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Hot & chiliChili sauce (other)Korean style

Korean Chilli Sauce

by Ssam Sauce

At a glance

A Korean style chili sauce (other).

Tastes
Bourbon / spiritsSavory / umami

Probably boozy and savory.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Made with

Gochujang, Rice wine, Soy sauce, Rice vinegar… 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
    Gochujang
    • Fermented rice paste [rice, salt]
    • Corn syrup
    • Hot pepper powder (chili)
    • Soybean paste [soybean, water, salt] (mentions a common allergen)
    • Distilled alcohol
    • Salt
    • Wheat extract (mentions a common allergen)
    • Fermented soy seasoning [soybean, water, salt, wheat extract] (mentions a common allergen)
    • Garlic juice concentrate
    • Water
  2. 2
    Rice wine
    • Water
    • Rice
    • Koji
    • Salt
  3. 3
    Soy sauce (mentions a common allergen)
    • Water
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Wheat (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
  4. 4
    Rice vinegar
  5. 5
    Miso
    • Water
    • Soybeans (mentions a common allergen)
    • Rice
    • Salt
  6. 6
    Sugar
  7. 7
    Invert sugar
  8. 8
    Chili peppers (chili)
  9. 9
    Onions
  10. 10
    Salt
  11. 11
    Vinegar
  12. 12
    Xanthan gum
  13. 13
    Mushroom extract powder
    • Maltodextrin
    • Mushroom extract
  14. 14
    Citric acid
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

GOCHUJANG (FERMENTED RICE PASTE [RICE, SALT], CORN SYRUP, HOT PEPPER POWDER, SOYBEAN PASTE [SOYBEAN, WATER, SALT], DISTILLED ALCOHOL, SALT, WHEAT EXTRACT, FERMENTED SOY SEASONING [SOYBEAN, WATER, SALT, WHEAT EXTRACT], GARLIC JUICE CONCENTRATE, WATER), RICE WINE (WATER, RICE, KOJI, SALT), SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), RICE VINEGAR, MISO (WATER, SOYBEANS, RICE, SALT), SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CHILI PEPPERS, ONIONS, SALT, VINEGAR, XANTHAN GUM, MUSHROOM EXTRACT POWDER (MALTODEXTRIN, MUSHROOM EXTRACT), CITRIC ACID.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor2 tags
  • Bourbon / spiritsContains rice wine
  • Savory / umamiContains soy sauce (3rd ingredient)

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

Product facts
Brand
Ssam Sauce
Owner, as reported
MomoLab, LLC
Type
Chili sauce (other)
Style
Korean style
Label on record
2018-04-11
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
325 ml
US		850281006006Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2085573 · 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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