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Bbq sauce

1,692 products · 694 brands

USDA's branded food database lists 1,692 bbq sauce products from 694 brands; the median has 150 calories, 30.3 g of sugars, 0 g of protein and 800 mg of sodium per 100 g. The most common serving is 36 g (212 labels).

Data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release.

The leader on each nutrient

There is no single healthiest bbq sauce product in the data: each nutrient has its own leader, per 100 g (in single-serve aisles, "most" rankings go by the serving as sold). Each row opens its full ranking.

RankingProductIts value
Most proteinMuddy Pond, Bold Barbecue Sauce (Muddy Pond)7.1 g per 100 g
Least sugarSweet & Savory Sugar Free Bbq Sauce (First Street)0 g per 100 g
Least sodiumHot N Sweet Bbq Pineapple with a Cayenne Kick Bbq Sauce (Brady's)159 mg per 100 g
Fewest caloriesSmoky Zero Sugar Barbeque Sauce (Lillie's Q)One of 2 products at this value; the tie is broken by more protein.33 calories per 100 g
Most fiberBase Barbecue Sauce, Original (Cattlemen's)5.9 g per 100 g
Fewest net carbsBarbecue Sauce, Spicy White (Saz's)2.8 g per 100 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; 1,692 products, one per UPC.

How bbq sauce products are spread

Half of all bbq sauce products have between 21.4 g and 37.8 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the aisle. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories125150188
Sugars21.4 g30.3 g37.8 g
Protein0 g0 g0 g
Sodium629 mg800 mg1,000 mg
Fiber0 g0 g0 g
Saturated fat0 g0 g0 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*289 of 1,69217%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving1 of 1,3330%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving7 of 1,6800%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*123 of 1,6907%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving47 of 1,6773%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most bbq sauce products

BrandProducts
Kraft31
Sweet Baby Ray's25
Kinder's24
Schnucks22
Kc Masterpiece19
Heinz17
Shoprite16
Meijer16

Every bbq sauce product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov