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Hot & chiliHot sauce

Green Dragon Hot Sauce

by Trader Joe's

At a glance

A hot sauce.

Tastes
Chili-forward

Probably chili-forward.

Heat
Not stated on the labelHabaneroJalapeño
Try with
Tacos
Made with

Water, Organic jalapeno pepper puree, Tomatillo puree, White distilled vinegar… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

13, in label order
  1. 1
    Water
  2. 2
    Organic jalapeno pepper puree (chili)
  3. 3
    Tomatillo puree
  4. 4
    White distilled vinegar
  5. 5
    Cane sugar
  6. 6
    Cilantro puree
    • Cilantro
    • Vegetable oil [canola oil and/or olive oil]
    • Citric acid [for freshness]
  7. 7
    Salt
  8. 8
    Garlic puree
    • Garlic
    • Water
  9. 9
    Garlic
  10. 10
    Spinach powder
  11. 11
    Lime juice concentrate
  12. 12
    Habanero pepper powder (chili)
  13. 13
    Xanthan gum
Chili
Exact label text

WATER, ORGANIC JALAPENO PEPPER PUREE, TOMATILLO PUREE, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, CANE SUGAR, CILANTRO PUREE (CILANTRO, VEGETABLE OIL [CANOLA OIL AND/OR OLIVE OIL], CITRIC ACID [FOR FRESHNESS]), SALT, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, WATER), GARLIC, SPINACH POWDER, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, HABANERO PEPPER POWDER, XANTHAN GUM.

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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
  • Chili-forwardOrganic Jalapeno Pepper Puree is listed 2nd

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
Hot sauce
Peppers named
Habanero, Jalapeño
Label on record
2018-01-20
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
n/a
US		00548618Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 397466 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%
category tags70%

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).

Brand ownership as reported by the source (unverified).

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