Brand
Open Pit
Made by
Conagra Brands
Aisle
Condiments, dressings and sauces
Kind
barbecue sauce
Barcode
00054100127358

Open Pit

Open Pit Blue Label Honey Barbecue Sauce

The honey version of Open Pit's blue-label sauce. Honey sits fifth on the list, after high fructose corn syrup, and the same three dyes are used.

Label check

Flagged ingredients4

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Red 40Synthetic dyesRED 40
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Honey, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Tomato Paste, Mustard Flour, Smoke Flavor, Onion Powder, Paprika, Caramel Color, Dehydrated Garlic, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Spice, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Color Added (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), Natural and Artificial Flavor. CONTAINS: SOY.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2700008). 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 fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.