Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce: calories, sugar, salt and nutrition

How much salt is in Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce? A tablespoon (15g) delivers 0.53g of salt, 9% of the adult daily limit. Used in small quantities, sauces like this can still add up significantly across a meal.

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Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce contains 77 kcal, 0.5g of fat (0.1g saturated), 16g of carbohydrate (7.8g sugar), 2.5g of protein and 3.5g of salt per 100g. A standard hot sauce portion — Few drops (3g) — delivers 2 kcal, 0.23g of sugar and 0.11g of salt.

Encona West Indian uses 24% habanero peppers, one of the hottest commonly available chilli varieties. At 7.8g of sugar per 100g, it is significantly sweeter than Tabasco but used in more generous quantities for its complex Caribbean flavour. A tablespoon (15g) delivers 1.17g of sugar.

Portion size matters significantly for condiments. A small squeeze or single teaspoon contributes little to daily intake. But condiments are easy to apply generously: Few drops (3g) delivers 0.23g of sugar and 0.11g of salt, while 1 tablespoon (15g) delivers 1.17g of sugar and 0.53g of salt. Adding multiple condiments to a single meal multiplies this further.

Sugar

Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce contains 7.8g of sugar per 100g. Few drops (3g) delivers 0.23g of sugar. Sugar in condiments is all free sugar: unlike the naturally occurring sugars in whole fruit or plain dairy, there is no food matrix to slow absorption.

Salt

Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce contains 3.5g of salt per 100g. Few drops (3g): 0.11g (2% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 teaspoon (5g): 0.18g (3% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 tablespoon (15g): 0.53g (9% of the adult daily limit of 6g).

At 3.5g of salt per 100g, this is one of the higher-salt condiments. The salt content is relevant because condiments are often added at table after cooking, meaning the salt they contribute is on top of whatever salt is already in the food.

Ingredients and ultra-processed food

Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce is a commercially produced hot sauce. Its ingredients are: Onions, habanero peppers (24%), spirit vinegar, water, sugar, salt, tomatoes, garlic, mustard, modified maize starch, xanthan gum. The habanero content gives intense fruity heat..

Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains xanthan gum. Xanthan gum stabilises the texture and prevents separation during storage.

A home-made equivalent would typically require fewer ingredients. The processing aids are used to deliver a consistent flavour, texture and shelf life at scale that home preparation cannot match.

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Nutrition information from UK manufacturer labels and retailer databases (Tesco, Ocado, Heinz To Home, official brand websites). Per-portion values calculated proportionally from per-100g figures. NHS/SACN guidelines used for daily limits. For guidance only, not medical advice.