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Photo of The Original Bar-B-Q Sauce by Head CountryPhoto · credit below

Photo: municorn-calorie-counter-app / Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0 · licence · source. Placed on a white 4:5 background, resized and converted to WebP by Cillino. Same licence. Packaging design belongs to the brand.

BBQBBQ sauce

The Original Bar-B-Q Sauce

by Head Country

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSavory / umamiSmokyTomato base

Probably sweet, savory and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Try with
RibsPulled pork
Made with

Tomato puree, Sugar, Vinegar, Salt… 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 puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Vinegar
  4. 4
    Salt
  5. 5
    Worcestershire sauce
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Molasses
    • Corn syrup
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Caramel color
    • Garlic powder
    • Sugar
    • Spices
    • Tamarind
    • Natural flavor
  6. 6
    Liquid smoke
  7. 7
    Spices (contains mustard flour) (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Onion powder
  9. 9
    Natural flavor
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), LIQUID SMOKE, SPICES (CONTAINS MUSTARD FLOUR), ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR.

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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
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree is listed 1st
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd
  • Savory / umamiContains worcestershire sauce (5th ingredient)
  • SmokyContains liquid smoke

Words on the label: “Original”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Head Country
Owner, as reported
Head Country, Inc.
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2021-07-13
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes6 sizes
SizeBarcodeCheck
567 g
US		028239000202Valid
1134 g
US		028239200404Valid
1134 g
US		028239000400Valid
2267.96 g
US		028239000806Valid
2268 g
US		028239001803Valid
4535.92 g
US		028239401283Valid
Older label versions2

2020-12-19 to 2020-12-19: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), sugar, vinegar, salt, worchestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), liquid smoke, spices (contains mustard flour), onion powder, natural flavor.

2017-07-14 to 2017-07-14: Tomato ketchup (red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, onion powder, spice, natural flavoring), sugar, distilled vinegar (diluted with water), spices (contains mustard flour), worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), liquid hickory smoke, salt, molasses.

Sources6 records

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2064518 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2168008 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2440513 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2441883 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
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USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2600472 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2672209 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
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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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