Kikkoman Kimchi spicy chili sauce

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 6 ingredients to avoid

Kikkoman Kimchi spicy chili sauce scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid 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.

Kikkoman Kimchi spicy chili sauce lists 22 ingredients, starting with Water, Garlic Paste, Glucose Syrup, Salt and Concentrated Apple Juice. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Kikkoman Kimchi spicy chili sauce scores worse than most hot sauce we have scored. A higher-scoring option in hot sauce is Louisiana Original Hot Sauce at 95/100.