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Buc-ee's Premium Original BBQ Sauce

Contains added sugar

A tomato-based barbecue sauce with vinegar, spices and liquid smoke. It has 14 g of added sugar per serving and includes corn syrup, caramel color and natural flavor.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersGluten-free (label)Dairy-freeContains fishContains corn
$6.95 lowest price at TrueTexasMerch
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
60caloriesPer serving · 2 Tbsp (36g)
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
14g▼
Sodium
330mg
Saturated fat
0g
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Tomato puree (water, tomato paste), sugar, vinegar, spices (contains mustard flour), salt, Worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic puree, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), liquid smoke, onion powder, molasses, natural flavor
51 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%40
Ingredients · counts 25%72
Processing · counts 15%55
Sourcing · counts 10%35
Transparency · counts 15%50
Why it scores 51
Nutrition 40 · 14 g added sugar per 2 Tbsp; otherwise typical for ready meals and sauces
Ingredients 72 · Sugar, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Caramel colour (additive, −4); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 55 · Sauce with sugar, corn syrup, caramel color and natural flavor
Sourcing 35 · Made in the USA; sourcing of sugar and other ingredients isn't stated
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list includes unspecified spices and natural flavor
14 g added sugar
Contains corn syrup
Contains caramel color
Contains natural flavor
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−20 for sugar
Varies by additive−8 for caramel colour, natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Tomato puree (water, tomato paste) Sugar Vinegar Spices (contains mustard flour) Salt Worcestershire sauce (distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic puree, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor) Liquid smoke Onion powder Molasses Natural flavor
10 ingredients 2 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.

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