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Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce

Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce

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Ingredients · 9

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Is Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce healthy?

Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce scores 84/100 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 Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce?

Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce lists 9 ingredients, starting with Habanero Pepper Mash, Carrot, Onion, Lime Juice and Vinegar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper 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 Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce?

Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce compare to other hot sauce?

At 84/100 Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce sits in our top band, among the better hot sauce we have scored. A higher-scoring option in hot sauce is Louisiana Original Hot Sauce at 95/100.

Is Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce organic?

Melinda's Original Habanero Extra Hot Pepper Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

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