Hunt's Petite Diced Tomatoes Review

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Meri
Upstate, NY

Where was Quality Control?

a good cook, a Homemaker

Pros

no large chunks here

Cons

poor quality

OCT

2008

I've used Hunt's Petite Diced Tomatoes in the past with no problem until yesterday. I was making a big batch of chili and bought two brands of petite diced tomatoes for comparison- Hunt's brand [at $2.49] and the store brand [at 95 cents].

I had fried the meats and onions, added the spices and added the first can of tomatoes. I immediately saw several chunks of yellow-green and noticed little black spots on some. Many had peelings still attached. I started stirring and found more. It took me quite a while to fish all of the bad pieces out and as I did so I thought, "That's what you get for buying the store brand, Meri." I was finally satisfied that I'd gotten the chili back on track and went to add the second can. It was then I noticed that I had reached for the store brand. The first can was the Hunt's Brand! I couldn't believe it.

The store brand tomatoes were beautiful. I found one tiny piece of peeling and that was that. The tomatoes were red, there were no garbage pieces and they cost less. It was as though quality control had taken a break and the factory workers ran amok.

I learned a lesson about canned tomatoes. You can't judge a can by its label.

P.S. I called customer service, they apologized and offered to send out compensation. I will try them again because I have had good luck with them in the past but I won't forget they can't be trusted; at least for a while.