Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno): calories, sugar, salt and nutrition

How much salt is in Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno)? A tablespoon (15g) delivers 0.71g of salt, 12% of the adult daily limit. Used in small quantities, sauces like this can still add up significantly across a meal.

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Nutrition by portion size

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Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno) contains 21 kcal, 0.3g of fat (0g saturated), 2.8g of carbohydrate (0.5g sugar), 1g of protein and 4.75g of salt per 100g. A standard hot sauce portion — Few drops (3g) — delivers 1 kcal, 0.02g of sugar and 0.14g of salt.

Tabasco Green is milder than Tabasco Original, using jalapeno peppers. At 4.75g of salt per 100g it is still very salty per gram, but a teaspoon (5g) delivers just 0.24g of salt. Lower heat means it tends to be used more generously than the original.

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 0.02g of sugar and 0.14g of salt, while 1 tablespoon (15g) delivers 0.08g of sugar and 0.71g of salt. Adding multiple condiments to a single meal multiplies this further.

Sugar

Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno) contains 0.5g of sugar per 100g. Few drops (3g) delivers 0.02g 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

Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno) contains 4.75g of salt per 100g. Few drops (3g): 0.14g (2% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 teaspoon (5g): 0.24g (4% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 tablespoon (15g): 0.71g (12% of the adult daily limit of 6g).

At 4.75g 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

Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno) is a commercially produced hot sauce. Its ingredients are: Jalapeno peppers, vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum. Uses fresh jalapenos rather than the aged pepper mash used in Tabasco Original, giving a brighter, tangier flavour with less 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.