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I cook a lot of Italian dishes. My wife likes tomato sauce, but can't stand chunky tomato flesh. And so I have learned to make these dishes with strained tomatoes.

Recently I came across a recipe that called for diced tomatoes, and canned tomato sauce. I replaced the diced tomatoes with strained tomatoes and noticed that it looks a lot like the tomato sauce. They seem remarkably similar.

Are these two products the same? If not, how do they differ?

Jason P Sallinger
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    ‘[Tomato sauce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato_sauce)’ can mean many different things in different places, from cooked chopped tomatoes to ketchup to various pasta sauces to tomato concentrate… Can you clarify which you mean? – gidds Feb 16 '22 at 11:46
  • You might even post the ingredients of a typical tomato sauce of the type you're thinking of - but then you'd have an answer. (Where I am, the usual strained tomatoes have nothing added and if anything is added it's stated clearly on the front of the packet; that may not be the case where you are) – Chris H Feb 16 '22 at 11:59
  • It's not a big deal that it got closed. But the linked answer does not apply here. Nowhere does it mention strained tomatoes. – Jason P Sallinger Feb 16 '22 at 12:20
  • @JasonPSallinger one answer at the linked question refers to "passata". That's the same thing or as near as makes no difference – Chris H Feb 16 '22 at 12:42
  • @JasonPSallinger "tomato purée" and "strained tomatoes" are pretty much synonymous. Using a strainer is a traditional method for making fruit and vegetable purées. – rumtscho Feb 16 '22 at 13:49
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    @rumtscho that's true by some definitions of "puree". Here in the UK, our "puree" is some people's "paste" – Chris H Feb 16 '22 at 16:58
  • @ChrisH this sounds like a good information to be added to the duplicate target in its own answer. Also, we have a huge community wiki translation question between different English dialects, it would probably be good for there too. – rumtscho Feb 16 '22 at 17:20

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Thanks for the guidance, gidds and Chris H.

I looked up the ingredients for each:

Tomato Sauce

https://www.instacart.com/products/144591-redpack-tomato-sauce-8-oz

Ingredients: Tomato Puree (water, Tomato Paste From Vine-ripened Tomatoes), Water, Less Than 2% Of: Salt, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Citric Acid*, Natural Flavors, Dehydrated Bell Pepper.

Strained Tomatoes

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Pomi-Strained-Tomatoes/767465693

Ingredients: Tomatoes, Strained

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