Premium Marinara Sauce Made in Des Moines, Iowa by Riggs Sauce Company
Updated: 7 days ago
A great jar of marinara should make you rethink what sauce from a jar can taste like. Riggs Sauce is a premium marinara made in Iowa, slow-simmered in small batches and built around uniquely bold flavor. Rich, balanced and versatile, it is made to deliver the kind of flavor that belongs at the center of the meal—not hidden behind everything else on the plate.
Born in Des Moines, Riggs Sauce was created with a simple goal: raise the standard for jarred marinara. Whether it is tossed with pasta, layered into chicken parmesan, spread across homemade pizza or served alongside a sandwich, Riggs Sauce brings bold flavor to the meals people actually make. For anyone searching for marinara sauce in Des Moines, Iowa, it also means having a premium sauce made close to home. Shop Riggs Sauce here.
Born in Iowa. Made to raise the standard.
Riggs Sauce started with a simple idea: the jarred sauce aisle could be better.
There are plenty of marinara sauces on the shelf. The goal was never to make another one.
Riggs Sauce was created to deliver the kind of flavor you expect from a sauce that has spent time simmering in the kitchen—without requiring you to make it from scratch every time you want a great meal.
That means high-quality ingredients, bold flavor and a sauce versatile enough to work across pasta, pizza, sandwiches, baked dishes and more.
It just happens to have started here in Iowa.
Des Moines is home, and that local connection will always be part of the Riggs Sauce story. But the standard for the sauce is bigger than being local. We want every jar to stand on its own against any marinara on the shelf.
What makes a great marinara sauce?
Marinara sounds simple. Getting it right is not.
The best sauces find balance. Tomatoes should taste rich and vibrant. Herbs and seasonings should add depth without overpowering the sauce. The texture should have enough body to coat pasta and hold up in baked dishes without becoming heavy.
Most importantly, a great marinara should taste finished the moment you open the jar.
That is what Riggs Sauce is built around.
Uniquely bold flavor without unnecessary complexity.
A great marinara should:
Taste great straight from the jarThe flavor should already be there. No need to spend another 30 minutes trying to fix it.
Stand up in a real mealPasta, lasagna, chicken parmesan and baked dishes need a sauce with enough flavor and body to carry the dish.
Work beyond spaghettiA great marinara should feel just as natural on pizza, sandwiches and dipping plates as it does over pasta.
Complement the rest of the mealBold does not mean overpowering. The sauce should make everything around it taste better.
That is how a jar earns a permanent place in the pantry.
More than just pasta sauce
Pasta might be the obvious choice, but Riggs Sauce was never designed to do only one thing.
The best pantry staples are the ingredients you keep finding new reasons to use.
Toss Riggs Sauce with spaghetti or rigatoni for an easy dinner. Layer it into lasagna or baked ziti.
Spoon it over crispy chicken parmesan. Build a meatball or Italian sausage sandwich. Spread it over pizza dough. Warm it up as a dipping sauce for breadsticks or mozzarella.
The point is not to reinvent dinner.
It is to make the food you already love taste better.
That versatility is a big part of what makes quality marinara worth keeping around. On a busy night, a great sauce can turn a few simple ingredients into a meal that actually feels complete.
Made for real kitchens
Most meals are not elaborate.
They happen after work. Between practices. On Sunday afternoons. During football games. When friends come over unexpectedly. When there is pasta in the pantry and not much of a plan beyond that.
Riggs Sauce is made for those meals.
Brown some Italian sausage and toss it with pasta. Build chicken parmesan. Make a quick pizza. Warm up meatballs. Put together a sandwich.
You should not need a complicated recipe to get great flavor.
Starting with a better sauce gives you a better starting point.
And while Riggs Sauce is made in Iowa, that idea is not uniquely Iowan. It is the same reason people everywhere keep a great bottle of olive oil, a favorite seasoning or a dependable sauce in the kitchen.
When an ingredient consistently makes food better, you keep reaching for it.
Two sauces. Two takes on bold flavor.
Riggs Sauce currently comes in two varieties, each built around the same standard of premium marinara.
Tomato Basil Marinara — The OG
Our Tomato Basil Marinara combines tomatoes, sweet basil and our signature blend of Italian herbs for a classic marinara with the bold flavor that defines Riggs Sauce.
It is versatile enough for pasta, pizza, chicken parmesan, lasagna, meatballs and plenty more.
Arrabbiata Spicy Marinara — Bold flavor with a kick
Our Arrabbiata Spicy Marinara takes that same bold approach and adds the right amount of heat.
The goal is not to make a sauce where spice overwhelms everything else. It is to add enough kick to make the flavor more interesting while keeping the sauce balanced and versatile.
Different sauces. Same standard.
Make the meal better.
Why Des Moines will always be part of the story
Riggs Sauce was founded in Iowa, and Des Moines is where the brand began.
That matters to us.
There is something different about building a food brand in the same community where people are actually cooking with it, recommending it to friends and bringing it home to their families.
Local customers get to be part of the story early.
But being made in Iowa is not the reason Riggs Sauce should earn a place in your kitchen.
The flavor is.
We want someone in Des Moines to choose Riggs Sauce because it is the best sauce they can put on the table. We want the same reaction from someone opening a jar hundreds of miles away.
Being local gives Riggs Sauce its roots.
The goal is to build something much bigger from them.
Looking for marinara sauce in Des Moines?
If you are searching for marinara sauce in Des Moines, Iowa, you can order Riggs Sauce directly online.
Customers throughout the Des Moines area can also take advantage of local delivery, making it easier and more affordable to get Riggs Sauce without paying traditional shipping costs.
But whether you find us locally or order a jar from somewhere else, the promise is the same:
Premium marinara. Uniquely bold flavor. Made to earn its place in your kitchen.
Raise the standard for what comes out of the jar
Making marinara from scratch can be great.
You should not have to do it every time you want great sauce.
Riggs Sauce was created to close that gap—to give you a jar of marinara that feels at home in a real kitchen and brings enough flavor to make the meal better from the moment you open it.
Slow-simmered in small batches. Made in Iowa. Built around uniquely bold flavor.
Use it on pasta. Pizza. Chicken parmesan. Sandwiches. Baked dishes. Or whatever you are making next.
Because the best marinara should not be something you settle for.
It should be something you look forward to opening.
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