Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce

Name: Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce
Brand: Bachan's

87Clean

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce healthy?

Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce scores 87/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce?

Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce lists 15 ingredients, starting with Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt and Cane Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce?

Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce compare to other pasta & cooking sauces?

At 87/100 Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce sits in our top band, among the better pasta & cooking sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & cooking sauces is Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Sauce at 100/100.

Is Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce organic?

Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

Has Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Bachan's Sweet Honey Japanese Barbecue Sauce, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

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