Sauces Roundup
We analyzed 2931 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 85)

Sriracha Sauce/Salsa Sriracha (57800)
Ingredients: WATER, JALAPENO PEPPERS (RED JALAPENO PEPPERS, CITRIC ACID), CANE SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, DRIED GARLIC, SPICE, LESS THAN 2% OF XANTHAN GUM
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Steak sauce
Ingredients: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), vinegar, corn syrup, salt, raisin paste, crushed orange puree, spice, dried garlic, caramel color, dried onions, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), xanthan gum, celery seed,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Sauce
Ingredients: Tomatoes, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), cream, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, enzymes, microbial rennet, salt), onions, extra virgin olive oil, basil, garlic, salt, sugar, spices, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Vegenaise
Ingredients: (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, non-gmo): expeller-pressed canola oil, filtered water, brown rice syrup, apple cider vinegar, soy protein, sea salt, mustard flour, lemon juice concentrate.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Creamy Alfredo Pasta Sauce
Ingredients: water, cream, parmesan cheese (cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes), enzyme modified egg yolk, modified foodstarch, contains 2% or less of: butter (cream, natural flavor), salt, sugar, xanthan gum, modified gum arabic, dry vermouth (vermouth, salt, sulfites), whey protein concentrate, asiago cheese (cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes), romano cheese made from cow's milk (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), granulated garlic, black pepper, lactic acid, natural flavor,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chunky salsa
Ingredients: TOMATO PUREE(WATER, TOMATO PASTE), DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, ONIONS, LESS THAN 2% (VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Barbecue Sauce imp
Ingredients: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, VINEGAR, WATER, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE) MOLASSES, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, DRIED ONION, MUSTARD SEED FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICES, PAPRIKA, DRIED GARLIC, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, STEVIA LEAF EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Hickory & Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce
Ingredients: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE AS A PRESERVATIVE, MOLASSES, CORN SYRUP, GARLIC,* SUGAR, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Real Mayonnaise
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGG YOLKS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT QUALITY), EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mayonnaise
Ingredients: Vegetable oil (canola oil, soybean oil), egg yolk, vinegar, salt, monosodium glutamate, spice, natural flavor
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Green Goddess Dressing & Marinade
Ingredients: Avocado oil, water, organic apple cider vinegar, organic dijon mustard (organic apple cider vinegar, water, organic mustard seed, sea salt, organic spices), organic coconut aminos* (organic coconut sap, sea salt), organic distilled vinegar, organic gum acacia, organic guar gum, sea salt, organic eggs, organic lemon juice concentrate,* organic black pepper, organic garlic, organic chives, tarragon, organic parsley, organic savory, organic rosemary extract
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Creamy Caesar Yogurt Dressing & Dip
Ingredients: filtered water, yogurt cultured pasteurized milk, cream, pectin, buttermilk cultured nonfat milk, sodium citrate, vitamin A palmitate, whey protein concentrate, soybean oil, asiago and parmesan cheeses, pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, onion puree, onion, cane sugar, salt, spices, lemon juice concentrate, sour cream, cultured pasteurized milk, cultures, cream, salt, garlic puree, reduced pineapple juice concentrate, xanthan gum, vinegar, water, distilled vinegar, mustard seed, salt, spices, onion powder, black pepper, egg yolks, mustard seed
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chunky salsa
Ingredients: tomato puree (water, ts tomato paste), diced tomatoes onions, jalapeño peppers, er distilled vinegar, salt, garlic, 1g) natural flavor, lue 1% dist,,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHUNKY GUACAMOLE
Ingredients: organic hass avocados, organic tomatoes (organic tomatoes, organic tomato juice, citric acid (to acidify], calcium chloride [firming]), organic lime juice, organic onions, organic jalapeño peppers, organic cilantro, sea salt, organic red onions, organic garlic. use by:
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

CHUNKY SALSA MILD
Ingredients: crushed tomatoes (water, crushed tomato concentrate), jalapeno peppers, diced tomatoes in tomato juice, onions, distilled vinegar, salt, dehydrated onions, garlic, natural flavoring,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fruit Mates Unsweetened applesauce
Ingredients: APPLES, WATER, ASCORBIC ACID (TO MAINTAIN COLOR)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Thousand Island Dressing
Ingredients: SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, PICKLE RELISH (CUCUMBERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ALUM, TURMERIC [COLOR]), TOMATO PASTE, SALT, EGG YOLKS 2%, XANTHAN GUM, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVOR, DRIED ONION, MODIFIED GUM ACACIA, SORBIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mild Sauce
Ingredients: water, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), vinegar, contains less than 2% of (salt, chili pepper, spices, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (preservative), potassium chloride, maltodextrin, yeast extract, datem, natural flavors)
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Sticky Sweet BBQ Sauce
Ingredients: TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), BROWN SUGAR, SUGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, WATER, CORN STARCH, SALT, SPICES (INCLUDING PAPRIKA), ONION, CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.5% OF: GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDING HICKORY SMOKE).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Tomato Ketchup
Ingredients: ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE (WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PASTE), ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC WHITE VINEGAR, SALT, ORGANIC ONION POWDER, ORGANIC SPICES (ORGANIC ALLSPICE, ORGANIC CLOVE, ORGANIC RED PEPPER, ORGANIC PAPRIKA). 099482 41068
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Seasoned Gourmet Rice Vinegar
Ingredients: rice vinegar, sugar, salt,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Homestyle Alfredo
Ingredients: Water, cream, butter (cream, salt), parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), enzyme modified egg yolks, modified food starch, soybean oil, contains less than 2% of: salt, romano cheese (part-skim cow's milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, whey, enzyme modified cheese paste (granular and parmesan cheese [ milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate, enzymes), sodium phosphate, xanthan gum, garlic, black pepper, yeast extract, cheddar cheese (milk, cultures, salt, enzymes), bay leaves, natural flavoring, anhydrous milkfat. contains: egg, milk.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Southern sauces Carolina Gold Bbq
Ingredients: Water, sugar, distilled vinegar, cider vinegar, spices (includes mustard seed), hot sauce (aged cayenne peppers, vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder), salt, tomato paste, natural flavors, turmeric, onion, garlic, sodium benzoate (preservative), xanthan gum, oleoresin paprika.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
- ● High Sugar Content

Tikka Masala Simmer Sauce
Ingredients: Water, tomato, yogurt (skim milk, cream, bacterial culture), tomato paste, food starch-modified, spices (including paprika, turmeric, and smoked paprika), cream, dried onion, sugar, canola oil, garlic, ginger, salt, whey protein concentrate, lactic acid, paprika oleoresin (color), cumin seed, dried cilantro leaf. Contains: milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Mango Habanero BBQ Sauce
Ingredients: Brown sugar, mango puree, water, distilled vinegar, pineapple juice concentrate, habanero pepper puree, cabanero peppers, salt, citric acid, sodium benzoate, corn starch, garlic, spices, paprika extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
- ● High Sugar Content

Dill Dip
Ingredients: Mayonnaise (soybean oil, egg yolks, high fructose corn syrup, water, distilled vinegar, salt, cider vinegar, spice, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium EDTA, sour cream, cultured cream, modified corn starch, lactic acid, gelatin, mono - and diglycerides, citric acid, potassium sorbate, disodium phosphate, locust bean, natural flavor, spice mixture, monosodium glutamate, dehydrated onion, sugar, dill, parsley flakes, extractives of garlic, silicon dioxide.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Honey Mustard Dressing
Ingredients: Soybean oil, distilled vinegar, sugar, water, Dijon mustard (water, mustard seed, distilled vinegar, salt, white wine, citric acid, tartaric acid, turmeric, spice), honey, egg yolks, salt, mustard flour, xanthan gum, mustard bran, paprika, calcium disodium EDTA, spice, natural flavor, yellow 5. Contains eggs.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Baja Chipotle
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, buttermilk, distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar, salt, chipotle pepper puree (water, chipotle peppers), guajillo peppers, natural flavor, paprika, spice, xanthan gum, onion, garlic, chili powder (chili pepper, spices, garlic), lactic acid, lime juice concentrate, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium disodium EDTA, dehydrated egg, dehydrated milk.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
