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Mountain Q - Chipotle Medium BBQ Sauce

Contains added sugars

Vinegar, tomato paste, garlic and chipotle flavoring give this sauce a smoky, medium-heat profile. It also contains brown sugar, sugar and xanthan gum.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsDairy-free
$12.99 16 fl oz · lowest price at Pepper Palace
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

Not available yet. We only show numbers printed on the product’s label or its product page, and we couldn’t read them for this product.

Ingredients: distilled vinegar, brown sugar, tomato paste, sugar, garlic, hickory flavoring, onion, salt, honey, black pepper, chipotle flavoring, xanthan gum
53 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesLow confidence · Scored on 2 of 11 inputs
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 35%50
Ingredients · counts 25%68
Processing · counts 15%50
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 53
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 68 · Brown sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Sugar, 4th ingredient (added sugar, −8); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 50 · Sauce with added sugars, flavorings and xanthan gum
Sourcing 35 · Main ingredients include refined sugars; their sourcing is not stated
Transparency 50 · Full list, but hickory and chipotle flavorings are unspecified
Added sugars
Hickory and chipotle flavorings
Xanthan gum
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for brown sugar, sugar
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Distilled vinegar Brown sugar Tomato paste Sugar Garlic Hickory flavoring Onion Salt Honey Black pepper Chipotle flavoring Xanthan gum
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Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 3 limited risk
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.
Honey or maple syrupSugarLimited risk
A less refined sweetener, but it still counts as added sugar in US and WHO guidance.
Xanthan gum (E415)ThickenerNo risk
Made by fermentation; EFSA re-confirmed its safety in 2017, though large amounts can cause bloating.
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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