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Famously Original BBQ Sauce

by Tar Heels

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes

Probably sweet and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Made with

Ketchup, Water, Sugar, Molasses… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

9, in label order
  1. 1
    Ketchup
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
    • Hfcs
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Corn syrup
    • Salt
    • Onion powder
    • Spice
  2. 2
    Water
  3. 3
    Sugar
  4. 4
    Molasses
  5. 5
    Worchestershire sauce
    • Water
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Sugar
    • Salt
    • Molasses
    • Caramel color
    • Tamarind
    • Onion powder
    • Garlic powder and spice
  6. 6
    Liquid smoke
  7. 7
    Spices
  8. 8
    Vinegar
  9. 9
    Sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate [preservative]
Exact label text

KETCHUP (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, HFCS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, ONION POWDER, AND SPICE), WATER, SUGAR, MOLASSES, WORCHESTERSHIRE SAUCE (WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, MOLASSES, CARAMEL COLOR, TAMARIND, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER AND SPICE), LIQUID SMOKE, SPICES, VINEGAR, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE].

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Where this comes from

The USDA label record, and how we read it.

How we read the flavor3 tags
  • Tomato baseKetchup is listed 1st
  • SweetSugar is listed 3rd
  • SmokyContains liquid smoke

Words on the label: “Original”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Tar Heels
Owner, as reported
Cackalacky, Inc.
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2022-11-24
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
474 ml
US
833061009190Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2408156 · retrieved 2026-10-11

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

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

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