Original Flavor Pepper Sauce

Name: Original Flavor Pepper Sauce
Brand: TABASCO

40Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium5.32 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce healthy?

TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce scores 40/100 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 TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce?

TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce lists 3 ingredients, starting with Distilled Vinegar, Red Pepper and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in TABASCO Original Flavor 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 TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce?

TABASCO Original Flavor 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 TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce compare to other hot sauce?

At 40/100 TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper 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.

Is TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce organic?

TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

Has TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in TABASCO Original Flavor Pepper Sauce have an independent laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

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