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Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce

Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce

80Clean
USDA Organic

Ingredients · 16

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Is Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce healthy?

Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce scores 80/100 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. 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 Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce?

Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce lists 16 ingredients, starting with Organic Tomato Puree, Water, Organic Tomato Paste, Organic Cane Sugar and Organic Brown Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ 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 Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce?

Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce compare to other pasta & cooking sauces?

At 80/100 Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce sits in our top band, among the better 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 Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce organic?

Yes. Trader Joe's Organic Kansas City Style BBQ Sauce carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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