Ghost Pepper Sauce

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Melinda's Ghost Pepper Sauce scores 31/100 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.

Melinda's Ghost Pepper Sauce lists 12 ingredients, starting with Water, White Vinegar, Habanero Pepper Mash, Cayenne Pepper Mash and Carrot. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 31/100 Melinda's Ghost Pepper 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.