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Mekeni Fish Ball Sauce Spicy

Contains sugar

This spicy fish ball sauce contains sugar, modified tapioca starch and sodium benzoate. The ingredient list also includes natural flavor in the soy sauce.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesDairy-freeVegetarianContains soyContains wheat
$6.99 12 oz · lowest price at ZHICAY FOODS
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: Water, sugar, soy sauce (water, blend of hydrolyzed soybean protein and naturally fermented soy extract, iodized salt, caramel, filtered vinegar, natural flavor, sodium benzoate (preservative), sugar), modified tapioca starch, fresh garlic, iodized salt, ground black pepper, chilli pepper, sodium benzoate (preservative)
49 / 100
Poor 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%62
Processing · counts 15%30
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 49
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 62 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (additive, −10); Natural flavours (additive, −4); 1 more
Processing 30 · Sauce with sugar, modified starch, natural flavor and preservative
Sourcing 35 · Refined sugar and modified starch are listed; ingredient origins aren't stated
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but it includes unnamed natural flavor
Contains sugar
Contains modified tapioca starch
Contains sodium benzoate
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−18 for benzoates, natural flavours, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Water Sugar Soy sauce (water Blend of hydrolyzed soybean protein and naturally fermented soy extract Iodized salt Caramel Filtered vinegar Natural flavor Sodium benzoate (preservative), sugar) Modified tapioca starch Fresh garlic Iodized salt Ground black pepper Chilli pepper Sodium benzoate (preservative)
15 ingredients 4 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives5 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.
Modified starch (E14xx)ThickenerLimited risk
Chemically treated starch; considered safe, but a marker of more processed food.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
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.
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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