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Sweet Flame BBQ Sauce

by Texas Pete

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSmokyTomato base

Probably sweet and smoky, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the labelCayenne
Try with
RibsPulled pork
Made with

Texas pete hot sauce, Tomato paste, Sugar, Water… 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
    Texas pete hot sauce
    • Vinegar
    • Aged peppers (peppers, salt vinegar) (chili)
    • Water
    • Xanthan gum and sodium benzoate [to preserve freshness and flavori]
  2. 2
    Tomato paste
  3. 3
    Sugar
  4. 4
    Water
  5. 5
    Venegar
  6. 6
    Honey
  7. 7
    Natural butter type flavor (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Molasses
  9. 9
    Liquid smoke
  10. 10
    Salt
  11. 11
    Mustard flour chili powder (chili) (mentions a common allergen)
  12. 12
    Xanthan gum
  13. 13
    Sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness and flavor)
  14. 14
    Garlic powder cayenne pepper and onion powder (chili)
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TEXAS PETE HOT SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED PEPPERS (PEPPERS, SALT VINEGAR), WATER, XANTHAN GUM AND SODIUM BENZOATE [TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS AND FLAVORI]), TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR, WATER, VENEGAR, HONEY, NATURAL BUTTER TYPE FLAVOR, MOLASSES, LIQUID SMOKE, SALT, MUSTARD FLOUR CHILI POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS AND FLAVOR), GARLIC POWDER CAYENNE PEPPER AND ONION POWDER.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor3 tags
  • Tomato baseTomato Paste is listed 2nd
  • SweetSugar is listed 3rd
  • SmokyContains liquid smoke

Words on the label: “Sweet”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Texas Pete
Owner, as reported
T. W. Garner Food Company, Inc.
Type
BBQ sauce
Peppers named
Cayenne
Label on record
2021-06-16
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
496 g
US		075500001420Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1996781 · 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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