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Espresso Barbecue Sauce

by Franklin Barbecue

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
TangySavory / umamiTomato base

Probably tangy and savory, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Try with
Brisket & beef
Made with

Tomato ketchup, Apple cider vinegar, White vinegar, Soy sauce… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

11, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato ketchup
    • Tomato concentrate
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Sugar
    • Salt
    • Onion powder
    • Spices
    • Natural flavor
  2. 2
    Apple cider vinegar
  3. 3
    White vinegar
  4. 4
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Soybean (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
  5. 5
    Light brown sugar
  6. 6
    Kosher salt
  7. 7
    Natural espresso flavor
  8. 8
    Onion powder
  9. 9
    Garlic powder
  10. 10
    Caramel color
  11. 11
    Black pepper
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVOR), APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WHITE VINEGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEAN, SALT), LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, KOSHER SALT, NATURAL ESPRESSO FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, BLACK PEPPER.

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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 Ketchup is listed 1st
  • TangyApple Cider Vinegar is listed 2nd
  • Savory / umamiContains soy sauce (4th ingredient)

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

Product facts
Brand
Franklin Barbecue
Owner, as reported
Franklin BBQ Sauce LLC, Franklin Barbecue
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2018-02-16
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
n/a
US		7655739010023Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 568311 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
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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