Honey Barbecue Sauce

Name: Honey Barbecue Sauce
Brand: Sweet Baby Ray's

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Ingredients · 17

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Common questions

Is Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce healthy?

Sweet Baby Ray's Honey 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 Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce?

Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce lists 17 ingredients, starting with High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Honey and Modified Corn Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sweet Baby Ray's Honey 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 Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce?

Sweet Baby Ray's Honey 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 Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce compare to other condiments & sauces?

At 5/100 Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce scores worse than most condiments & sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in condiments & sauces is Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Sauce at 100/100.

Is Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce organic?

Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

Has Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Sweet Baby Ray's Honey Barbecue Sauce, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

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