Shirakiku Gochujang Korean hot sauce

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Shirakiku Gochujang Korean hot sauce scores 22/100 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.

Shirakiku Gochujang Korean hot sauce lists 15 ingredients, starting with Water, Soybean, Rice, Salt and Tapioca Syrup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 22/100 Shirakiku Gochujang Korean hot sauce scores worse than most hot sauce we have scored. A higher-scoring option in hot sauce is Santa Maria Sweet Chili Sauce Less Sugar at 66/100.