Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's Basil Pesto, Taste the Difference 150g
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Green pesto
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's Basil Pesto, Taste the Difference 150g
24%declared basil
150g · £3.00 (£2.00/100g)
£8.33 per 100g of basil
What the actual basil costs, filler stripped out
This packLeast basil
45.5%declared basil
190g · £3.35 (£1.76/100g)
£3.88 per 100g of basil
What the actual basil costs, filler stripped out
Sainsbury's
48%declared basil
190g · £0.89 (£0.47/100g)
£0.98 per 100g of basil
What the actual basil costs, filler stripped out
Best buy
Three jars of green pesto on the same shelf, judged on the one number the label buries: how many grams of basil went in per 100g of the jar. The everyday Sainsbury's jar has both the most basil at 48% and the cheapest price, so it is the runaway best value per pound of basil. The premium Taste the Difference jar has the least basil at 24% and is the dearest per pound of basil by a wide margin, with the Sacla brand jar (45.5%) in the middle. Here, more money buys you less basil.
Ranked by cost per 100g of actual basil — shelf price with filler stripped. Sources on each pack's own page.
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The receipts
- Jun 2026Recipe24% basil24g of basil per 100g of the jar, the least basil of the three despite the premium label. GBP3.00 standard for 150g (GBP20.00/kg), about GBP8.33 per 100g of real basil, the dearest per pound of basil by a wide margin.Verifiedsainsburys.co.uk
Sources
- Verifiedsainsburys.co.uk