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Secret Aardvark Drunken Garlic Black Bean Hot Sauce

Contains seed oils

A chili sauce with whiskey, fermented black beans and garlic. It contains canola and soybean oils and has 640 mg sodium per serving.

No artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesDairy-freeVegetarianKetoContains soyContains wheatContains corn
$14.00 lowest price at Chilly Chiles
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
35caloriesPer serving · 2 tablespoons (30 mL)
Protein
1g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
640mg▼
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Water, onions, organic apple cider vinegar, wheat, soybeans, salt, organic cane sugar, vegetable oils (canola, soybean), red chili peppers, whiskey, garlic, sugar, orange juice concentrate, rice vinegar, fermented black beans, modified cornstarch, acids (citric, acetic), rice, spices, rice wine, xanthan gum, cinnamon, natural flavours
On Open Food FactsNOVA 4Ultra-processed foodTheir grades, for reference; not part of our score. Data: Open Food Facts (ODbL).
53 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%42
Ingredients · counts 25%86
Processing · counts 15%40
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 53
Nutrition 42 · Compared with other ready meals and sauces: more sodium (640 mg); 10 g added sugar per 2 tablespoons
Ingredients 86 · Vegetable oils, 8th ingredient (seed oil, −10, ClearShelf standard); Natural flavours (additive, −4); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 40 · Sauce with seed oils, modified starch, xanthan gum and natural flavours
Sourcing 35 · Refined oils and sugars are listed; ingredient origins are not stated
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but spices and natural flavours are unspecified
Contains canola and soybean oils
640 mg sodium per serving
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
ClearShelf standard−10 for vegetable oils · our house standard, not a medical claim
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Water Onions Organic apple cider vinegar Wheat Soybeans Salt Organic cane sugar Vegetable oils (canola, soybean) Red chili peppers Whiskey Garlic Sugar Orange juice concentrate Rice vinegar Fermented black beans Modified cornstarch Acids (citric, acetic) Rice Spices Rice wine Xanthan gum Cinnamon Natural flavours
23 ingredients 4 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 3 limited risk
Seed oilFatLimited risk
ClearShelf standard: we lower the Ingredients score when seed oils are used. This is our house standard, not a medical claim. Research is mixed; major health groups have not found harm at typical intakes.
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.
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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