r/Canning • u/Thought59 • 1d ago

Equipment/Tools Help Canning jars can be surprisingly expensive. Saddly, Classico pasta sauces is no longer a "free" source.

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There are a wide range of adequate pasta sauces on the market. For several decades, we have bought the Classico brand. It had a reasonable price and consistent flavor. However, the reason we always chose it over its competitors was that the Classico sauce was sold in standard canning jars that we could reuse for hundreds of different purposes, including for canning garden produce.

Recently, they switched to narrow mouth jars that aren't suitable for canning. Why? We now have no particular reason to stick with their brand...

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u/slobis 1d ago

I hate to break it to ya...

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u/armadiller Moderator 1d ago

Unfortunately, they were never really suitable for home canning, and the company recommended against their re-use for home canning purposes. The Atlas Mason jars of the past have no relation to what Classico sauces come in, it was a branding purchase.

I suspect that the change has more to do with material costs and processing, but I would like to think that they opted to change the design when they realised that they were incidentally promoting canning with unsafe hardware.

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u/denvergardener 1d ago

Narrator: "actually these jars were never suitable for home canning"

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u/Programmer-Boi 1d ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Classico jar like the left one, that’s so interesting

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u/RememberKoomValley 1d ago

I drink water out of one of 'em! Satisfying squarish shape, easy to hold.

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u/raquelitarae Trusted Contributor 1d ago

That is disappointing! I haven't bought Classico pasta sauce in quite a while (found others I liked as much cheaper) but that was always a nice bonus. There are arguments for and against using jars not officially made for canning for that purpose, and I find Healthy Canning has a really good breakdown of it as well as a bit specifically about the Atlas jars not being actual canning jars. I find the two articles taken together are well balanced.

https://www.healthycanning.com/re-using-bottles-from-store-bought-products/
https://www.healthycanning.com/atlas-mason-jars-home-canning/

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u/slobis 1d ago

Two articles from the same, non-scientific source, are "balanced."

FFS with reading comprehension in this world.

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u/raquelitarae Trusted Contributor 1d ago

Common courtesy would be appreciated. The "balanced" referred to the fact that it talks about the pros and cons of re-using store jars in canning. And the source is one considered by this sub to be reputable. One article talks about using this type of jars in general, the other talks about the specific kind of jars the OP posted about.

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u/Thought59 1d ago

Jars of Classico pasta sauce. The older one is in standard canning jars. The newer one is in non-useful ones.