Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce: calories, sugar, salt and nutrition

How much salt is in Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce? A tablespoon (15g) delivers 0.94g of salt, 16% of the adult daily limit. Used in small quantities, sauces like this can still add up significantly across a meal.

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Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce contains 28 kcal, 0.4g of fat (0g saturated), 4g of carbohydrate (0.8g sugar), 1.2g of protein and 6.25g of salt per 100g. A standard hot sauce portion — Few drops (3g) — delivers 1 kcal, 0.02g of sugar and 0.19g of salt.

Tabasco Original contains 6.25g of salt per 100g, one of the highest concentrations of any food product. However, because it is used in such small quantities, a typical application of a teaspoon (5g) delivers just 0.31g of salt. The heat makes it almost impossible to overconsume.

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 0.19g of salt, while 1 tablespoon (15g) delivers 0.12g of sugar and 0.94g of salt. Adding multiple condiments to a single meal multiplies this further.

Sugar

Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce contains 0.8g 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 Original Red Pepper Sauce contains 6.25g of salt per 100g. Few drops (3g): 0.19g (3% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 teaspoon (5g): 0.31g (5% of the adult daily limit of 6g); 1 tablespoon (15g): 0.94g (16% of the adult daily limit of 6g).

At 6.25g 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 Original Red Pepper Sauce is a commercially produced hot sauce. Its ingredients are: Distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt. Three ingredients only. Tabasco peppers are aged in white oak barrels for up to three years on Avery Island, Louisiana. The same recipe since 1868..

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.