HotBBQ Scan My shelf
Illustration, not the actual bottle
BBQBBQ sauce

Sweet Smokey Molasses BBQ Sauce

by Spirit of the Lou

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetTomato base

Probably sweet, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the labelCayenne
Try with
Ribs
Made with

High fructose corn syrup, Tomato puree, Distilled vinegar, Molasses… all ingredients

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

Your take

Save it to Want to try, Tried or Favorites.

Try it with

Our suggestions

Suggestions are Cillino’s ideas based on this label, not the maker’s.

Ingredients

12, in label order
  1. 1
    High fructose corn syrup
  2. 2
    Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
    • Citric acid
  3. 3
    Distilled vinegar
  4. 4
    Molasses
  5. 5
    Modified corn starch
  6. 6
    Salt
  7. 7
    Hickory smoke flavor (aqueous solution of natural hickory smoke flavor, product contains more than 10% but less than 80% acetic acid which is a natural constituent of liquid smoke) onion powder
  8. 8
    Garlic powder
  9. 9
    Mustard flour (mentions a common allergen)
  10. 10
    Chill powder
  11. 11
    Red cayenne pepper (chili)
  12. 12
    Sodium benzoate to protect flavor
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, CITRIC ACID), DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR (AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, PRODUCT CONTAINS MORE THAN 10% BUT LESS THAN 80% ACETIC ACID WHICH IS A NATURAL CONSTITUENT OF LIQUID SMOKE) ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, MUSTARD FLOUR, CHILL POWDER, RED CAYENNE PEPPER, SODIUM BENZOATE TO PROTECT FLAVOR.

Similar sauces

Photo of BBQ Sauce by American StockyardPhoto

BBQ Sauce

American Stockyard

BBQ sauce
SweetSmoky+1

More from Spirit of the Lou

Brand page

Where this comes from

The USDA label record, and how we read it.

How we read the flavor2 tags
  • SweetHigh Fructose Corn Syrup is listed 1st
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree is listed 2nd

Words on the label: “Sweet”, “Smoky”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Spirit of the Lou
Owner, as reported
J and F Manufacturing Corp.
Type
BBQ sauce
Peppers named
Cayenne
Label on record
2021-08-25
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
0.59 kg
US		739276001359Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2164616 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%

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).

Are you the maker? Photo submissions and brand verification open soon.