Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce

Name: Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce
Brand: Kraft

The slow-simmered original from Kraft, a sweet tomato-and-molasses sauce that leads with high fructose corn syrup. Smoke flavor is added, and it carries potassium sorbate.

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Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupHigh fructose corn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
High fructose corn syrup	Corn syrup	HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), VINEGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, MOLASSES, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, DRIED ONION, MUSTARD FLOUR, SPICES, PAPRIKA, DRIED GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM SORBATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2738920). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More barbecue sauce first, then the rest of the condiments, dressings and sauces aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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