Tomato Fever

Bergenfield-based Two Guys Food Group create canned tomato sauces made with only Garden State tomatoes.

If the chilly weather has got you longing for the juicy goodness of homegrown Jersey tomatoes, you're in luck! Bergenfield-based Two Guys Food Group (201-954-6051) has created the perfect solution: canned tomato sauces made with only Garden State tomatoes.

The idea for the year-old company—run by longtime friends and New Jersey natives Scott Stark and David Stoff, who met while studying hotel and restaurant management at the University of Massachusetts—came from Stark’s experience selling local farmers’ products through his wholesale produce business. “I thought, ‘Why not extend the Jersey tomato season a bit by making a sauce that can be enjoyed year-round?’” says Stark.

Sold locally at Whole Foods in Madison and online through the company’s website, sauce varieties include marinara, tomato-basil, garden vegetable and “spicy”—a zesty blend of crushed or whole Jersey tomatoes, California garlic, oregano, Israeli basil and crushed red-pepper flakes. Retailing for between $3.99 and $5.99 per 25-ounce can, the sauces are also low in sodium and gluten-free with no added sugars.