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Whiskey Blues BBQ Sauce

Contains added sugar

This BBQ sauce includes whiskey, ancho peppers, tamarind and apple cider vinegar. It has 5 g added sugar per serving and contains natural flavors and sodium benzoate.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial flavorsNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersGluten-free (label)Dairy-freeContains fish
$9.99 lowest price at Blues Hog
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
60caloriesPer serving · 2 tbsp (33g)
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
5g▼
Sodium
320mg
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Ketchup (tomato concentrate from vine-ripened tomatoes, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2% of: spices, onion powder, natural flavors), medium brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, sugar, water, spice blend (spices including paprika, salt, dehydrated garlic and onion, and not more than 0.5% silicon dioxide added to prevent caking), whiskey, hickory smoke (water, natural hickory smoke flavor), whiskey flavor (glycerin, bourbon whiskey extractives, water, and natural flavors), cinnamon, Worcestershire powder (Worcestershire sauce (vinegar, sugar, salt, vegetable and fruit (onion, tomato, and apple), caramel color, spice extract, yeast extract, spices, and garlic), salt, maltodextrin, spices, garlic powder, and onion powder), vanilla extract, white distilled vinegar, apple juice concentrate, lemon juice (filtered water, lemon juice concentrate, less than 2% of: sodium benzoate (preservative)), granulated garlic
Product details
ShippingFrozen gel packsIce packs
“However, we do our very best to make sure the product arrives in the best possible condition by using special frozen gel packs.” — the brand’s shipping and store pages
54 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 35%55
Ingredients · counts 25%74
Processing · counts 15%32
Sourcing · counts 10%40
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 54
Nutrition 55 · 5 g added sugar per 2 tbsp; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 74 · Benzoates (sodium benzoate, benzoic acid) (additive, −10); Caramel colour (additive, −4); Silicon dioxide (additive, −4); 2 more
Processing 32 · Sugar, natural flavors, smoke flavor, caramel color and preservatives.
Sourcing 40 · Made in USA, but sourcing for the main ingredients isn't stated.
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list includes natural flavors and unspecified spice blends.
5 g added sugar
Natural flavors
Sodium benzoate
Caramel color
Maltodextrin
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−26 for benzoates, caramel colour, silicon dioxide and 2 more
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Ingredients
Ketchup (tomato concentrate from vine-ripened tomatoes, sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, less than 2% of: spices, onion powder, natural flavors) Medium brown sugar Apple cider vinegar Sugar Water Spice blend (spices including paprika, salt, dehydrated garlic and onion, and not more than 0.5% silicon dioxide added to prevent caking) Whiskey Hickory smoke (water, natural hickory smoke flavor) Whiskey flavor (glycerin, bourbon whiskey extractives, water, and natural flavors) Cinnamon Worcestershire powder (Worcestershire sauce (vinegar Sugar Salt Vegetable and fruit (onion, tomato, and apple), caramel color, spice extract, yeast extract, spices, and garlic), salt, maltodextrin, spices, garlic powder, and onion powder) Vanilla extract White distilled vinegar Apple juice concentrate Lemon juice (filtered water Lemon juice concentrate Less than 2% of: sodium benzoate (preservative)) Granulated garlic
21 ingredients 6 to watch2 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives7 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.
Caramel colour (E150)ColourLimited risk
Some types (E150c, E150d) can contain 4-MEI, which IARC lists as possibly carcinogenic (Group 2B); levels are regulated.
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
Silicon dioxide (E551)Anti-caking agentLimited risk
Approved, but EFSA noted in 2018 that data on its nano-sized particles were too limited to set a safe intake.
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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