Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Sauce glass bottle

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Sauce glass bottle scores 75/100 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.

Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Sauce glass bottle lists 7 ingredients, starting with Water, Sugar, Red Chili, Modified Tapioca Starch and Garlic. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 75/100 Trader Joe's Sweet Chili Sauce glass bottle 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.