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BBQBBQ sauce

Original BBQ Sauce

by French's

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
TangySweetVinegar baseTomato base

Probably tangy and sweet, built on vinegar.

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

Distilled vinegar, Tomato paste, High fructose corn syrup, Corn syrup… 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
    Distilled vinegar
  2. 2
    Tomato paste
  3. 3
    High fructose corn syrup
  4. 4
    Corn syrup
  5. 5
    Water
  6. 6
    Salt
  7. 7
    Mustard bran (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Molasses spices
    • Including red pepper (chili)
    • Celery seed (mentions a common allergen)
  9. 9
    Onion powder sodium benzoate (to protect quality, garlic powder sugar natural flavor & extractives of tamarind
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, MUSTARD BRAN, MOLASSES SPICES (INCLUDING RED PEPPER, CELERY SEED), ONION POWDER SODIUM BENZOATE (TO PROTECT QUALITY, GARLIC POWDER SUGAR NATURAL FLAVOR & EXTRACTIVES OF TAMARIND

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor4 tags
  • TangyDistilled Vinegar is listed 1st
  • Vinegar baseVinegar is the first ingredient
  • Tomato baseTomato Paste is listed 2nd
  • SweetHigh Fructose Corn Syrup is listed 3rd

Words on the label: “Original”.

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
Label on record
2023-01-09
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
3.78 l
US		041500011677Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2500088 · 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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