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A Flavor Hack NY-Style Pizzerias Owners Should Know.

Here’s why Charlie Anderson picks the best tomato sauce for NY-style pizza.
Here’s why Charlie Anderson picks the best tomato sauce for NY-style pizza.

What city defines the perfect style and flavor of a pizza or marinara sauce for crafting menus that customers crave? New York? Chicago? Detroit? When it comes video blogger Charlie Anderson, the answer is Redpack®.

The Redpack brand is a well-known consumer brand in the Northeast and loved by pizzeria operators as well. Charlie Anderson’s video series of what defines New York-style pizza compared eight different brands of tomato sauces, including imports based on levels of acidity, sweetness, color, and flavor, his test shared with his 138,000 followers found Redpack the best at defining the essence of a great pizza in the Empire State.

“Thanks to Charlie Anderson for the endorsement,” says Red Gold’s Senior Director of Foodservice Business Development David Halt. Redpack is a brand owned and made by Red Gold. “Our Redpack fully prepared pizza, spaghetti, and marinara sauces are mainstays of pizzerias and other restaurants across New York and New England. It’s a great way to save time and labor in preparing tomato sauces that assures consistently great flavor day after day.”

Redpack fully prepared spaghetti and marinara sauces are available in convenient 105 oz. pouches or #10 cans.
Redpack fully prepared spaghetti and marinara sauces are available in convenient 105 oz. pouches or #10 cans.

Redpack Pizza Sauce with Basil is crafted from crushed tomatoes concentrated to an extra heavy thickness and flavored with basil. This sauce serves as the fundamental ingredient for numerous pizzeria operators, allowing them to create their own signature sauces,” explains Halt. “Depending on an operator's preferences, they can effortlessly customize our Redpack Extra Heavy Pizza Sauce. They have the option to either add water and ladle it onto their pizza crusts or incorporate additional ingredients such as oil, spices, cheeses, and more.”

We offer our spaghetti and marinara sauces in either 105 oz. pouches or #10 cans to give operators the flexibility of choosing the package that is right for their operation,” says Halt. “Many operators choose our pouches because they can open up additional space for storage in their pantries.”

Redpack Pizza Sauce is available in two different formulas to fit your ideal flavor of pizza.
Redpack Pizza Sauce is available in two different formulas to fit your ideal flavor of pizza.

If you are ready to compare the flavor of Redpack sauces to your existing tomato sauces, Red Gold is happy to help by offering free samples of their Redpack fully prepared sauces to you. “If you are looking for authentic flavor that your customers will love, I think Redpack is up to the challenge,” Halt concludes.