Kettle Cooked Sauces

Homemade Taste

Discover the rich, robust flavors of RAGÚ Kettle Cooked Sauces, where tradition meets culinary excellence. These sauces are crafted with care, slow-simmered to perfection in small batches to ensure every spoonful bursts with flavor. The kettle cooking process allows us to extract a deep, authentic taste from each ingredient, resulting in sauces that elevate your meals to a gourmet experience.

Our Kettle Cooked Sauces are made with premium ingredients, including vine-ripened tomatoes, aromatic herbs, and a blend of spices that have been carefully selected to complement each other. Whether you’re making a classic spaghetti Bolognese, a hearty lasagna, or a simple pasta primavera, our sauces add a touch of homemade goodness to every recipe.

What sets RAGÚ Kettle Cooked Sauces apart is not just the quality of the ingredients, but also the careful process behind their slow-simmered preparation. By allowing the sauces to cook slowly, we bring out the depth and richness of their flavors – something that’s hard to achieve with quicker methods. This technique also helps maintain the texture and consistency that makes our sauces perfect for coating pasta, layering in casseroles, or even using as a dipping sauce.

Kettle Cooked Sauces FAQ

Each batch simmers low‑and‑slow in a kettle—just like a scratch pot on the stove—so the tomatoes caramelize and the garlic, onions, and herbs meld for a deeper, home‑style flavor.

Our Kettle Cooked Sauces contain no added sugar and no high‑fructose corn syrup. Total sugars are clearly listed on the nutrition panel.

Yes. All varieties are prepared without wheat ingredients and are batch‑tested to confirm they meet FDA gluten‑free standards (< 20 ppm).

Absolutely—portion into airtight containers, leave ½‑inch headspace, and freeze up to three months. Thaw overnight in the fridge before reheating.

The richer, slow‑simmered taste shines in hearty recipes such as baked ziti, lasagna roll‑ups, meatball subs, or even as a base for shakshuka‑style eggs.

Featured Recipes

Pepperoni Pizza Dip
Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

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Baked Pasta Primavera Casserole
Prep Time

20 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

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