Cardenas · Other Cooking Sauces
Mexican Cooking Sauce
A 1/2 cup (120g) serving of Mexican Cooking Sauce by Cardenas has 20 calories, 3g of sugars and 360mg of sodium, as submitted by Del Real LLC to USDA (FoodData Central 1904476, record updated Jul 14, 2017). A newer USDA record of this product, under another barcode, is FoodData Central 1904477.
Values for the declared serving and per 100 g. FoodData Central 1904476, available Jul 29, 2021; USDA record.
Nutrition Facts
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Protein % DV here is not corrected for protein quality.
Computed from the values per 100 g that Del Real LLC submitted to USDA, for the declared 120g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.
- UPC
- 829793050685
- Category
- Other Cooking Sauces
- Records
- 6 under this UPC; this page shows the newest record of this barcode
How it compares with other other cooking sauces
Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 37% of the 1,856 other cooking sauces products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 53% of them.
Where the calories come from: 80% carbohydrate, 0% fat and 20% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).
Where it sits among other cooking sauces: sugar per 100 g
| Per 100 g | This product | Median of the category | Share of the category lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total sugars | 2.5 g | 5.6 g | 37% |
| Sodium | 300 mg | 189 mg | 53% |
| Protein | 0.8 g | 0 g | 72% |
| Calories | 17 | 67 | 30% |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; category statistics computed by GetFoodFacts from 1,856 products, one per barcode.
Other sauce in this aisle
745 of the 1,856 other cooking sauces products are named sauce. Per 100 g their median is 105 calories, 594 mg of sodium and 1.6 g of protein; 99 have less sodium than this one.
| Other brands with less sodium | Sodium per 100 g | Calories per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Jambalaya Sauce KYVAN | 238 mg | 33 |
| Mushroom Simmer Sauce SEEDS OF CHANGE | 237 mg | 88 |
| Latin Globally Inspired Starter Sauce MESA DE VIDA | 237 mg | 44 |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "sauce", one per barcode.
What is in it
Ingredients (as submitted): TOMATO, CHICKEN BROTH (WATER, SALT, ONION, AND COOKED OUT JUICES), JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN AND GUAR GUM.
The statement lists 7 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Tomato, Chicken Broth (water, Salt. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Jul 14, 2017), not the label on the shelf today.
Source: the ingredient statement Del Real LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1904476).
Questions about this product
How many calories are in Cardenas Mexican Cooking Sauce?
20 per 1/2 cup (120g) serving, and 17 per 100 g.
How much sodium is in Cardenas Mexican Cooking Sauce?
360mg per serving (16% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).
Is this the label on the package today?
It is the record Del Real LLC submitted to USDA, last updated Jul 14, 2017. Recipes change: the package in your hand is the authority.
Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- this record and every record it is compared with, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what branded, SR Legacy, Foundation and survey records are. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
- survey foods and their household portions. ars.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, its rounding and the Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the FDA thresholds the comparisons count. ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov