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No added sugar sauces

Rid your life of the sugary sauce jars and DIY with some really easy and delicious recipes. Some jars of pesto even have added glucose syrup!

Smoky tomato sauce for pasta

by Nigel Slater

Roasting the tomatoes first gives this quick tomato sauce a smoky edge. Stir through pasta with a handful of olives.

This meal, if served as three portions, provides 164kcal, 3g protein, 16g carbohydrate (of which 16g sugars), 9g fat (of which 1.5g saturates), 5g fibre and 0.2g salt per portion.

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Pesto

by William Leigh

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Coconut curry sauce

by Shivi Ramoutar

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Béchamel sauce

Creamy pasta sauce

by Justine Pattison

Easy chicken korma

by Justine Pattison

Harissa

by Nargisse Benkabbou

Cheese sauce

by The BBC Food team

Hollandaise sauce

by The BBC Food team

Béarnaise sauce

by The BBC Food team

Bolognese sauce

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Masala sauce

by Atul Kochhar

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