Polpa position: budget tinned tomatoes score well in Choice taste test

Choice tested all 18 brands of tinned tomatoes blind and unheated in order to ‘capture the true essence of the tomatoes’. Photograph: Brent Hofacker/Alamy

Consumer advocacy group Choice has taste-tested 18 brands of chopped and diced tomatoes, finding three cheaper cans outranked many more expensive brands.

Four judges ranked tinned tomatoes from Australian supermarkets and retailers, assessing them on flavour, texture, appearance and aroma – with flavour accounting for the biggest percentage of overall scores.