Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce nutrition

Few drops (3g)More from Tabasco Ultra-processed (NOVA 4)

Figures from Tabasco’s published nutrition information, collected by Boone. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Traffic lights, per few drops (3g)Colours from FSA guidance, per 100gHow

Energy1 kcal0% of RI117 kJ, 28 kcal per 100g

Saturates0gLow0% of RI0g per 100g

Sugars0gLow0% of RI0.8g per 100g

Salt0.19gHigh3% of RI6.25g per 100g

Colours use the Food Standards Agency front-of-pack thresholds per 100g. RI is the adult reference intake. Boone does not hold fat figures for this product, so it is not shown.

How much

Who is eating

1kcal0% of the day

!Nothing is over 30% of their daily limits in few drops (3g).

CaloriesEnergy1 kcal0%

Reference 1,291 kcal

Total sugarWithin limit0g0%

Limit 19g free sugar (NHS)

Saturated fatWithin limit0g0%

Guide 14g: Boone estimate, 10% of energy. No NHS limit at this age

SaltWithin limit0.19g6%

Limit 3g (NHS)

ProteinTarget0g

No set target for this age

Few drops (3g) of Original Red Pepper Sauce. Figures from Tabasco; portion figures calculated by Boone. Free sugar cannot be worked out without the ingredient list, so total sugar is shown against the free sugar limit as an upper bound. How

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Sugar in a portion of Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce

Total sugar0gin few drops (3g)

Teaspoons0One teaspoon is 4g

0 teaspoons of sugar

Boone does not hold an ingredient list for this product, so it cannot split free sugar from sugar that occurs naturally. The shares on the right treat all of it as free sugar, so they are the most it could be.

Up to 0g against the NHS free sugar limit

The NHS free sugar limit is 19g a day at age 4 to 6, 24g at 7 to 10 and 30g from 11.

How it compares with other hot sauces

#9 of 9 hot sauces for least salt per 100g.

Sorted by salt per 100gHow

Encona Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce 105 kcal per 100g1.50g Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce 93 kcal per 100g2.30g Flying Goose Sriracha Chilli Sauce 100 kcal per 100g2.50g Cholula Original Hot Sauce 38 kcal per 100g3.25g Tabasco Habanero Sauce 50 kcal per 100g4.00g Tabasco Green Pepper Sauce (Jalapeno) 21 kcal per 100g4.75g Crystal Louisiana Hot Sauce 17 kcal per 100g5.50g Tabasco Chipotle Pepper Sauce 41 kcal per 100g5.50g Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce 28 kcal per 100g6.25g

Swaps with less saltLess salt from TabascoTabasco Habanero Sauce →4.00g per 100g, against 6.25g.Lowest salt in hot saucesEncona Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce →1.50g per 100g.

All hot sauces →9 products

Among all 9 hot sauces

Where it sits per 100g against every hot sauces product in the Boone database.

Sugar0.8g per 100g

0.5gMiddle 3.8g23g

Less sugar than 67% of the 9 hot sauces.

Saturated fat0g per 100g

0gMiddle 0g0.1g

More saturated fat than 0% of the 9 hot sauces.

Salt6.25g per 100g

1.5gMiddle 4g6.25g

More salt than 89% of the 9 hot sauces.

Calories28 kcal per 100g

17 kcalMiddle 41 kcal105 kcal

Fewer calories than 67% of the 9 hot sauces.

Is Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce ultra-processed?

NOVA group 4

1 Unprocessed

2 Ingredients

3 Processed

4 Ultra-processed

Group 4: ultra-processed. Made with industrial processes or ingredients. How NOVA works →

Boone does not hold a full ingredient list for this product, so the group is assigned from the type of food. Check the pack for the ingredients.

Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce nutrition by portion

Boone does not hold figures for fat, carbohydrate and fibre for this product.

Per	100g	Few drops (3g)	1 teaspoon (5g)	1 tablespoon (15g)
Energy	28 kcal	1 kcal	1 kcal	4 kcal
of which saturates	0.0g	0.0g	0.0g	0.0g
of which sugars	0.8g	0.0g	0.0g	0.1g
Protein	1.2g	0.0g	0.1g	0.2g
Salt	6.25g	0.19g	0.31g	0.94g

Quick answers

How many calories are in Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce?+

1 kcal in few drops (3g). Per 100g it is 28 kcal.

How much sugar is in Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce?+

0g of sugar in few drops (3g), about 0 teaspoons. Without an ingredient list Boone cannot say how much of it is free sugar.

How much salt is in Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce?+

0.19g in few drops (3g): 6% of the 3g daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 3% of the 6g adult limit.

Is Tabasco Original Red Pepper Sauce ultra-processed?+

Yes, NOVA group 4.

Where the figures come from

Source. Tabasco’s published nutrition information, per 100g as sold.

Collected. Copied by Boone from Tabasco’s published figures. Data checks are led by Murray Dare.

Calculated by Boone. Portion figures, traffic lights. Labelled where they appear.

Limits. NHS free sugar and salt limits by age; UK reference intakes for adults.

Full methodology →UK Nutrient Profiling Model 2018 →NOVA food processing →

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