Barilla Sauces

With the same commitment to excellence that leads the creation of our pasta, Barilla uses only the highest quality ingredients and the same guiding principles used in households and restaurants in Italy to create our authentic, premium collection of Italian pasta sauces. Our bring the flavors of Italy to America.

But Italian sauces stretch beyond traditional reds.  In restaurants across Italy, chefs explore the use of fish, vegetables, dairy, olive oil and meats to create flavorful broths and sauces to complement any and every pasta imaginable.  But one basic rule of thumb always remains constant - retaining simplicity to allow the individual flavors of each ingredient to shine.

Of the myriad of sauces that are a part of Italian cuisine, the most well recognized in America are red sauces like marinara, which actually didn't start to appear in Italy until the 19th century.  Many of the red sauces we enjoy today were born from people who were poor, had limited access to a wide variety of fresh ingredients, but who were rich with ingenuity, creativity and a magnificent sense of taste.  It was the Neopolitans who were inspired to create the popular "pomodoro", a simple blend of fresh tomatoes and olive oil, as the first documented 'perfect pair' for pasta.  When immigrants from southern Italy came to America, they brought along their traditional regional red sauces and introduced them to their new home.

It is almost impossible to imagine an Italian meal without thinking of flavorful and distinctive pasta sauces.