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BBQBBQ sauceKansas City style

Bold & Smoky Kansas City Style Barbecue Sauce

by Trader Joe's

At a glance

A Kansas City style BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetTomato base

Probably sweet, built on tomato.

Heat
Not stated on the label
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Ribs
Made with

Tomato puree, Sugar, Molasses, Distilled vinegar… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

6, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Molasses
  4. 4
    Distilled vinegar
  5. 5
    Barbecue seasoning
    • Salt
    • Onion powder
    • Natural hickory smoke flavor
    • Garlic powder
  6. 6
    Caramel color
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, MOLASSES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, BARBECUE SEASONING (SALT, ONION POWDER, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER), CARAMEL COLOR.

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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
  • Tomato baseTomato Puree is listed 1st
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd

Words on the label: “Smoky”, “Bold”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Trader Joe's
Owner, as reported
GS1 Mexico, Holiday Designs Inc., Imc International Ltd., Saranac Glove Company, Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp., Trader Joe's
Type
BBQ sauce
Style
Kansas City style
Label on record
2017-06-25
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
510 g
US		00313148Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1864863 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
style80%
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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