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Bar-B-Q Sauce, Spicy

by Swadley's

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSmoky

Probably sweet and smoky.

Heat
Label says “Spicy”CayenneJalapeño
Try with
RibsBurgers
Made with

Water, Sugar, Ketchup, Molasses… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

17, in label order
  1. 1
    Water
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Ketchup
    • Water
    • Tomato concentrate
    • Sugar
    • Vinegar
    • Salt
    • Onion powder
    • Spice
    • Natural flavors
  4. 4
    Molasses
  5. 5
    Jalapeno peppers (chili)
  6. 6
    Corn starch
  7. 7
    Swadley's secret spice blend
    • Garlic
    • Natural smoke flavor (salt, smoke flavor)
    • Spices
    • Salt
    • Dehydrated onion
    • Paprika (chili)
    • Dextrose
    • Sugar
    • Caramel color
    • Torula yeast
    • Highly refined soybean oil (mentions a common allergen)
    • Calcium stearate
  8. 8
    Worcestershire sauce
    • Vinegar
    • Molasses
    • Corn syrup
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Caramel color
    • Garlic
    • Powder
    • Sugar
    • Spices
    • Anchovies (mentions a common allergen)
    • Tamarind
    • Natural flavor
  9. 9
    Hot sauce
    • Aged red peppers (chili)
    • Vinegar
    • Salt
    • Garlic
  10. 10
    Crushed tomatoes
  11. 11
    Crushed red pepper (chili)
  12. 12
    Natural smoke flavoring
  13. 13
    Cayenne pepper (chili)
  14. 14
    Vinegar
  15. 15
    Dehydrated onion
  16. 16
    Minced garlic
  17. 17
    Calcium chloride
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

WATER, SUGAR, KETCHUP (WATER, TOMATO CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, VINEGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORS), MOLASSES, JALAPENO PEPPERS, CORN STARCH, SWADLEY'S SECRET SPICE BLEND [GARLIC, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR (SALT, SMOKE FLAVOR), SPICES, SALT, DEHYDRATED ONION, PAPRIKA, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, TORULA YEAST, HIGHLY REFINED SOYBEAN OIL, CALCIUM STEARATE], WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC, POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, ANCHOVIES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), HOT SAUCE (AGED RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC), CRUSHED TOMATOES, CRUSHED RED PEPPER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVORING, CAYENNE PEPPER, VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION, MINCED GARLIC, CALCIUM CHLORIDE.

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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
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavoring

Words on the label: “Spicy”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Swadley's
Owner, as reported
Swadleys Smoked Meats, Inc
Type
BBQ sauce
Peppers named
Cayenne, Jalapeño
Label on record
2018-01-20
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
453 g
US		868255000011Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1937398 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

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).

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