Photo of Sambal Oelek by PennyPhoto · credit below

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Sambal Oelek

by Penny

At a glance

A sambal, also listed as hot sauce.

Tastes

The label is in German; we only read English labels for taste so far.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Try with
Made with

Rote chilischoten, Wasser, Speisesalz, Zucker… all ingredients

From the product record on Open Food Facts, ingredients in German. Sources

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Ingredients

5, in label order, as printed in German
  1. 1
    Rote chilischoten (chili)
  2. 2
    Wasser
  3. 3
    Speisesalz
  4. 4
    Zucker
  5. 5
    Säuerungsmittel (essigsäure)
Chili
Exact label text

Rote Chilischoten 74%, Wasser, Speisesalz, Zucker, Säuerungsmittel (Essigsäure).

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Samba Oelek

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Sambal
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Where this comes from

The Open Food Facts product record.

How we read the flavor

No flavor tags: the label doesn’t give us enough to go on.

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

Product facts
Brand
Penny
Type
Sambal · also Hot sauce
Label on record
2026-09-04
Sold in
Germany
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
200 g25885286Valid
Sources1 record

Open Food Facts · record 25885286 · retrieved 2026-10-12

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
ingredients text90%
names by language80%

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