Sauces Roundup
We analyzed 2944 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 41)

Pizza sauce
Ingredients: Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Sugar, Garlic, Spices, Pepper, Salt and Onion Powder.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Red taco sauce mild
Ingredients: tomato puree, water, red chile peppers, onion, distilled vinegar, less than 2% of salt, red jalapeno peppers, modified food starch, garlic, sodium benzoate (a preservative),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Red taco sauce mild
Ingredients: Tomato puree(tomato paste, water), red california chiles, onions, distilled vinegar, salt, jalapeno peppers, modified food starch, garlic and sodium benzoate (0.1% as a preservative).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

Old style whole grain mustard, old style
Ingredients: Vinegar, water, mustard seed, horseradish, salt, soybean oil, xanthan gum, spices, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Dressing + Dip
Ingredients: Soybean oil, blue cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, natamycin [to protect flavor]), cultured nonfat buttermilk, sour cream (cultured nonfat milk, cream), egg yolks, distilled vinegar, contains less than 2% of spices, salt, garlic*, natural flavor, mustard bran, lactic acid, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Seafood Tartar Sauce With Lemon & Capers
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, cucumbers, white distilled vinegar, eggs,salt,high fructose corn syrup, lemon juice, onions, mustard seed, sugar, spices, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, garlic, sodium benzoate and sorbic acid (preservatives), dill weed, citric acid, celery, capers, peppers (green bell, red chili, red bell), parsley, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta (retains product freshness), turmeric, paprika.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Dijon Stone Ground Mustard
Ingredients: Vinegars (red wine, balsamic, white wine and white distilled), mustard seed, water, white and burgundy wines, sugar, salt, garlic, soybean oil, spices, citric and tartaric acids, turmeric, annatto, natural and artificial flavors, xanthan gum.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Horseradish
Ingredients: Grated horseradish roots, water, soybean oil, white distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, eggs, sugar, modified corn starch, salt, lemon juice, xanthan gum, sodium metabisulfite and sodium benzoate (preservatives), artificial flavor, citric acid, spices, calcium disodium edta (retains product freshness), paprika.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Zesty Deli Horseradish Sauce
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, white distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, grated horseradish roots, eggs, modified corn starch, salt, mustard seed, spices, lemon juice, sugar, xanthan gum, artificial and natural flavors, citric acid, hydrolyzed soy protein, sodium benzoate (preservative), garlic, paprika, calcium disodium edta (retains product freshness), onions, autolyzed yeast.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Deli Mustard
Ingredients: Water, mustard seed, vinegars (white distilled, white wine and red wine), soybean oil, sugar, salt, white wine, grated horseradish roots, garlic, eggs, spices, xanthan and cellulose gums, sodium benzoate (preservative), citric acid, turmeric, high fructose corn syrup, lemon juice, calcium disodium edta (retains product freshness), artificial and natural flavors, annatto, red chili peppers, ginger.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Cardini's, Light Caesar Dressing
Ingredients: Water, soybean oil, white wine and distilled vinegars, corn syrup solids, egg yolk, high fructose corn syrup, whey protein concentrate, salt, spices (including mustard seed), modified cornstarch, parmesan cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), extra virgin olive oil, garlic*, onion*, lactic acid,potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, xanthan gum, lemon juice concentrate, molasses, corn syrup, caramel color, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor, anchovies, tamarind, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Southwest Chipotle Ranch
Ingredients: Water, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), sugar, egg yolk, salt, onion*, spices, less than 1% of: chipotle chili powder, red and green bell pepper*, sour cream powder (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), paprika, garlic*, nonfat milk solids, cream, buttermilk solids, cultured nonfat milk, cheddar cheese powder and cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), vinegar, phosphoric acid, modified food starch, xanthan gum, natural flavors, corn flour, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, with sorbic acid, potassium sorbate and calcium disodium edta added to preserve freshness.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

Buttermilk Topping & Dressing
Ingredients: Vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), water, sugar, egg yolk, less than 2% of: buttermilk, salt, lactic acid, vinegar, modified food starch, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, dried garlic, dried onion, phosphoric acid, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, natural and artificial flavors (soy), spices, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid and calcium disodium edta as preservatives.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Phosphoric Acid

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Liquid smoke mesquite flavor
Ingredients: Water, natural mesquite smoke flavor, vinegar, molasses, caramel color.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Sour Cream Dip
Ingredients: Sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, locust bean gum, carrageenan, sodium citrate and enzymes), salt, dehydrated onion and garlic, monosodium glutamate, dextrose, spices, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavors.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Rice Cooking Wine
Ingredients: Rice wine, salt, potassium metabisulfite (preservative). salt added 1.5%, alcohol 12% by volume.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Oyster Sauce
Ingredients: Water, sugar, salt, oyster juice, soy sauce (soybeans, salt, wheat, sugar) corn starch, wheat flour, yeast extract [water and yeast], caramel color and citric acid [acidulant].
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Original Sour Cream Dip
Ingredients: Cultured sour cream (nonfat milk, cream, gelatin, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum, cultures), seasoning (salt, dehydrated onion, hydrolyzed vegetable protein [corn], sugar, monosodium glutamate, dehydrated parsley), potassium sorbate (preservative), chives.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

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

Ponzu Premium Soy Dressing With Sudachi Citrus
Ingredients: Water, soy sauce (water, wheat, soy beans, salt) sugar, vinegar, salt, citrus (sudachi) juice, concentrated lemon juice, citric acid, natural flavor, yeast extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Seasoned Rice Vinegar Dressing
Ingredients: Water, organic rice vinegar, organic sugar, salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Peanut satay sauce
Ingredients: Coconut, water, sugar, peanuts, lemongrass, red chili, garlic, onion, spices, glucose syrup, corn starch, salt, citric acid.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Mix gravy ppprd sausage
Ingredients: Partially hydrogenated soybean oil, modified corn starch, corn syrup solids, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, spices, sugar, sodium caseinate, hydrolyzed corn protein, mono and diglycerides, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate, dextrose, hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast extract, hydrolyzed wheat protein, sodium citrate, dipotassium phosphate, disodium inosinate and guanylate, natural and artificial sausage flavors, palm oil, soy lecithin, butter oil, flavor, tbhq.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Poppyseed salad dressing
Ingredients: High fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, white wine vinegar, sugar, egg yolk, onion juice, salt, poppyseed, water, dehydrated onion, mustard seed, garlic juice, titanium dioxide, polysorbate 60, sodium benzoate added as a preservative, xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Ranch dressing with creamy buttermilk, ranch
Ingredients: Soybean oil, water, buttermilk, distilled vinegar, egg yolk, sugar, salt, phosphoric acid, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, monosodium glutamate, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate added as preservatives, dehydrated garlic, spices, natural flavors, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate

NACHO CHEESE SAUCE
Ingredients: Cheese whey, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: sunflower oil, canola oil, soybean oil), modified corn starch, tomato paste, jalapeno peppers, sodium phosphate, salt, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), vinegar, monosodium glutamate, natural flavors, onion powder, mono and diglycerides, color added (including caramel, yellow 5, and yellow 6), spice.
The Good
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Contains Mono- and Diglycerides

Patak mango chicken sauce
Ingredients: Water, mango puree, sugar, cream (milk), onion, canola oil, corn starch, contains 2% or less of spices (including paprika and turmeric), vinegar, tomato paste, sea salt, garlic, ginger.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed
