Sweet Baby Ray's Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Honey Barbecue Sauce

Honey Barbecue Sauce: 4/5 ingredient safety

Honey Barbecue Sauce by Sweet Baby Ray's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • 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

Honey 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 Honey Barbecue 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

high fructose com syrup, distilled vinegar, tomato paste, honey (2.5%), thickener (e1442), salt, natural flavor, colour (caramel 150d), pineapple juice concentrate, spices, preservative (211), natural smoke flavor, molasses, dried garlic, corn syrup, sugar, tamarind. rmation 0ml per 100 ml 1004kj (240 cal) imported by the food connection unit 207a, 12-14 solent circuit 60 baulkham hills nsw 2153, australia 60 ph: (02)8824 6522 free call 0800 443 451-new zealand www.thefoodconnection.com.au 8 19 opening ays.com 04 in usa 13409 51607'

Product Details

Barcode
0013409516072
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
Australia

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Frequently asked questions

How does Honey Barbecue Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Honey Barbecue Sauce's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Honey Barbecue 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.