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Original BBQ Sauce

by Melinda's

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes

Probably tangy and sweet, built on vinegar.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Made with

White vinegar, Cane sugar, Water, Tomato paste… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

14, in label order
  1. 1
    White vinegar
  2. 2
    Cane sugar
  3. 3
    Water
  4. 4
    Tomato paste
  5. 5
    Brown sugar
  6. 6
    Apple cider vinegar
  7. 7
    Orange juice
  8. 8
    Salt
  9. 9
    Spices
    • Ground black pepper
    • Garlic
    • Onion powder
  10. 10
    Citric acid
  11. 11
    Xanthan gum
  12. 12
    Ascorbic acid
  13. 13
    Caramel color
  14. 14
    Natural flavors
    • Cinnamon
    • Clove
Exact label text

WHITE VINEGAR, CANE SUGAR, WATER, TOMATO PASTE, BROWN SUGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, ORANGE JUICE, SALT, SPICES (GROUND BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC, ONION POWDER), CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS (CINNAMON, CLOVE).

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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
  • TangyWhite Vinegar is listed 1st
  • Vinegar baseVinegar is the first ingredient
  • SweetCane Sugar is listed 2nd

Words on the label: “Original”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Melinda's
Owner, as reported
Figueroa Brothers, Inc., Melinda's Foods, LLC
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2022-02-09
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
473 ml
US
810057650437Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2279200 · 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).

Brand ownership as reported by the source (unverified).

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