Rao’s Homemade grew out of the Rao family’s legendary New York restaurant, turning its slow-simmered Italian sauces into pantry staples alongside pasta, soups and frozen meals. Founded in 1896 by Charles Rao in East Harlem, the brand still emphasizes small-batch cooking and whole-peeled Italian tomatoes, with its original sauce created so more people could enjoy the restaurant’s signature taste at home.
Grandpa Pete's Sunday SauceRooted in the Serro family’s Sicilian heritage, Grandpa Pete’s Sunday Sauce makes small-batch tomato sauces and homemade-style pasta from all-natural ingredients. The recipes trace back to Pete Serro’s mother and grandmother, carried from Alcamo, Sicily, to Brooklyn and later jarred by his son Charlie and family. Made in New York, the company sells its sauces and dinner packs across the Northeast and online.
Victoria Fine FoodsFounded in 1929 by an Italian immigrant family in Brooklyn, Victoria Fine Foods makes pasta sauces with fresh vegetables, premium ingredients and a deliberately slow kettle-cooking process. Its sauces cook for 90 minutes rather than being rapidly heat-processed, preserving the homemade character at the heart of the brand’s “Ingredients Come First” philosophy. The company also draws on regional Italian traditions, including recipes inspired by Bologna, Tuscany, Calabria and Naples.BROOKLYN, NY
DelGrosso Foods IncTracing its roots to an Italian immigrant’s pasta-sauce recipe from 1914, DelGrosso Foods makes pasta sauce as America’s oldest major family-owned producer in the category. Founded by Ferdinand and Mafalda DelGrosso, the company remains part of a family of food businesses that also includes prepared foods for fundraisers and takeout.TIPTON, PA
Jule's Tomato SauceJule’s Tomato Sauce makes small-batch jarred tomato sauces from the recipe Pa Vitelli first cooked at his Jersey City restaurant in 1962. After Jule’s Italian Restaurant served the Westside Avenue neighborhood for more than 40 years, his children brought that unchanged sauce back to home kitchens, including the red sauce used in the restaurant’s famously towering lasagna. The company also supplies its marinara to food-service kitchens in five-gallon packaging.