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Hot & chiliChili sauce (other)Korean style

Korean Chili Sauce, Smoky Ssam Sauce

by Momofuku

At a glance

A Korean style chili sauce (other).

Tastes
TangySavory / umamiSmoky

Probably tangy, savory and smoky.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Made with

Gochujang, Rice wine vinegar, Rice cooking wine, Water… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

16, in label order
  1. 1
    Gochujang
    • Wheat flour (mentions a common allergen)
    • Rice syrup
    • Water
    • Red pepper powder (chili)
    • Salt
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Defatted soybean powder (mentions a common allergen)
    • Cooking rice wine
    • Koji
  2. 2
    Rice wine vinegar
  3. 3
    Rice cooking wine
  4. 4
    Water
  5. 5
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
  6. 6
    Sugar
  7. 7
    Miso paste
    • Water
    • Organic soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Rice
    • Sea salt
    • Koji
  8. 8
    Molasses
  9. 9
    Corn starch
  10. 10
    Citric acid
  11. 11
    Salt
  12. 12
    Natural smoke flavor
  13. 13
    Mushroom powder
  14. 14
    Salt
  15. 15
    Dried onion
  16. 16
    Xanthan gum
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

GOCHUJANG (WHEAT FLOUR, RICE SYRUP, WATER, RED PEPPER POWDER, SALT, WHEAT, DEFATTED SOYBEAN POWDER, COOKING RICE WINE, KOJI), RICE WINE VINEGAR, RICE COOKING WINE, WATER, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), SUGAR, MISO PASTE (WATER, ORGANIC SOYBEANS, RICE, SEA SALT, KOJI), MOLASSES, CORN STARCH, CITRIC ACID, SALT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, MUSHROOM POWDER, SALT, DRIED ONION, 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 flavor3 tags
  • TangyRice Wine Vinegar is listed 2nd
  • Savory / umamiContains soy sauce (5th ingredient)
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

Words on the label: “Smoky”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Momofuku
Owner, as reported
Kraft Heinz Foods Company, MomoLab, LLC, Momofuku
Type
Chili sauce (other)
Style
Korean style
Label on record
2018-06-14
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
n/a
US		013000011792Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 584711 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
ingredients text90%
category tags70%
style80%

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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