Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce

Name: Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce
Brand: Mott's

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Ingredients · 16

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Common questions

Is Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce healthy?

Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue 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.

What is in Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce?

Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce lists 16 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Tomato Paste, Distilled Vinegar and Granulated Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Mott's Sweet Hickory 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 Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce?

Mott's Sweet Hickory 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 Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce compare to other pasta & cooking sauces?

At 5/100 Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce scores worse than most pasta & cooking sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & cooking sauces is Simply Nature Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce at 100/100.

Is Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce organic?

Mott's Sweet Hickory Barbecue Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

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