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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

DARK SECRETS: Plum position how mutti turned tinned tomatoes into a status symbol | Vintage Vibes

Mutti’s van in Battersea, south London
Mutti’s promotional van, pictured in Battersea, south London, will travel to several other big cities. Photograph: c/o Mutti

Posh jars of beans, fancy cooking oils and bougie tonic waters have tempted many of us to splash out in the hope of discovering a more exciting taste. Now tinned tomatoes, the basis of so many home-cooked meals, have entered the era of the premium takeover.

Mutti, the Italian brand whose tinned tomatoes retail at about £1.60 compared with about 50p for a tin of supermarket own-label, is poised to overtake Napolina, which retails at about £1 a tin, as the UK’s biggest non-supermarket brand of tinned tomatoes, passata and paste.

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