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Is Rao's Homemade Marinara Sauce low FODMAP?
FODMAP score
78
High FODMAP
No — despite the famously clean label, Rao's Marinara is not low FODMAP. Whole onions and garlic are simmered directly into the sauce, and their fructans are water-soluble, so they dissolve into every spoonful and cannot be picked out. The rest of the recipe (tomatoes, olive oil, basil, oregano) is gentle; it is specifically the onion and garlic that drive the verdict.
What's inside
📏 A typical serving is 1/2 cup (about 125 g) of sauce — and because the fructans are dissolved throughout, a smaller ladle reduces the dose but never makes it onion- and garlic-free.
Gentler alternatives
↳Rao's Sensitive Formula Marinara — The same brand's onion- and garlic-free version — carrots, basil, and oregano carry the flavor instead.
↳Fody Foods Marinara Sauce — Built without onion or garlic, using garlic-infused oil for flavor without the fructans.
↳Plain tomato passata + garlic-infused olive oil — A two-ingredient DIY swap: infused oil delivers garlic flavor because fructans do not dissolve into fat.
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