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Chinese Barbecue Sauce

by Lee Kum Kee

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSavory / umamiFermented

Probably sweet and savory, fermented.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Ribs
Made with

Sugar, Water, Salt, Fermented soybean paste… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

12, in label order
  1. 1
    Sugar
  2. 2
    Water
  3. 3
    Salt
  4. 4
    Fermented soybean paste (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat flour (mentions a common allergen)
  5. 5
    Honey
  6. 6
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Caramel color
    • High fructose corn syrup
  7. 7
    Malt syrup
    • Rice
    • Barley malt (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Modified corn starch
  9. 9
    Dehydrated garlic
  10. 10
    Spices
  11. 11
    Acetic acid
  12. 12
    Red 40
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

SUGAR, WATER, SALT, FERMENTED SOYBEAN PASTE (WATER, SALT, SOYBEANS, WHEAT FLOUR), HONEY, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SALT, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, CARAMEL COLOR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP), MALT SYRUP (RICE, BARLEY MALT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, ACETIC ACID, RED 40.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor3 tags
  • SweetSugar is listed 1st
  • FermentedLabel lists 'fermented soybean paste'
  • Savory / umamiContains soy sauce (6th ingredient)

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

Product facts
Brand
Lee Kum Kee
Owner, as reported
Lee Kum Kee (USA) Foods Inc., Lee Kum Kee Co. Ltd.
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2020-11-19
Sold in
Germany, France, USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
397 g
US		078895740035Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2028229 · 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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