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BBQBBQ sauceCarolina mustard style

Carolina Tangy Gold BBQ Sauce

by French's

At a glance

A Carolina mustard style BBQ sauce.

Tastes
TangySweetSavory / umamiSmokyVinegar base

Probably tangy, sweet and savory, built on vinegar.

Heat
Not stated on the labelCayenne
Try with
Pulled porkRibs
Made with

Distilled vinegar, Sugar, Water, #1 grade mustard seed… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

20, in label order
  1. 1
    Distilled vinegar
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Water
  4. 4
    #1 grade mustard seed (mentions a common allergen)
  5. 5
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
  6. 6
    Aged cayenne red peppers (chili)
  7. 7
    Salt
  8. 8
    Apple cider vinegar
  9. 9
    Tomato paste
  10. 10
    Natural hickory smoke flavor
  11. 11
    Turmeric
  12. 12
    Corn syrup
  13. 13
    Paprika (chili)
  14. 14
    Oleoresin paprika (color) (chili)
  15. 15
    Spices
  16. 16
    Molasses
  17. 17
    Garlic powder
  18. 18
    Natural flavors
  19. 19
    Onion powder
  20. 20
    Sodium benzoate (as a preservative) and celery seed (mentions a common allergen)
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

INGREDIENTS: DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, WATER, #1 GRADE MUSTARD SEED, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, TURMERIC, CORN SYRUP, PAPRIKA, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), SPICES, MOLASSES, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, SODIUM BENZOATE (AS A PRESERVATIVE) AND CELERY SEED.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor5 tags
  • TangyDistilled Vinegar is listed 1st
  • Vinegar baseVinegar is the first ingredient
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd
  • Savory / umamiContains soy sauce (5th ingredient)
  • SmokyContains natural hickory smoke flavor

Words on the label: “Tangy”.

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

Product facts
Brand
French's
Owner, as reported
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Type
BBQ sauce
Style
Carolina mustard style
Peppers named
Cayenne
Label on record
2020-07-11
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
1.07 kg
US		041500785431Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2065256 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
style80%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%

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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