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Hot Sauces: calories and sugar compared

Every hot sauces product in the Boone database, side by side. Sort by calories, sugar, salt or protein, per serving or per 100g, against the daily guidelines for whoever is eating.

Source: product information published by each brand or retailerChecked against UK government guidelinesHow we check the figures
16 productswith nutrition checked
12 brandsand own labels
17 to 388kcal per serving
10 of 16high in salt, red on a front-of-pack label

All 16 Hot Sauces products ranked

16 products, least calories first, per serving. % is of an adult woman’s daily energy reference.
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Hot Sauces nutrition questions

Which hot sauces product has the most calories?

Capsicana Mexican Smoky Chipotle Fajita Kit, with 388 kcal per a serving. The lowest is Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno), at 21 kcal.

Which hot sauces product has the most sugar?

Capsicana Mexican Smoky Chipotle Fajita Kit, with 13.2g of sugar per a serving. That is 44% of the 30g daily free sugar limit for anyone aged 11 or over, and 70% of the 19g limit for a 4 to 6 year old.

Which brands make hot sauces?

12 brands and own labels are covered here. The most products come from Tabasco (4), Encona (2), Capsicana (1), Stubb’s Original (1).

How much sugar should children have?

The NHS limits free sugar to 30g a day from age 11, 24g for ages 7 to 10 and 19g for ages 4 to 6. Free sugar is added sugar plus sugar in honey, syrups and juice, not the sugar in milk or whole fruit.

What do the colours mean?

They follow UK front-of-pack labels. Sugar is high above 22.5g per 100g (11.25g per 100ml for drinks), saturated fat above 5g (2.5g), and salt above 1.5g (0.75g). Low is 5g, 1.5g and 0.3g per 100g or less.

How we check the figures

Figures are per serving as sold, from the nutrition information published by each brand or retailer, checked by Boone. Where a product page gives figures per 100g, the serving uses the pack or portion size shown on that page.

Colours follow the UK front-of-pack labelling thresholds per 100g or 100ml. Daily references are the NHS free sugar and salt limits by age and the energy references used across Boone. Sugar is free sugar where Boone has worked it out from the ingredients, and total sugar otherwise, marked as such.

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