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Whiskey Kicker Tennessee Style Whiskey BBQ Sauce

by Hy-Vee

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetCitrusyBourbon / spiritsSmokyTomato base

Probably sweet, citrusy and boozy, built on tomato.

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

Tomato puree, Sugar, Molasses, Malt vinegar… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

24, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Molasses
  4. 4
    Malt vinegar
  5. 5
    Orange juice concentrate
  6. 6
    Distilled vinegar
  7. 7
    Salt
  8. 8
    Water
  9. 9
    Onion
  10. 10
    Modified corn starch
  11. 11
    Red jalapeno peppers (chili)
  12. 12
    Bourbon whiskey
  13. 13
    Corn syrup solids
  14. 14
    Dried onion
  15. 15
    Natural smoke flavor
  16. 16
    Citric acid
  17. 17
    Natural flavors
  18. 18
    Spices
  19. 19
    Acetic acid
  20. 20
    Caramel color
  21. 21
    Garlic
  22. 22
    Soy sauce solids (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
    • Maltodextrin
    • Caramel color
  23. 23
    Palm oil
  24. 24
    Tamarind
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, MOLASSES, MALT VINEGAR, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, WATER, ONION, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MODIFIED CORN STARCH, RED JALAPENO PEPPERS, BOURBON WHISKEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DRIED ONION, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, ACETIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC, SOY SAUCE SOLIDS (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CARAMEL COLOR), PALM OIL, TAMARIND.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor5 tags
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree is listed 1st
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd
  • CitrusyOrange Juice Concentrate is listed 5th
  • Bourbon / spiritsContains bourbon whiskey
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

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

Product facts
Brand
Hy-Vee
Owner, as reported
Hy-Vee, Inc.
Type
BBQ sauce
Peppers named
Jalapeño
Label on record
2020-04-20
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
n/a
US		075450095531Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2140336 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%

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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