh, not as powders or flavourings.
  • Going spicy has not meant going salty — it has the least salt of the three sauces.
Ingredients

San Marzano tomatoes

The base

Whole peeled, packed in their own juice. The majority of what is in the jar.

Roma tomatoes

For acidity

Whole peeled. Added because San Marzano on its own is too sweet to carry the sauce.

Tomato paste

For body

Concentrated tomato and nothing else. It thickens the sauce, so no starch or gum has to.

Extra virgin olive oil

Cold pressed

The cooking fat, rather than a cheaper refined or blended oil.

Onion

Fresh

Minced fresh and cooked down, not added as a powder.

Garlic

Fresh

Minced fresh, not garlic powder or a flavouring.

Red chilli flakes

Guntur

Where all the heat comes from. Real chilli, not a flavouring and not paprika added for colour.

Salt

For seasoning

The least of the three sauces in the range. Nothing here is doing preservative work.

Basil

Fresh

Goes in fresh, not dried or as a flavouring.

Black pepper

Ground

Seasoning. Ground pepper, not an extract or an oleoresin.

Lemon juice

For balance

Real juice, used to adjust acidity rather than an acidity regulator.

Water

For consistency

Brings the sauce to the right thickness as it cooks down.

Nutrition factsPer 100g
Energy kcal
74.2 kcal
Protein g
1.67 g
Carbohydrate g
9.87 g
Total sugars g
5.32 g
Added sugars g
<0.5 g
Dietary fibre g
2.87 g
Total fat g
3.12 g
Saturated fat g
0.64 g
Trans fat g
<0.1 g
Salt g
0.47 g
Pomoro Spicy Arrabbiata versus other pasta sauces
What to comparePurepickedOther pasta sauces
TomatoesSan Marzano led, with Roma added for acidityOften unnamed 'tomatoes', or paste alone
HeatGuntur chilli flakesOften chilli flavouring, or paprika for colour
Added sugarNoneCommonly added to soften the acidity
PreservativesNoneUsually one or more
OilCold-pressed extra virgin olive oilOften a cheaper refined or blended oil
Salt0.47 g per 100 g, the lowest of the three Pomoro saucesVaries widely

Is It For You?

Good for

Pasta, pizza bases and baked egg dishes

Anyone who wants heat in a packaged sauce

Vegan cooking

Anyone avoiding added sugar in packaged sauces

Avoid if

Thin, pourable sauces — this one is thick and paste-like

Children, or anyone sensitive to chilli heat

How to use
01

Loosen with a splash of pasta water and toss with penne — the classic

02

Stir through hot pasta straight from the jar

03

Spread over a pizza base if you want the heat

04

Crack eggs into a panful and bake it for a spicy shakshuka

05

Warm a bowl of it and dip bread or fries in

What to look for in Pasta Sauce?
01

Tomato should lead the ingredient list. If water or paste comes first, the sauce has been built back up rather than cooked down.

02

Added sugar is common in jarred sauce to cover acidity. A sauce made from good tomatoes does not need it.

03

Sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate are the usual preservatives. Properly processed and sealed sauce can do without them.

04

Herbs and aromatics should appear by name. 'Nature-identical flavouring' is there to make up for weaker tomato.