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Barbeque Sauce, Hot, Habanero Infused

by The Smokin Hermit

At a glance

A BBQ sauce, also listed as hot sauce.

Tastes
Sweet

Probably sweet.

Heat
Label says “Hot”CayenneHabanero
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Ribs
Made with

Brown sugar, Water, Tomato paste, Apple cider vinegar… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

18, in label order
  1. 1
    Brown sugar
  2. 2
    Water
  3. 3
    Tomato paste
    • Tomato paste
    • Salt
    • Spices
    • Natural flavors
    • Citric acid
  4. 4
    Apple cider vinegar
  5. 5
    Ketchup
    • Tomato concentrate made from vine ripened tomatoes
    • High fructose corn syrup
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Corn syrup
    • Salt
    • Less than 2% onion powder
    • Garlic powder
    • Natural flavors
  6. 6
    Mustard (mentions a common allergen)
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Water
    • Mustard seed (mentions a common allergen)
    • Salt
    • Turmeric
    • Paprika (chili)
    • Spice
    • Natural flavors & garlic powder
  7. 7
    Habanero pepper (chili)
  8. 8
    Hickory liquid smoke & marinade
    • Water
    • Hickory smoke flavor
    • Vinegar
    • Hydrolyzed soy protein (mentions a common allergen)
    • Sugar
    • Color caramel
    • Spices
  9. 9
    Paprika (chili)
  10. 10
    Worcestershire sauce
    • Distilled vinegar
    • Water
    • Molasses
    • Corn syrup
    • Salt
    • Less than 2%: anchovies (mentions a common allergen)
    • Tamarind extract
    • Sugar
    • Spices
    • Dehydrated garlic powder
    • Caramel color
    • Xanthan gum
    • Propylene glycol alginate and natural flavors (soy) (mentions a common allergen)
  11. 11
    Granulate garlic
  12. 12
    Chili powder (chili)
  13. 13
    Kosher salt
  14. 14
    Black pepper
  15. 15
    Onion powder
  16. 16
    Cayenne pepper (chili)
  17. 17
    Ground mustard seed (mentions a common allergen)
  18. 18
    Cumin
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

BROWN SUGAR, WATER, TOMATO PASTE (TOMATO PASTE, SALT, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID), APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE MADE FROM VINE RIPENED TOMATOES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, LESS THAN 2% ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS), MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORS & GARLIC POWDER), HABANERO PEPPER, HICKORY LIQUID SMOKE & MARINADE (WATER, HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, VINEGAR, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SUGAR, COLOR CARAMEL, SPICES), PAPRIKA, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2%: ANCHOVIES, TAMARIND EXTRACT, SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC POWDER, CARAMEL COLOR, XANTHAN GUM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE AND NATURAL FLAVORS (SOY)), GRANULATE GARLIC, CHILI POWDER, KOSHER SALT, BLACK PEPPER, ONION POWDER, CAYENNE PEPPER, GROUND MUSTARD SEED, CUMIN.

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor1 tag
  • SweetBrown Sugar is listed 1st

Words on the label: “Hot”.

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

Product facts
Brand
The Smokin Hermit
Owner, as reported
Smokin' Hermit LLC, The Smokin Hermit
Type
BBQ sauce · also Hot sauce
Peppers named
Cayenne, Habanero
Label on record
2017-08-14
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
473 ml
US		865618000039Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1931445 · 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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