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Vietnamese Simmer Sauce - 12.5 OZ (case of 6)

Contains sunflower oil

A Vietnamese-style simmer sauce with fish sauce, ginger, onion and chile. It also contains sugar, sunflower oil, corn starch and xanthan gum.

No artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gluten ingredientsDairy-freeContains fishContains corn
$37.14 6 x 12.5 oz · lowest price at Chatham Real Food Market Co-op
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Water, sugar, fish sauce (anchovy, sea salt), sunflower oil, ginger, onion, corn starch, black pepper, crushed red chile pepper, citric acid, yeast extract, xanthan gum
54 / 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%66
Processing · counts 15%45
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 66 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Sunflower oil, 4th ingredient (seed oil, −10, ClearShelf standard); Yeast extract or hydrolysed protein (additive, −4)
Processing 45 · Formulated sauce with sugar, sunflower oil, corn starch and xanthan gum
Sourcing 35 · Sugar and sunflower oil are listed; no ingredient origin or production practice is stated
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list, with no specific sourcing claims
Contains sunflower oil
Contains sugar and xanthan gum
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−4 for yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
ClearShelf standard−10 for sunflower oil · 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 Sugar Fish sauce (anchovy, sea salt) Sunflower oil Ginger Onion Corn starch Black pepper Crushed red chile pepper Citric acid Yeast extract Xanthan gum
12 ingredients 3 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 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.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
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.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
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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