/ / Hot Smoky Barbeque Sauce

Hot Smoky Barbeque Sauce

Contains added sugar

This hot barbecue sauce has 9 g added sugar per serving. It also contains natural flavors and caramel color.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesGluten-free (label)Dairy-freeVegetarianContains corn
$5.99 lowest price at Lillie’s Q
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
45caloriesPer serving · 2 Tbsp. (34 grams)
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
9g▼
Sodium
270mg
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: TOMATO CONCENTRATE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), CANE SUGAR, YELLOW MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICE, STARCH POWDER), DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, CORN STARCH, SALT, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION, GARLIC, PAPRIKA, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, TAMARIND PASTE AND NATURAL FLAVORS
47 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%40
Ingredients · counts 25%64
Processing · counts 15%30
Sourcing · counts 10%50
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 47
Nutrition 40 · 9 g added sugar per 2 Tbsp.; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 64 · Cane sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Molasses, 5th ingredient (added sugar, −8); Caramel colour (additive, −4); 1 more
Processing 30 · Sugar, corn starch, natural flavors and caramel color make this a formulated sauce.
Sourcing 50 · Made in USA, but the ingredients' origins and growing practices aren't stated.
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but spices and natural flavors aren't specified.
9 g added sugar
Natural flavors
Caramel color
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−28 for cane sugar, molasses
Varies by additive−8 for caramel colour, natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

Your diet score

Doesn’t change the score above

Pick a diet to see if this product fits it, using limits you can change.

Diet profiles v1.1. Defaults come from published guidance; you can change any limit. How the diet score works

Ingredients
TOMATO CONCENTRATE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE) CANE SUGAR YELLOW MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICE, STARCH POWDER) DISTILLED VINEGAR MOLASSES CORN STARCH SALT APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR SPICES CARAMEL COLOR ONION GARLIC PAPRIKA LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE TAMARIND PASTE AND NATURAL FLAVORS
16 ingredients 5 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives3 additives · 3 limited risk
Caramel colour (E150)ColourLimited risk
Some types (E150c, E150d) can contain 4-MEI, which IARC lists as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B); levels are regulated.
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.

Other pantry options

Sandhill Wild Rice
Sandhill Organic Wild Rice
98 $132.00
Fresh Acres
Organic Rye Berries
98 $11.39
Barton Springs Mill
Sonora Wheat Berries (certified organic)
98 $12.00
Everywhere
Lundberg Wild Rice, Regenerative Organic Certified –?100% Natural California Cultivated Wild Black Rice, 8 Oz
98 $15.98