San Marzano Tomatoes, Whole, Peeled

by San Marzano

Product Features

• Is Italy's most famous plum tomato, grown in Campania, the home of pizza
• Is prized for its tart flavor, firm pulp, red color, low seed-count and easily removed skin
• Perfect start to the perfect pizza

Product Description

Plum tomatoes named after the region of San Marzano near Naples, Italy have traditionally been the tomatoes of choice for the best flavored tomato sauce.

These are domestically grown tomatoes which use the same variety of seed. They are firm and meaty with very few seeds.

Each can contains 28 ounces of whole peeled tomatoes.

Fat and Cholesterol Free

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• ASIN: B0001K5MGG
• UPC: 040784985001
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,134 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the real thing, October 19, 2006

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Wei-ju Wu (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Marzano Tomatoes, Whole, Peeled (Misc.)

I am originally from Europe (Germany) and love Italian Cooking. After moving to the States, I have a hard time finding the ingredients that I was used to get easily there in the american grocery stores. If I can find them, they are overpriced and of inferior quality (parmigiano reggiano anyone ?). I often feel that people are knowingly tricked by the industry by product names which resemble the "real product", the best example would be olive oil.
Happy of at least finding one of my favorite pasta brands ("deCecco"), I was looking for the San Marzano tomatoes which I was used to get at my local italian grocery store for 1.50 Euros (about 1.80 USD) a can (the acidity of most american canned tomatoes is too high, in my opinion).
So far, I have only found this brand at the local grocery stores, and after reading the label, I was very suspicious about it - a San Marzano tomato, produced in USA ? I gave it a chance anyways, at last, they have a high price and they are still on the market, so they might have something going for them.
After opening the can, I instantly saw that these can not be real San Marzano tomatoes - San Marzanos are long and thin and bittersweet (once you tried them, you will be able to tell), these are spherical and sweet and sour.
I have used them in soup and pasta sauces so far, at least they seem to be a little better than the regular canned tomatoes in the grocery store, but it can not justify the price tag - in Europe I can get this quality for about a dollar.
So if you are searching for a good canned tomato, keep on searching - these here might not taste all that bad, but they are not San Marzanos and they are expensive as well.

31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just this side of outright fraud!, September 8, 2006

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Deanna Figueroa (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Marzano Tomatoes, Whole, Peeled (Misc.)

This Calif. company managed to use the San Marzano name in their brand name, but these are in no way, shape or form actually San Marzano tomatoes.

They are overpriced and HORRIBLE.

Do not buy this brand if you are looking for real San Marzano tomatoes, Progresso tomatoes are better for 1/3 the price.

These people should be ashamed of themselves.

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars There should be a law!, January 17, 2006

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A. Leahy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: San Marzano Tomatoes, Whole, Peeled (Misc.)

I seriously DOUBT that this California tomato packer exports to Italy, so WHY is there Italian on the can?? To FOOL THE CONSUMER..no other reason.

These are so-so tomatoes if they were priced like Hunt's..but they're 3 times the price and they are NOT REAL SAN MARZANO TOMATOES!!

Buyer BEWARE!!!!!!