Bar-B-Q Sauce
Bar-B-Q Sauce by Longhorn barbecue has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Condiments / Sauces / Barbecue sauces / Groceries
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Bar-B-Q Sauce, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Bar-B-Q Sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Water, tomato concentrate (tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, salt, onion powder, spice, natural flavoring), brown sugar, sugar, salt, herbs and spices, onion powder, hydrolyzed soy protein, caramel color, worcestershire sauce powder (molasses, vinegar, corn syrup, solids, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor), xanthan gum, chili pepper, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (to protect freshness), garlic powder, smoke flavoring, beef extract powder (maltodextrin beef extract).
Product Details
- Brand
- Longhorn barbecue
- Barcode
- 0017752000325
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bar-B-Q Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Bar-B-Q Sauce sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Bar-B-Q Sauce's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Bar-B-Q Sauce's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.