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At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes

Probably sweet, savory and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Made with

Water, Tomato paste, Brown sugar, Sugar… 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
    Water
  2. 2
    Tomato paste
  3. 3
    Brown sugar
  4. 4
    Sugar
  5. 5
    Apple cider vinegar
  6. 6
    Worcestershire sauce
    • Vinegar
    • Molasses
    • Corn syrup
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Caramel color
    • Garlic powder
    • Sugar
    • Spices
    • Tamarind
    • Natural flavor
  7. 7
    Molasses
  8. 8
    Sea salt
  9. 9
    Chili pepper (chili)
  10. 10
    Paprika (chili)
  11. 11
    Dried onion & garlic
  12. 12
    Natural smoke flavor
Chili
Exact label text

WATER, TOMATO PASTE, BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), MOLASSES, SEA SALT, CHILI PEPPER, PAPRIKA, DRIED ONION & GARLIC, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor4 tags
  • Tomato baseTomato Paste is listed 2nd
  • SweetBrown Sugar is listed 3rd
  • Savory / umamiContains worcestershire sauce (6th ingredient)
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

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

Product facts
Brand
Mendel's
Owner, as reported
Front Line
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2017-07-14
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
510 g
US
643345983869Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1894368 · 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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