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Hot & chiliSambal

Sambal Oelek

by Huy Fong

At a glance

A sambal, also listed as hot sauce.

Tastes
Chili-forward

Probably chili-forward.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Try with
Noodles & rice
Made with

Chili, Salt, Distilled vinegar, Potassium sorbate and sodium bisulfite as preservatives… 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
    Chili (chili)
  2. 2
    Salt
  3. 3
    Distilled vinegar
  4. 4
    Potassium sorbate and sodium bisulfite as preservatives
  5. 5
    Xanthan gum
Chili
Exact label text

CHILI, SALT, DISTILLED VINEGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SODIUM BISULFITE AS PRESERVATIVES, XANTHAN GUM.

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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
  • Chili-forwardChili is listed 1st

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

Product facts
Brand
Huy Fong
Owner, as reported
Huy Fong Foods Inc., Huy Fong Foods, Inc., Red Gold, Inc.
Type
Sambal · also Hot sauce
Label on record
2020-04-26
Sold in
Canada, France, USA
Sizes & barcodes2 sizes
SizeBarcodeCheck
18 oz0024463063082Valid
510 g
US		024463061088Valid
Sources2 records

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2016176 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

Open Food Facts · record 0024463063082 · retrieved 2026-10-12

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
names by language80%

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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