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> Why on earth would you want to make the sauce sweet? I will never
> understand why in the US everything needs to be sweet, even at the
> expense of flavor. This is especially true for fruit.

Sometimes a tomato sauce can taste bitter, especially if you don't start
with fully ripe tomatoes (hard to find in US grocery stores) and/or if
they are not cooked down for a long time. But people vary in their
sensitivity to bitterness.

I don't add sugar to a tomato-based pasta sauce. To balance the bitter
flavor, I use caramelized carrots, onions, or mushrooms.

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Julian Vrieslander