HOISIN SAUCE

How it scored 60 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 14 listed

• 1 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 2 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 3 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 4 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 5 Sweet Potato
  Edible storage root of Ipomoea batatas, a whole vegetable rich in beta-carotene, fiber, and complex carbohydrates.
  Safe
• 6 Modified Corn Starch
  Corn starch chemically or physically altered (acid hydrolysis, esterification, etherification, oxidation, or enzymatic treatment) to change …
  Low
• 7 Sesame Seeds
  Seeds of Sesamum indicum, used whole or as paste (tahini), oil, or flour.
  Low
• 8 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 9 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 10 Chili Pepper
  Fruits of plants in the genus Capsicum used as a spice.
  Safe
• 11 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 12 Caramel
  Caramel: a dark colorant made by controlled heat treatment of food-grade carbohydrates; four classes (E150a-d) differ by manufacturing react…
  Moderate
• 13 Acetic Acid
  Acetic acid (E260), the principal acid in vinegar.
  Safe
• 14 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low