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Medium Red Zhug Middle Eastern Hot Sauce

by Sun Lion

At a glance

A hot sauce.

Tastes

Probably garlicky and herby.

Heat
Label says “Medium”
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Made with

Red chili pepper puree, Water, Garlic puree, Spices… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

8, in label order
  1. 1
    Red chili pepper puree (chili)
    • Red chili peppers (chili)
    • Salt
    • Acetic acid
  2. 2
    Water
  3. 3
    Garlic puree
  4. 4
    Spices
  5. 5
    Dried cilantro
  6. 6
    Lemon juice concentrate
  7. 7
    Cultured dextrose and natural flavors
  8. 8
    Xanthan gum
Chili
Exact label text

RED CHILI PEPPER PUREE (RED CHILI PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID), WATER, GARLIC PUREE, SPICES, DRIED CILANTRO, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CULTURED DEXTROSE AND NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM.

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Where this comes from

The USDA label record, and how we read it.

How we read the flavor2 tags
  • GarlickyGarlic Puree is listed 3rd
  • HerbalContains dried cilantro

Words on the label: “Medium”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Sun Lion
Owner, as reported
Sahadi Fine Foods
Type
Hot sauce
Label on record
2021-03-19
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
397 g
US
859236005033Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2384891 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central. fdc.nal.usda.gov (CC0-1.0).

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