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TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce

Original Red Pepper Sauce

74Clean

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: 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
Measured in: Original Red Pepper Sauce, 57 ml
ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Original Red Pepper Sauce, 57 ml
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Original Red Pepper Sauce, 57 ml
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Original Red Pepper Sauce, 57 ml

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce healthy?

TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce scores 74/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce. 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 Red Pepper Sauce?

TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce lists 3 ingredients, starting with Red Pepper, Distilled Vinegar 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 Red Pepper Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in TABASCO Original Red 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 Red Pepper Sauce?

TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce compare to other hot sauce?

At 74/100 TABASCO Original Red 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 TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce organic?

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

Has TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt only; no added ingredients) with the other products in its family, Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce, and 2 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce contain heavy metals?

TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 5.32 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Original Red Pepper Sauce, 57 ml. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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