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BBQBBQ sauce

Barbecue Sauce, Original

by Watkins

At a glance

A BBQ sauce.

Tastes
SweetSmokyTomato base

Probably sweet and smoky, built on tomato.

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

Tomato puree, Sugar, Brown sugar, Distilled vinegar… all ingredients

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

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Ingredients

12, in label order
  1. 1
    Tomato puree
    • Water
    • Tomato paste
  2. 2
    Sugar
  3. 3
    Brown sugar
  4. 4
    Distilled vinegar
  5. 5
    Salt
  6. 6
    Food starch modified
  7. 7
    Spices mustard flour (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Black pepper
  9. 9
    Garlic powder
  10. 10
    Natural smoke flavor
  11. 11
    Onion powder
  12. 12
    Caramel powder (color)
Common allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, SPICES MUSTARD FLOUR, BLACK PEPPER, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, CARAMEL POWDER (COLOR).

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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 Puree is listed 1st
  • SweetSugar is listed 2nd
  • SmokyContains natural smoke flavor

Words on the label: “Original”.

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

Product facts
Brand
Watkins
Owner, as reported
Watkins Incorporated
Type
BBQ sauce
Label on record
2017-07-14
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
411 g
US		818570008711Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 1913810 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
category tags70%
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).

Brand ownership as reported by the source (unverified).

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