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Progresso Tomato Products

15 years ago

I must be dense because I've been looking all over the Phoenix area for Progresso Tomato Puree and Crushed Tomatoes in Puree. I thought is was just the Phoenix area that stopped carrying them and now I found out that Progresso has totally cut out all their canned tomato products! Has anyone else noticed this? We grew up making "sauce" with the Progresso products.

Eileen

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monica_pa Grieves

15 years ago

Try Tuttoroso brand.
They're better than Progresso ever was.

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wantoretire_did
15 years ago
They aren't showing any tomato products on their home page. At the bottom of the link is a 'contact us' option. Might as well write to them and get it from the horse's mouth. Perhaps they sold the tomato products to another company.

If you google 'progresso tomato puree' and/or others you are looking for, there are lots of places selling it (liquidating?), but apparently not regular grocery stores that I could see.

Here is a link that might be useful: Progresso foods
brightonborn
15 years ago
I will have to check them out when I go to the market later on today.Hope we can still get them here I love their tomato products. and as a matter of fact all the products they make including their soup broths etc.
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maire_cate
15 years ago
Progresso is one of General Mills brands so I went to their home page and clicked on their 'find our products' then I typed in my zip code and in the product search box typed Progresso Tomatoes.

You won't be happy - they all came up discontinued.

Here is a link that might be useful: General Mills find our products
Georgysmom
15 years ago
If you have Delallo products in your area, try them. I'm sure you will be pleased. Their tomato paste is the best. Also, I think Cento is pretty good. They're the two I use but I favor Delallo.
juellie1962
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I thought Progresso just made soup! Don't think I ever saw canned tomato products in my area.
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15 years ago
I use Tuttoroso and Red Gold products. Red Gold owns Tuttoroso according to their website. I have never heard of Progresso Tomato products.

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jannie
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I've purchased Progresso tuna (tono) in olive oil. It's very tasty.
chickadee2_gw
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I called customer service at General Mills and asked them to bring back their tomato line. When I googled for their products, I found other people on forums complaining that their tomato line was discontinued. I figured it wouldn't hurt to let them know their product was missed. 800-200-9377
brightonborn
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Thanks for posting that number.I will definetly give them a call.
Denise Jack
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I miss their tomato products, they were superior!
HU-809892967
6 years ago
I ran into the same thing in Scottsdale, so i improvised when i make spaghetti i only use Contadina tomato paste adding some water, and there tomato puree. I have to add a little sugar to cut the acid.I really miss the Progresso not as acidic. I sure would love to know why i can't buy it still , as i now live in Northern Cal.
morz8 - Washington Coast
6 years ago
I know this is an old thread but I like the Muir Glen tomato products. I'll often buy their san marzano style whole peeled and crush them myself if I want crushed. I don't usually see them crushed in puree I don't think, but I keep a tube of fresh tomato paste always and can come up with something enough similar ;0)
arcy_gw
6 years ago
Must be regional. The only Progresso product I have ever seen is the Spaghetti sauce. We prefer another brand. I can't imagine one brand of tomatoes/sauce/puree will affect the outcome over another. Many companies are failing. A sign of the times.
Elmer J Fudd
6 years ago
Tomato growing and processing is a big business in California's Central Valley. Though the summer, large trucks with big open trailer bins of tomatoes, so numerous almost seeming like truck caravans, can often be seen on Hwys 5 and 99 taking tomatoes from the fields to the processing plants.

Most commercial tomato products of the various brands have been produced from forms of processed tomatoes (diced, puree, paste, etc) produced under contract with a processor. Each brand can add its own seasonings to their final products but the tomatoes often come from a common source.
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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If you check the Progresso website, there are NO tomato products listed.......not even spaghetti sauce!! But it is owned by General Mills, which also owns Muir Glen. I buy that brand frequently as well, also Pomi. Both are excellent in my opinion.
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Pomi is the best! Maybe psychological, but the canned stuff tastes like metal compared to Pomi.
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I liked their canned tomatoes. Disappointing. But the soups? Meh. After a while I thought they all tasted alike.
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I always use Hunts for their tomato sauce and puree. But I like Cento for whole or diced tomatoes.

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