Taste it. If you find the flavor agreeable then, it is fine to use. If you question it, don't use it. You are cooking to your taste not mine. Just trust what you are tasting. All of the flavors carry through into the mole or macaroni sauce. The recipes are simple but many ingredients are seasonal so there will be variation in the final flavor but the texture should remain a constant. I recently used some "crushed tomatoes" that were really blended into mush. It is better to start with stewed whole tomatoes for the mac sauce. It is ok to have small bits of tomato in the sauce.