Tabasco NOVA 4

Sweet & Spicy Sauce

Sweet & Spicy Sauce: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Sweet & Spicy Sauce by Tabasco has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Sweet & Spicy Sauce have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Sweet & Spicy Sauce sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

Sugar, red pepper, water, distilled vinegar, pear concentrate, garlic, onion, TABASCO® Brand Pepper Sauce (distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt), ginger, salt, xanthan gum, spices.

Product Details

Brand
Tabasco
Barcode
0011210006225
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Sweet & Spicy Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

Sweet & Spicy Sauce scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Sweet & Spicy Sauce?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sweet & Spicy Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, which is 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.