Hot Sauces Roundup
We analyzed 135 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 4)

Salsa picante hot sauce
Ingredients: Made of water, red peppers, salt, spices, garlic, acetic acid, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate as a preservative.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Original Hot Sauce
Ingredients: vinegar, aged peppers (peppers, salt, vinegar), water, xanthan gum and benzoate of soda (to preserve freshness and flavor).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chili Sauce rot
Ingredients: WATER, HABANERO PEPPERS, TOMATO, SALT, SPICES, PH CONTROL AGENT (ACETIC ACID), STABILIZER (XANTHAN GUM), ACIDIFIER (CITRIC ACID), SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE, FD&C RED 40
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

Cha sriracha hot chile sauce ounce bottle imp
Ingredients: Chile (peppers, vinegar, salt), sugar, garlic, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness and flavor), sodium bisulfite (to preserve freshness).
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Green Pepper
Ingredients: jalapeno pepper water, sugar, salt, poblano pepper, acetic acid, garlic powder, jalapeno powder, xanthan gum, poblano pepper flavor, sodium benzoate, (preservative) and sodium metabisulfite (preservative),
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

CHILI GARLIC SAUCE
Ingredients: Chili, St, Garlic, Acetic Acia Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Bisulfite, Xanthan Gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Blue Agave Sriracha
Ingredients: Red Jalapeño Peppers, Blue Agave Nectar, Distilled Vinegar, Garlic, Salt, Tangerine Juice Concentrate, Lime Juice Concentrate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Tostitos Restaurant Style Salsa
Ingredients: DICED TOMATOES IN TOMATO JUICE, WATER, PEELED GROUND TOMATOES IN TOMATO PURÉE, ONIONS, JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, 2% SALT, POTASSIUM SALT, VINEGAR, PECTIN, SPICES (CILANTRO), TOMATO PASTE, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Picante Sauce
Ingredients: CRUSHED TOMATOES (WATER, CRUSHED TOMATO CONCENTRATE), WATER, JALAPENO PEPPERS, ONIONS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVORING, GARLIC EXTRACT.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hot Sauce
Ingredients: vinegar, aged peppers (peppers, salt, vinegar), water, xanthan gum and benzoate of soda (to preserve freshness and flavor),
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Buffalo Wings Sauce
Ingredients: Distilled vinegar, aged cayenne red peppers, salt, water, canola oil, paprika, xanthan gum, natural butter type flavor and garlic powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

franks red hot
Ingredients: AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT & GARLIC POWDER.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sriracha sauce
Ingredients: Ground red chili peppers, water, sugar, ground garlic, salt, garlic powder, cultured dextrose (for freshness), vegetable extract (potato), natural flavor, vinegar, citric acid, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hot Sauce Chile Habanero
Ingredients: WATER, HABANERO PEPPERS, SALT, pH CONTROL AGENT (ACETIC ACID), SPICES, STABILIZER (XANTHAN GUM), ACIDIFIER (CITRIC ACID), DRIED ONION POWDER, SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE AND FD&C YELLOW 5 AND FD&C BLUE 1
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

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

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

Low calorie sweet chili sauce
Ingredients: Water, Allulose (Liquid), Vinegar, Pickled Jalapeño Peppers, Salt, Calcium Chloride, Food Starch-Modified, Apple Puree (Apple, Vitamin C), Onion, Fermented Red Pepper Sauce (Fermented Red Pepper, Salt, Acetic Acid, Xanthan Gum), Oleoresin Paprika (Color), Tomato Paste, Garlic, Red Pepper, Garlic Powder, Corn Starch, Calcium Phosphate Tribasic, Red Pepper Powder, Yeast Extract Powder, Chili Extract (Chili Extract, Dextrin, Sodium), Total Carbohydrate, Sugar, Guar Gum, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Citric Acid, Sucralose, Ground White Pepper, Ground Cinnamon, Ginger Powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Original Sichuan Chili Crisp
Ingredients: Non-GMO Sichuan Rapeseed Oil, Non-GMO Soybean Oil, Dried Chili Pepper, Preserved Black Bean, Garlic, Sesame Oil, Salt, Shallots, Ginger, Mushroom Powder, Sichuan Pepper, Seaweed Powder, Spices
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pineapple Balsamic Hot Sauce Summer Solstice
Ingredients: Grape Must, White Wine Vinegar, Ghost Pepper Mash, Scorpion Pepper Powder, Natural Flavors
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sweet Heat with Honey
Ingredients: AGED PEPPERS,, DISTILLED, VINEGAR, SUGAR,, SALT, REFINERY, SYRUP, HONEY.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Poblano & Serrano
Ingredients: VINEGAR, BELL PEPPER, ONION, POBLANO, SERRANO, NOPALITOS, JALAPENO, CILANTRO, GARLIC, SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce
Ingredients: AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT AND GARLIC POWDER
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce
Ingredients: JALAPEÑOS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, GARLIC, KOSHER SALT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sriracha Hot Sauce
Ingredients: Pickled Chili, Water, Sugar, Pickled Garlic, Acetic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Potassium sorbate
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Habanero & Ghost
Ingredients: WATER, HABANERO PEPPERS, TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR CANE, SALT, NATURAL GHOST CHILI EXTRACT, SPICES AND COLORING (PAPRIKA), ACETIC ACID (pH CONTROL AGENT), LEMON JUICE, XANTHAN GUM, (STABILIZER), GELLAN GUM (STABILIZER), NATURAL FLAVORING (CARAMELIZED ONION) AND SODIUM BENZOATE AS A PRESERVATIVE
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Original Buffalo Sauce
Ingredients: CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED RED CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, GARLIC), AVOCADO OIL, WATER, ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, GARLIC POWDER, ORGANIC PAPRIKA, TAMARIND SEED GUM.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
