2015

Hundreds of Top-Rated Brands from Our Up-To-Date Blind Taste Tests

BUYING GUIDEFOR SUPERMARKET INGREDIENTS

AAlmond extract

Nielsen-Massey Pure

McCormick Imitation

Apple cider, hard

Angry Orchard Crisp Apple

Applesauce

Musselman’s Lite

Musselman’s Home Style

Apricot preserves

Smucker’s

Bonne Maman

BBacon

Farmland Thick Sliced

Plumrose Premium Thick Sliced

Baked beans

B&M Vegetarian

Bush’s Best Original

Barbecue sauce

SUPERMARKET

Bull’s-Eye Original

HIGH END

Pork Barrel Original

Beans, chickpeas, canned

Pastene

Goya

Beans, white, canned

Goya Cannellini

Bush’s Best Cannellini

Beans, white, dried

Rancho Gordo Classic Cassoulet

Beer, Mexican lager

Tecante

Corona Extra

Blueberries, frozen

Wyman’s Frozen Wild

Bread, multigrain

Nature’s Own Specialty 12 Grain

Arnold 12 Grain

Bread, white sandwich

Arnold Country Classics

Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Hearty

Bread, white sandwich, gluten free

Udi’s

Bread, whole wheat

Pepperidge Farm 100% Natural

Rudi’s Organic Bakery Honey Sweet

Bread crumbs

Ian’s Panko, Original Style

Broth, beef

Rachael Ray Stock-in-a-Box All-Natural Beef Flavored Stock

College Inn Bold Stock Tender Beef Flavor

Broth, chicken

Swanson Chicken Stock

Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base

Broth, vegetable

Orrington Farms Vegan Chicken Flavored Broth Base and Seasoning

Swanson Certified Organic

Brownie mixes, boxed

Ghirardelli Chocolate Supreme

Barefoot Contessa Outrageous

Butter, salted

Lurpak Slightly Salted

Kate’s Homemade

Butter, unsalted

Plugrá European-Style

Vermont Creamery European-Style

BEST BUY

Land O’Lakes Unsalted Sweet

CCapers

Reese Non Pareil

Roland Nonpareille

Cheese, cheddar, artisanal

Milton Creamery Prairie Breeze

Cabot Cellars at Jasper Hill Clothbound

BEST BUY

Tillamook Vintage White Extra Sharp

Cheese, cheddar, extra sharp

Cabot Private Stock

Cabot Extra Sharp

Cheese, cheddar, low fat

Cracker Barrel Reduced Fat Sharp

Cabot 50% Light Sharp

Cheese, cheddar, presliced

Tillamook Presliced Sharp

Cabot All Natural Sharp

Cracker Barrel Natural Sharp

Cheese, cheddar, sharp

Cabot Sharp Vermont

Tillamook Sharp

Cracker Barrel Sharp White

Cheese, cottage

Hood Country Style

Friendship 4% California Style

Cheese, cream

Philadelphia Brand

Cheese, feta

Mt. Vikos Traditional

Valbreso

Cheese, goat

Laura Chenel’s Chèvre Fresh

Vermont Creamery Fresh

Chevrion Plain

Cheese, Gruyere

Gruyère Reserve Wheel

Emmi Le Gruyère Reserve

Cheese, mozzarella

BLOCK

Sorrento Galbani/Precious Galbani Whole Milk

SHREDDED

Kraft Low-Moisture Part Skim

Cheese, Parmesan

Boar’s Head Parmigiano-Reggiano

Il Villaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano

BEST BUY

BelGioioso

Cheese, pepper Jack

Boar’s Head Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeño

Tillamook

Cheese, ricotta, part-skim

Calabro

Cheese, Swiss

FOR CHEESE PLATE ONLY

Edelweiss Creamery Emmentaler Switzerland

Emmi Kaltbach Cave-Aged Emmentaler Switzerland AOC

FOR CHEESE PLATE AND COOKING

Emmi Emmentaler Cheese AOC

Cheese, Swiss, baby

Organic Valley

Cherries, frozen sweet

Cascadian Farms Premium Organic

Chicken, breasts, boneless skinless

Bell & Evans Air Chilled Boneless, Skinless

Chicken, whole

Mary’s Free Range Air Chilled (also sold as Pitman’s)

Bell & Evans Air Chilled Premium Fresh

Springer Mountain Farms Fresh

Chili powder

Morton & Bassett

Penzeys Spices Medium Hot

Chocolate, dark

Ghirardelli 60 Percent Cacao Bittersweet Premium Baking Bar

Callebaut Intense Dark, L-60-40NV

Chocolate, milk

Dove Silky Smooth

Endangered Species All-Natural Smooth

Green & Black’s Organic

Chocolate, milk chocolate chips

Hershey’s

Chocolate, semisweet chips

Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet

Hershey’s Special Dark Mildly Sweet

Chocolate, unsweetened

Hershey’s Baking Bar

Valrhona Cacao Pate Extra 100%

Scharffen Berger

Chocolate, white chips

Guittard Choc-Au-Lait

E. Guittard 31% Cacao Pure White Chocolate Wafers

Ghirardelli Premium Baking

Cinnamon

Penzeys Extra Fancy Vietnamese Cassia

Cocoa powder

Hershey’s Natural Unsweetened

Droste

Hershey’s Special Dark

Coconut milk

Chaokoh

Ka-Me

LIGHT

A Taste of Thai Lite

Coffee

DECAF

Maxwell House Original Roast

Peet’s House Blend Ground

REGULAR

Peet’s Coffee Café Domingo (Bolder Pick)

Millstone Breakfast Blend (Brighter Pick)

Cornmeal, whole-grain

Arrowhead Mills Organic Yellow

Hodgson Mill

Crabmeat

Phillips Premium Crab Jumbo

Blue Star Blue Swimming Lump Meat

BEST BUY (NON-REFRIGERATED,

SHELF STABLE)

Miller’s Select Lump

Creole/Cajun Seasoning

Tony Chachere’s Original Creole

McCormick Perfect Pinch Cajun

Curry powder

Penzeys Sweet

DDressing, blue cheese

Wish-Bone Chunky

Dressing, Italian

Good Seasons All Natural Mix

Kraft Seven Seas Viva

CREAMY ITALIAN

Marzetti with Cracked Peppercorns

EEgg whites, processed

Eggology 100%

FFive-spice powder

Frontier Natural Products Co-op

Flour, all-purpose

King Arthur Unbleached Enriched

Pillsbury Unbleached Enriched

Flour, whole-wheat

King Arthur Premium

French fries, frozen straight-cut

Alexia Organic Yukon Select

Ore-Ida Golden

GGaram masala

McCormick Gourmet Collection

Garlic powder

Spice Islands

BEST BUY

McCormick

Graham crackers

Keebler Original

Honey Maid Honey

Grapefruit juice

Natalie’s 100% Florida

Florida’s Natural Ruby Red

Grits

Anson Mills Pencil Cobb

Arrowhead Mills Organic Yellow Corn

Bob’s Red Mill Corn

HHam, country

Harper’s Grand Champion Whole

Ham, spiral-sliced

Cook’s Hickory Smoked Bone-In Honey Ham

Hot cocoa mixes

Godiva Chocolatier Dark Chocolate

Ghirardelli Chocolate Premium Double Chocolate

Hot sauce

Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili

Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper

Original Louisiana

Hummus

Sabra Classic

IIce cream, chocolate

Ben & Jerry’s

Friendly’s Rich & Creamy Classic

Ice cream, vanilla

Ben & Jerry’s

Haagen-Dazs

Ice cream bars

Dove Bar Vanilla Ice Cream with Milk Chocolate

Haagen-Dazs Vanilla Milk Chocolate All Natural

Ice cream cones

Joy Waffle

Joy Sugar

Keebler Waffle

Ice cream sandwiches

Nestlé/Carnation

Klondike

JJam, blackberry

Smucker’s

KKielbasa

Wellshire Farms Smoked Polska

Hillshire Farm Beef Polska

Ketchup

Heinz Organic Tomato

Hunt’s Tomato

Simply Heinz Tomato

LLemonade

Natalie’s Natural

Simply Lemonade

MMacaroni and Cheese

Kraft Homestyle Dinner Classic Cheddar Cheese Sauce

Kraft Velveeta Original Shells & Cheese

Maple syrup

Maple Grove Farms 100% Pure Grade A Dark Amber

Highland Sugarworks

Mayonnaise

Blue Plate Real

Hellmann’s Real

Hellmann’s Light

Molasses

Brer Rabbit All Natural Unsulphured Mild

Plantation Barbados Unsulphured

Mustard, brown

Gulden’s Spicy

Mustard, coarse-grain

Grey Poupon Harvest

Grey Poupon Country Dijon

Mustard, Dijon

Grey Poupon

Maille Dijon Originale Traditional

OOats, rolled

Bob’s Red Mill Organic Extra Thick

Quaker Old-Fashioned

Oats, steel cut

Bob’s Red Mill Organic

Arrowhead Mills Organic

Olive oil, extra-virgin

Columela

Lucini Italia Premium Select

Colavita

CALIFORNIA

California Olive Ranch Arbequina

Olive oil, regular

Colavita

Olives, pimento-stuffed green

Mezzetta Super Colossal Spanish Queen

Santa Barbara Olive Co.

Pearls Manzanilla

Orange juice, fresh-squeezed

Natalie’s 100% Florida, Gourmet Pasteurized

Simply Orange Not From Concentrate 100% Pure Squeezed Pasteurized, Medium Pulp

Orange juice, frozen concentrate

Minute Maid Original

Tropicana 100% Juice

Oyster crackers

Sunshine Krispy Soup & Oyster

Olde Cape Cod All-Natural Soup & Chowder (also sold as Westminster Crackers)

PPancake mixes

Hungry Jack Buttermilk

Aunt Jemima Original

Paprika, sweet

The Spice House Hungarian

Penzeys Hungarian Kulonleges

Pasta, dried rice noodles

A Taste of Thai Straight Cut

Annie Chun’s Pad Thai

Pasta, egg noodles

Pennsylvania Dutch Wide

De Cecco Egg Pappardelle

Pasta, elbow macaroni

Barilla

Mueller’s

Pasta, farfalle

Mueller’s Bowties

De Cecco Farfalle

Pasta, lasagna noodles, no-boil

Barilla

Ronzoni Oven Ready

Pasta DeFino

Pasta, lasagna noodles, whole-wheat

Bionaturæ Organic 100%

DeLallo 100% Organic

Pasta, penne

Mueller’s

Pasta, ravioli

Rosetto Cheese

Celentano Cheese

Pasta, spaghetti

De Cecco No. 12

Rustichella D’Abruzzo Pasta Abruzzese di Semola di Grano Duro

Garofalo

Pasta, spaghetti, gluten-free

Jovial Brown Rice Pasta

Pasta, spaghetti, whole-wheat

Bionaturæ Organic 100%

Pasta, tortellini

Barilla Three Cheese

Seviroli Cheese

Buitoni Three Cheese

Pasta sauce

Bertolli Tomato and Basil

Francesco Rinaldi Traditional Marinara

Prego Marinara Italian

Pasta sauce, premium

Victoria Marinara

Classico Marinara with Plum Tomatoes and Olive Oil

Peach preserves

American Spoon Red Haven

BEST BUY

Bonne Maman

Peanut butter, creamy

Skippy

Jif Natural Spread

Reese’s

Peanut butter, crunchy

Jif Natural Crunchy Spread

Skippy Natural Super Chunk Spread

Peanut Butter & Co. Crunch Time No-Stir

Peppercorns, black

Kalustyan’s Indian Tellicherry

Morton & Basset Organic Whole

Peppercorns, Sichuan

Dean + DeLuca

Savory Spice Shop

Pepperoni, sliced

Margherita Italian Style

Peppers, roasted red

Dunbars Sweet

Cento

Pie crust

Wholly Wholesome 9” Certified Organic Traditional Bake at Home Rolled Pie Dough

Pineapple, canned crushed

Dole in 100% Pineapple Juice

Del Monte in 100% Juice

Pizza, frozen pepperoni

Pizzeria! by DiGiorno

Potato chips

Lay’s Kettle Cooked Original

Potato chips, reduced-fat

Cape Cod 40% Reduced Fat

Lay’s Kettle Cooked Reduced Fat Extra Crunchy

Preserves, raspberry

Smucker’s Red

Preserves, strawberry

Welch’s

Prosciutto

Volpi Traditional

Del Duca

Pumpkin, canned

Libby’s

One-Pie

RRaisins, golden

Sun-Maid California

Rice, arborio

RiceSelect

Riso Baricella Superfino

Rice, basmati

Tilda Pure

Kohinoor Super

Rice, brown

Goya Natural Long Grain

Lundberg Organic Long Grain

Rice, jasmine

Dynasty

Rice, long-grain white

Lundberg Organic

Carolina Enriched

Rice, ready white

Minute Ready to Serve White

Rice, ready, brown

Minute Ready to Serve Brown

Rice, wild

Goose Valley

Bob’s Red Mill

Reese (also sold as Gourmet House)

Rolls, frozen dinner

Pepperidge Farm Stone Baked Artisan French

SSalsa, green

Frontera Tomatillo

Salsa, hot

Pace Hot Chunky

Frontera Hot Habanero with Roasted Tomatoes and Cilantro

Salsa, medium

Chi-Chi’s Medium Thick and Chunky

Salt

Maldon Sea

Fleur de Sel de Camargue

Morton Coarse Kosher

Sausage, breakfast, links

Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Links

Sausage, breakfast, patties

Jimmy Dean Fully Cooked Original Pork Sausage Patties

Sherry

Lustau Palo Cortado Península

Williams & Humbert Dry Sack Medium

Taylor Dry

Soy sauce

BEST IN COOKING

Lee Kum Kee Table Top

BEST FOR DIPPING

Ohsawa Nama Shoyu Organic Unpasturized

Steak sauce

Heinz 57

Lea & Perrins Traditional

Sweetened condensed milk

Borden Eagle Brand

Nestlé Carnation

TTea, black

PLAIN

Twinings English Breakfast

WITH MILK

Tazo Awake

Tea, green

Celestial Seasonings Authentic

Tea, iced

Tazo Black

Tomatoes, canned diced

Hunt’s

Muir Glen Organic

Tomatoes, canned fire-roasted

DeLallo in Juice with Seasonings

Tomatoes, canned pureed

Muir Glen Organic

Tomatoes, canned whole

Muir Glen Organic Whole Peeled

Hunt’s Whole Plum

Tomatoes, crushed

Tuttorosso in Thick Puree with Basil

Muir Glen with Basil

Tomato paste

Goya

Pastene Fancy

Contadina

Tomato soup

Progresso Vegetable Classics Hearty Tomato

Imagine Organic Vine Ripened

Tortilla chips

Santitas Authentic Mexican Style White Corn

Tostitos Brand 100% White Corn Restaurant Style

Green Mountain Gringo Tortilla Strips All Natural

Tortillas, corn

Maria and Ricardo’s Handmade Style Soft, Yellow

Tortillas, flour

Old El Paso 6-Inch

Mission Small/Fajita

Tuna, in olive oil

BEST BUY

Tonnino Tuna Ventresca Yellowfin

Tuna, in water

Wild Planet Wild Albacore

American Tuna Pole Caught Wild Albacore

Turkey, heritage

Mary’s Free-Range

Turkey, whole

Empire Kosher

Bell & Evans All-Natural

Butterball Premium (Prebasted)

VVanilla beans

McCormick Madagascar

Spice Islands Bourbon

Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Gourmet

Vanilla extract

McCormick Pure

Rodelle Pure

Vanilla, imitation

CF Sauer Co. Gold Medal

Vegetable oil

Crisco Natural Blend

Mazola Canola

Vinegar, apple cider

Spectrum Naturals Organic, Unfiltered

Maille

Vinegar, balsamic

Lucini Gran Riserva

Monari Federzoni

Ortalli

Vinegar, red wine

Laurent du Clos

Pompeian Gourmet

Vinegar, white wine

FOR COOKING

Colavita Aged

FOR VINAIGRETTES

Spectrum Naturals Organic

YYogurt, frozen

TCBY Classic Vanilla Bean

Ben & Jerry’s Vanilla Greek

Turkey Hill Dairy Vanilla Bean

Yogurt, Greek, full-fat

Olympus Traditional Strained 10% Plain

Greek Gods Traditional Plain

Fage Total Strained (Plain)

Yogurt, Greek, low-fat

Fage Total 2% Strained (Plain)

Chobani Plain 2%

Yogurt, Greek, nonfat

Olympus Traditional Strained Plain

Voskos Plain

Yogurt, whole-milk

Brown Cow Cream Top Plain

Stonyfield Farm Organic Plain

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