# What Is Really In Classico Pasta Sauce??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 29, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372 "2012-02-29T18:21:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bet105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bet105](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bet105)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372/21 "2014-01-14T02:24:13Z")

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My family has a recipe for sauce that takes 8 hours to cook. Classico Four Cheeses is about the closest I found to it. And I absolutely love it. We have it at least 2 times a month or more.  
I have never had any nightmares or hallusanations from it. But it sure puts me iN THE MOOD . If you know what I mean. And I am 61 years young. So maybe you should try it twice a month and see if you get the same reaction! If not then stick with Ragu. Sorry bout your luck.  
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**Author:** ![bet105](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bet105](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bet105)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372/22 "2014-01-14T02:32:38Z")

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You should buy up a bunch of the stuff that affected you, change the labels and sell it as a miracle cure for some illness or something. lol

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372/23 "2014-01-14T03:32:09Z")

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My first zombie thread. I quit buying Classico shortly after the thread died on the vine. I now make my own sauce with San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, a touch of sea salt and basil. Pure bliss. No weird dreams or anything else.

> [@bet105](#):
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> My family has a recipe for sauce that takes 8 hours to cook.

If I use San Marzano tomatoes from my garden it takes about two hours to prepare them for cooking (another two hours). If I use San Marzano tomatoes from Italy (canned) the prep time is eliminated and the actual sauce cooking is two hours.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372/24 "2014-01-14T04:14:47Z")

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I wonder if perhaps they made a batch with the [wrong type of sage](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_divinorum)?

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-really-in-classico-pasta-sauce/614372/25 "2014-01-14T14:50:29Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> My first zombie thread. I quit buying Classico shortly after the thread died on the vine.

😛

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