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Kansas City Sweet BBQ Sauce

by Bear's

At a glance

A Kansas City style BBQ sauce.

Tastes

Probably sweet and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Made with

Tomato puree, Cane sugar, Molasses, Distilled vinegar… all ingredients

From the ingredient label on file with USDA. How we read it

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Ingredients

15, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
  2. 2
    Cane sugar
  3. 3
    Molasses
  4. 4
    Distilled vinegar
  5. 5
    Apple cider vinegar
  6. 6
    Dijon mustard (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Mustard seed (mentions a common allergen)
    • Vinegar
    • Salt
    • White wine
    • Citric acid
    • Tartaric acid
    • Turmeric
    • Spices
  7. 7
    Salt
  8. 8
    Natural smoke flavor
  9. 9
    Modified food starch
  10. 10
    Lemon juice concentrate
  11. 11
    Spices
  12. 12
    Dried garlic
  13. 13
    Onion powder
  14. 14
    Tamarind concentrate
  15. 15
    Natural flavor
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), CANE SUGAR, MOLASSES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, DIJON MUSTARD (WATER, MUSTARD SEED, VINEGAR, SALT, WHITE WINE, CITRIC ACID, TARTARIC ACID, TURMERIC, SPICES), SALT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SPICES, DRIED GARLIC, ONION POWDER, TAMARIND CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR.

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Where this comes from

The USDA label record, plus the photo from Open Food Facts.

How we read the flavor3 tags
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree is listed 1st
  • SweetCane Sugar is listed 2nd
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

Words on the label: “Sweet”.

We read the ingredient order and wording. No tasting, no scores, and we never guess heat.

Product facts
Brand
Bear's
Owner, as reported
Bear's Smokehouse LLC
Type
BBQ sauce
Style
Kansas City style
Label on record
2021-03-09
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
538 g
US
861423002602Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2152624 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
style80%
ingredients text90%

Data from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), available under the Open Database License. Product on Open Food Facts. Photos: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0, credited on each photo.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central. fdc.nal.usda.gov (CC0-1.0).

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