San Marzanos are some of the world’s most prized tomatoes, but a new lawsuit says a popular American brand is falsely advertising its tomatoes as the revered variety.

A new lawsuit alleges that one of America’s most popular brands of the canned tomatoes aren’t true San Marzanos at all — they’re impostors.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Tomatoes are a cornerstone of Italian cooking and there's one particular tomato that's prized and priced above the rest-- the San Marzano tomato. "They get this very low ...

New Jersey-based Cento Fine Foods called the claims "wrongful" this week and assures their tomatoes are true San Marzanos, meaning they were grown at the base of Mount Vesuvius in Campania in Italy.

A federal lawsuit challenges the authenticity of San Marzano tomatoes sold by Cento Fine Foods, contending the company's customers are paying an inflated price for a lesser-pedigreed pomodoro.

Cans for Cento's San Marzano products have a map of Italy on the back label, with shaded areas showing Agro Sarnese Nocerino and Campania. The labels say the San Marzano tomatoes "are grown in the ...

WEST DEPTFORD, NJ (AP) — The largest U.S. seller of San Marzano tomatoes, known to food lovers as the best tomatoes to make pasta sauce, has been hit with two federal lawsuits claiming what’s ...

The largest U.S. seller of San Marzano tomatoes, known to food lovers as the best tomatoes to make pasta sauce, has been hit with two federal lawsuits claiming what's inside the can isn't the real ...

WEST DEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — The largest U.S. seller of San Marzano tomatoes, known to food lovers as the best tomatoes to make pasta sauce, has been hit with two federal lawsuits claiming what's ...