Illustration, not the actual bottle

Modern Authentic Korean Style Gochujang Hot & Sweet Sauce

by Bibigo

At a glance

A Korean style gochujang.

Tastes

Probably sweet and boozy.

Heat
Label says “Hot”
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Made with

Hot pepper paste, Brown sugar, Spirit vinegar, Water… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

13, in label order
  1. 1
    Hot pepper paste (chili)
    • Brown sugar
    • Water
    • Wheat flour (mentions a common allergen)
    • Red pepper powder (chili)
    • Soy sauce (defatted soybean, wheat, salt, koji, water) (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
    • Onion puree
    • Defatted soybean powder (mentions a common allergen)
    • Citric acid
    • Koji
  2. 2
    Brown sugar
  3. 3
    Spirit vinegar
  4. 4
    Water
  5. 5
    Onion puree
  6. 6
    Sugar
  7. 7
    Chopped garlic
  8. 8
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Defatted soybean (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
    • Koji
    • Water
  9. 9
    Cooking rice wine
  10. 10
    Red pepper powder (chili)
  11. 11
    Salt
  12. 12
    Oleoresin capsicum
  13. 13
    Xanthan gum
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

HOT PEPPER PASTE (BROWN SUGAR, WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, RED PEPPER POWDER, SOY SAUCE (DEFATTED SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT, KOJI, WATER), SALT, ONION PUREE, DEFATTED SOYBEAN POWDER, CITRIC ACID, KOJI), BROWN SUGAR, SPIRIT VINEGAR, WATER, ONION PUREE, SUGAR, CHOPPED GARLIC, SOY SAUCE (DEFATTED SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT, KOJI, WATER), COOKING RICE WINE, RED PEPPER POWDER, SALT, OLEORESIN CAPSICUM, XANTHAN GUM.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor2 tags
  • SweetBrown Sugar is listed 2nd
  • Bourbon / spiritsContains cooking rice wine

Words on the label: “Hot”, “Sweet”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Bibigo
Owner, as reported
CJ Foods USA Inc, Cj America, Inc., Schwan's Food Service Inc
Type
Gochujang
Style
Korean style
Label on record
2017-12-21
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
325 g
US
807176709542Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2024448 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

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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