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Kansas City Classic BBQ Sauce

Contains brown sugar

A tomato-based barbecue sauce with molasses, spices and hickory smoke flavor. It has 37.1 g sugar per 100 g, and the brand says its products are made in small batches in Lake Oswego.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsDairy-freeContains fishContains corn
$6.00 12 fl oz · lowest price at Paradigm Foodworks
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
171caloriesPer 100 g
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
571mg
Saturated fat
0g
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Ingredients: Brown sugar, tomato paste, water, yellow mustard (vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices), cane sugar, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onions, anchovies, onions, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract), molasses, organic vinegar, natural hickory smoke concentrate, spices, lemon juice, sea salt, garlic, non-GMO corn starch, red chiles
54 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 11 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 35%40
Ingredients · counts 25%68
Processing · counts 15%55
Sourcing · counts 10%70
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 40 · 37 g added sugar per 100 g; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 68 · Brown sugar, 1st ingredient (added sugar, −20); Cane sugar, 5th ingredient (added sugar, −8); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 55 · A sweetened sauce with corn starch, smoke concentrate and natural flavorings.
Sourcing 70 · The brand says it is made in small batches in Lake Oswego; ingredient origins aren't stated.
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but natural flavorings and spices are unspecified.
37.1 g sugar per 100 g
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for brown sugar, cane sugar
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
Scored Oct 23, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Brown sugar Tomato paste Water Yellow mustard (vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika, spices) Cane sugar Apple cider vinegar Worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, sugar, water, salt, onions, anchovies, onions, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract) Molasses Organic vinegar Natural hickory smoke concentrate Spices Lemon juice Sea salt Garlic Non-GMO corn starch Red chiles
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Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives2 additives · 2 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.
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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