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Sweet Heat BBQ Sauce

by J. Lee's

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetTomato base

Probably sweet, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the labelJalapeño
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Made with

Light brown sugar, Ketchup, Mustard, Jalapeno pepper mash… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

8, in label order
  1. 1
    Light brown sugar
  2. 2
    Ketchup
    • Tomato concentrate
    • Vinegar
    • Sugar
    • Salt
    • Onion powder
    • Spice
    • Natural flavoring
  3. 3
    Mustard (mentions a common allergen)
    • Vinegar
    • Water
    • Mustard seed (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
    • Turmeric
    • Paprika (chili)
    • Natural flavor
    • Spices
    • Garlic powder
  4. 4
    Jalapeno pepper mash (chili)
    • Peppers (chili)
    • Salt
  5. 5
    Chopped garlic
    • Garlic
    • Water
    • Phosphoric acid
    • Sodium benzoate
    • Potassium sorbate
  6. 6
    Panola worcestershire sauce
    • Vinegar
    • Brown sugar
    • Worcestershire powder {dextrose, caramel color, spices, garlic, salt, cellulose gum, malic acid, onion, natural flavors, no more than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking aid}
    • Salt
    • Molasses
    • Citric acid
  7. 7
    Vinegar
  8. 8
    Xanthan gum
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

LIGHT BROWN SUGAR, KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORING), MUSTARD (VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER), JALAPENO PEPPER MASH (PEPPERS, SALT), CHOPPED GARLIC (GARLIC, WATER, PHOSPHORIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE), PANOLA WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, BROWN SUGAR, WORCESTERSHIRE POWDER {DEXTROSE, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, GARLIC, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, MALIC ACID, ONION, NATURAL FLAVORS, NO MORE THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED AS AN ANTI-CAKING AID}, SALT, MOLASSES, CITRIC ACID), VINEGAR, 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 flavor2 tags
  • SweetLight Brown Sugar is listed 1st
  • Tomato baseKetchup is listed 2nd

Words on the label: “Sweet”, “Sweet heat”.

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

Product facts
Brand
J. Lee's
Owner, as reported
J. Lee's Gourmet BBQ Sauce
Type
BBQ sauce
Peppers named
Jalapeño
Label on record
2020-04-08
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
355 ml
US		856394005059Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2147214 · 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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