Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce
Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce by Jack Daniel's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
TOMATO CONCENTRATE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, WATER, MOLASSES, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVORING, BROWN SUGAR, MUSTARD FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR, SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE AS
Product Details
- Brand
- Jack Daniel's
- Barcode
- 0013000003797
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce's 3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Hickory Brown Sugar Barbecue Sauce's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.