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Sweet Hot Mambo Sauce

Contains added sugar

This sweet, tangy sauce gets its heat from cayenne and habanero peppers. It contains added sugar, soy and wheat.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersDairy-freeVegetarianContains soyContains wheat
$7.99 lowest price at Capital City®
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
40caloriesPer serving · 2 Tbsp (21g)
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
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Sodium
160mg
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Tomato Ketchup (tomato concentrate (water and tomato paste), sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2% of: onion powder, spice, natural flavor), Sugar, Water, Soy Sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate: less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative), Vinegar, Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, garlic), Paprika, Habanero Pepper Extract (chile extract, habanero chile extract)
On Open Food FactsNutri-Score DNOVA 4Ultra-processed foodTheir grades, for reference; not part of our score. Data: Open Food Facts (ODbL).
54 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%40
Ingredients · counts 25%86
Processing · counts 15%52
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 40 · 48 g added sugar per 2 Tbsp; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 86 · Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (additive, −10); Natural flavours (additive, −4); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 52 · Sauce with added sugar, natural flavor and preservative
Sourcing 35 · Refined sugar is listed; ingredient origins and production practices aren't stated
Transparency 50 · Full list includes unspecified spice and natural flavor
Contains added sugar
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−14 for benzoates, natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Tomato Ketchup (tomato concentrate (water and tomato paste), sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2% of: onion powder, spice, natural flavor) Sugar Water Soy Sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate: less than 1/10 of 1% as a preservative) Vinegar Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, garlic) Paprika Habanero Pepper Extract (chile extract, habanero chile extract)
8 ingredients 2 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 1 moderate risk
Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (E210–E212)PreservativeModerate risk
Can form small amounts of benzene with vitamin C in drinks, and was part of the 2007 UK hyperactivity study mix.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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