Tomato Sauce

Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce

A thick, full-flavoured Australian tomato sauce with a subtle kick of spice.

Johnny Retro Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce brings together rich tomato flavour, balanced sweetness and acidity, and a gentle spice finish that adds character without overpowering your food.

Made for burgers, BBQ sausages, meat pies, sausage rolls, hot chips and everyday family meals, its thick consistency helps it stay where you put it—on the burger, inside the bun and on top of the pie.

Developed from recipes perfected through our Maple Leaf Meats food truck and manufactured at Factory 18 in Melbourne, this is the dependable everyday tomato sauce we are proud to serve to our own customers.

Nothing Artificial. Only the Good Stuff.

Why You’ll Love It

• Rich tomato flavour with a subtle spice kick
• Thick consistency that clings to your food
• Balanced sweetness and acidity
• Made without artificial colours, flavours or preservatives
• Perfect as a condiment, dipping sauce or cooking ingredient
• Developed from recipes perfected through our Melbourne food truck
• Manufactured at our HACCP-certified Factory 18 facility
• Proudly made in Melbourne, Australia

What Does Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce Taste Like?

Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce begins with a rich, familiar tomato flavour, balanced with sweetness, acidity and carefully selected spices. It finishes with a subtle kick that gives it more character than an ordinary table sauce, without turning it into a hot chilli sauce.

It is thick, well-balanced and full of flavour, making it a versatile Australian tomato sauce for BBQs, family dinners, quick lunches and everyday cooking.

A Thick Tomato Sauce That Stays on Your Food

Thin tomato sauce can soak into burger buns, run off sausages and disappear into the plate. Johnny Retro has a thick consistency designed to cling to burgers, hot dogs, meat pies, sausage rolls, toasties and chips.

That makes it especially useful for foods where you want plenty of flavour without making the bread, pastry or bun unnecessarily soggy.

What Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce Best With?

Johnny Retro Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce is an everyday condiment made for the foods Australians genuinely enjoy.

• Burgers and cheeseburgers
• BBQ sausages and sausage sandwiches
• Meat pies and sausage rolls
• Hot chips, fries and potato wedges
• Hot dogs and loaded dogs
• Chicken schnitzel and schnitzel burgers
• Bacon and egg rolls
• Ham and cheese toasties
• Steak sandwiches
• Fish and chips
• Family dinners and backyard BBQs

Tomato Sauce for Burgers

Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce works beautifully with beef burgers, cheeseburgers, chicken burgers and breakfast burgers. Its thick texture helps it stay inside the bun, while its tomato flavour, acidity and mild spice complement beef, chicken, bacon, cheese, grilled onions and pickles.

Use it straight from the bottle or mix it with mayonnaise, mustard and finely chopped pickles to make a quick homemade burger sauce.

Tomato Sauce for BBQ Sausages

Serve Johnny Retro with a sausage straight from the BBQ or add it to a classic sausage sandwich with grilled onions. The tomato flavour and gentle spice add interest without masking the flavour of the sausage.

Tomato Sauce for Meat Pies and Sausage Rolls

The thick consistency sits neatly on top of meat pies and sausage rolls without quickly soaking into the pastry. Its balanced acidity also helps cut through rich meat fillings.

Tomato Sauce for Hot Chips

Johnny Retro makes a thick, full-flavoured dipping sauce for hot chips, fries and potato wedges. For an easy Johnny Retro combination, serve it with freshly cooked chips seasoned with our Wild Chip Salt.

Tomato Sauce for Breakfast and Toasties

Add it to bacon and egg rolls, breakfast burgers, ham and cheese toasties or steak sandwiches. Its thick texture adds flavour without creating the excessive moisture of a thin, runny sauce.

More Than a Table Sauce

Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce can be used as a condiment, dipping sauce or everyday cooking ingredient.

Try it as:

• A base for homemade burger sauce
• A dipping sauce for chips, wedges or chicken
• A glaze for sausages or meatballs
• A topping for meatloaf
• An ingredient in savoury mince
• A flavour boost for burgers and toasted sandwiches
• A base for a quick homemade BBQ-style sauce

From Our Food Truck to Your Kitchen

Johnny Retro grew from the sauces developed for our Maple Leaf Meats food truck in Melbourne. We wanted sauces we would be proud to serve with our own burgers, fries and BBQ favourites—not another generic sauce that simply filled the bottle.

Years of serving real customers helped us create a tomato sauce that works with the foods people actually eat. It needed to stay on a burger, complement a sausage, pair naturally with hot chips and deliver dependable flavour every time.

Today, Johnny Retro brings that food-truck-inspired flavour from our kitchen to yours.

Made at Factory 18 in Melbourne

Johnny Retro Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce is manufactured at Factory 18, our HACCP-certified food manufacturing facility in Melbourne, Australia.

Manufacturing the range within our own facility allows us to oversee production and maintain the flavour, consistency and food-safety standards expected from every bottle.

What Makes Johnny Retro Different?

Johnny Retro is not designed to be a bland, watery or forgettable tomato sauce. It combines rich tomato flavour, a thick texture and a subtle spice finish in a sauce made for real meals, BBQs and everyday family favourites.

It is made without artificial colours, artificial flavours or artificial preservatives and is backed by our experience serving customers through the Maple Leaf Meats food truck and manufacturing at Factory 18.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce spicy?

It has a subtle spice kick, but it is not a hot chilli sauce. The spice is mild and designed to enhance the tomato flavour rather than overpower your food.

How hot is Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce?

The heat level is gentle. Most people will notice a mild spice finish rather than strong chilli heat.

Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce suitable for families?

It is designed as an approachable everyday tomato sauce with mild spice. Individual tastes vary, but it is not formulated as a hot sauce.

Is this a thick tomato sauce?

Yes. Johnny Retro has a thick consistency that clings well to burgers, sausages, meat pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs and chips.

Will it make burger buns soggy?

Its thick consistency helps it stay in place and reduces the amount of moisture soaking into the bun compared with a thinner, runnier sauce.

Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce overly sweet?

It is balanced to deliver tomato flavour, sweetness, acidity and spice. It is not intended to taste excessively sweet or syrupy.

Is it a good tomato sauce for burgers?

Yes. Its thick texture helps it stay inside the bun, while the tomato flavour, acidity and subtle spice pair well with beef, chicken, bacon, cheese, pickles and grilled onions.

Is it good with BBQ sausages?

Yes. It works well with beef, pork and chicken sausages, whether served in bread, in a roll or straight from the BBQ.

Is it good with meat pies and sausage rolls?

Yes. Its thick consistency and balanced acidity make it particularly well suited to meat pies, sausage rolls and other savoury pastries.

Is it good with hot chips?

Yes. It makes a full-flavoured dipping sauce for hot chips, fries and potato wedges.

Can I use it with chicken schnitzel?

Yes. Serve it alongside chicken schnitzel or add it to a schnitzel burger or toasted sandwich.

Can I use it on a bacon and egg roll?

Yes. It pairs naturally with bacon, eggs, sausage, hash browns and melted cheese.

Can I cook with Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce?

Yes. Use it in burger sauces, dipping sauces, glazes, meatloaf toppings, savoury mince and other recipes that benefit from tomato flavour, sweetness and acidity.

Can I use it as a dipping sauce?

Yes. Its thick texture makes it suitable for dipping chips, wedges, sausage rolls, chicken and other savoury foods.

Can I use it to make burger sauce?

Yes. Mix it with mayonnaise, mustard, chopped pickles or seasoning to create a quick homemade burger sauce.

Does it contain artificial colours, flavours or preservatives?

No. Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce is made without artificial colours, artificial flavours or artificial preservatives.

Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce Australian made?

Yes. It is manufactured at Factory 18 in Melbourne, Australia.

Where is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce made?

It is made at Factory 18, our HACCP-certified food manufacturing facility in Melbourne.

Was Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce developed through a food truck?

Yes. Johnny Retro grew from the sauce recipes developed through our Maple Leaf Meats food truck in Melbourne.

What is the difference between tomato sauce and ketchup?

The terms are sometimes used interchangeably. In Australia, tomato sauce commonly refers to the familiar condiment served with sausages, meat pies, burgers and hot chips. Ketchup is often associated with an American-style sauce and may taste sweeter or more vinegary, depending on the recipe.

Johnny Retro delivers a familiar Australian tomato sauce experience with a thick texture, rich tomato flavour and a subtle spice kick.

Is Johnny Retro Tomato Sauce a chilli sauce?

No. It is a tomato sauce with a gentle spice finish, not a chilli sauce or hot sauce.

Easy Ways to Enjoy It

• Squeeze over a freshly cooked cheeseburger
• Serve with a sausage straight from the BBQ
• Add to a sausage sandwich with grilled onions
• Serve beside a meat pie or sausage roll
• Use as a dipping sauce for hot chips
• Add to a bacon and egg breakfast roll
• Spread inside a ham and cheese toastie
• Serve with chicken schnitzel
• Add to a steak sandwich
• Mix into a homemade burger sauce

Product Information

• Product: Johnny Retro Thick with a Kick Tomato Sauce
• Size: 250 mL
• Flavour: Rich tomato flavour with a subtle spice kick
• Best with: Fries, burgers and snags
• Also great with: Pies, sausage rolls, hot dogs, toasties, schnitzel and breakfast rolls
• Made without: Artificial colours, artificial flavours and artificial preservatives
• Made in: Melbourne, Australia
• Manufactured by: Factory 18
• Facility: HACCP certified

Thick with a kick and made for the foods Australians love.

From our food truck to your kitchen.