Melinda's thai hot sauce

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Melinda's thai hot sauce scores 79/100 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.

Melinda's thai hot sauce lists 9 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Water, White Vinegar, Cayenne Pepper Mash and Garlic. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 79/100 Melinda's thai hot sauce sits in our top band, among the better hot sauce we have scored. A higher-scoring option in hot sauce is Cloud 23 Organic Hot Sauce at 100/100.