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Bar-B-Q Sauce, Sweet & Mild

by Gates

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
Sweet

Probably sweet.

Heat
Label says “Mild”
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Ribs
Made with

Tomato concentrate (made from vine ripened tomatoes, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors.) brown sugar, Molasses, Sugar, Spices. 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate preservative added… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

5, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato concentrate (made from vine ripened tomatoes, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavors.) brown sugar
  2. 2
    Molasses
  3. 3
    Sugar
  4. 4
    Spices. 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate preservative added
  5. 5
    Sodium benzoate
Exact label text

TOMATO CONCENTRATE (MADE FROM VINE RIPENED TOMATOES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS.) BROWN SUGAR, MOLASSES, SUGAR, AND SPICES. 1/10 OF 1% POTASSIUM SORBATE PRESERVATIVE ADDED, SODIUM BENZOATE.

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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
  • SweetMolasses is listed 2nd

Words on the label: “Mild”, “Sweet”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Gates
Owner, as reported
Gates & Son's Bar-B-Q
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2020-04-26
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes3 sizes
SizeBarcodeCheck
3.6 kg
US		076286560040Valid
224 g
US		076286222184Valid
784 g
US		076286333361Valid
Older label versions1

2020-04-26 to 2020-04-26: Tomatoes, brown sugar, molasses, sugar, vinegar, corn syrup, garlic, salt and spices. 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate preservative added.

Sources3 records

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2435794 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2435797 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2435800 · 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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