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BBQBBQ sauce

Original BBQ Sauce

by Tabasco

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSmoky

Probably sweet and smoky.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Try with
RibsBurgers
Made with

Sugar, Water, Tabasco brand pepper sauce, Tomato paste… 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
    Sugar
  2. 2
    Water
  3. 3
    Tabasco brand pepper sauce (chili)
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Red pepper (chili)
    • Salt
  4. 4
    Tomato paste
  5. 5
    Distilled vinegar
  6. 6
    Food starch-modified
  7. 7
    Salt
  8. 8
    Pineapple concentrate
  9. 9
    Worcestershire sauce
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Molasses
    • Corn syrup
    • Water
    • Salt
    • Caramel color
    • Garlic powder
    • Sugar
    • Spices
    • Tamarind
    • Natural flavor
  10. 10
    Caramel (color)
  11. 11
    Natural smoke flavor
  12. 12
    Black pepper
  13. 13
    Paprika powder (chili)
  14. 14
    Garlic powder
Chili
Exact label text

SUGAR, WATER, TABASCO BRAND PEPPER SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT), TOMATO PASTE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, PINEAPPLE CONCENTRATE, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, WATER, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR), CARAMEL (COLOR), NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, BLACK PEPPER, PAPRIKA POWDER, GARLIC POWDER

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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 1st
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

Words on the label: “Original”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Tabasco
Owner, as reported
McIlhenny Company, Med Food, Inc., Tabasco
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2023-05-23
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
18 oz
US		0011210008038Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2560161 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

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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