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Kansas City Classic BBQ Sauce

by French's

At a glance

A Kansas City style BBQ sauce.

Tastes
Tomato base

Built on tomato. The label doesn’t say much more about taste.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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RibsBrisket & beef
Made with

Tomato paste, High fructose coan sirup, Cosy syrup, Water… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

9, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato paste
  2. 2
    High fructose coan sirup
  3. 3
    Cosy syrup
  4. 4
    Water
  5. 5
    Dstilled vinegar molasses
  6. 6
    Salt mustarobran natural hokory smokeflavor spide
  7. 7
    Onion powder
  8. 8
    Celery see sodium benzoate jasa preservative (mentions a common allergen)
  9. 9
    Gardc powder sugar and natural flavors
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

INGREDIENTS: TOMATO PASTE, HIGH FRUCTOSE COAN SIRUP, COSY SYRUP, WATER, DSTILLED VINEGAR MOLASSES, SALT MUSTAROBRAN NATURAL HOKORY SMOKEFLAVOR SPIDE, ONION POWDER, CELERY SEE SODIUM BENZOATE JASA PRESERVATIVE, GARDC POWDER SUGAR AND NATURAL FLAVORS

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor1 tag
  • Tomato baseTomato Paste is listed 1st

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
Kansas City style
Label on record
2022-10-11
Sold in
Germany, France, USA
Sizes & barcodes4 sizes
SizeBarcodeCheck
1.07 kg
US		041500981062Valid
18.92 l
US		041500053974Valid
396 g0041500936420Valid
510 g
US		041500779850Valid
Older label versions2

2020-06-12 to 2020-06-12: Ingredients: tomato paste, distilled vinegar, sugar, corn syrup, water, molasses, salt, mustard bran, natural hickory smoke flavor, spices, onion powder, celery seed, sodium benzoate (as a preservative), garlic powder and natural flavors.

2020-04-08 to 2020-04-08: Distilled vinegar, tomato paste, sugar, corn syrup, molasses, water, salt, mustard bran, natural hickory smoke flavor, spices, onion powder, celery seed, sodium benzoate (as a preservative) garlic powder and natural flavors.

Sources3 records

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2118875 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2374526 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2672662 · 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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