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Brown sauce

Brown sauce is a savory-sweet condiment commonly served with meat, fried foods, and other hearty dishes.

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About Brown sauce

Brown sauce is a dark, savoury-sweet table condiment commonly made from a cooked blend of fruit, vinegar, sweeteners, spices, and vegetable or tomato-derived components. It is served with sausages, bacon, eggs, fried foods, sandwiches, pies, and other hearty dishes.

Its flavour typically combines tangy acidity, sweetness, spice, and umami, while its texture ranges from fluid to syrupy. Formulas differ substantially between brands and regions, and the name can also describe other dark savoury sauces in some cuisines.

Commercial brown sauce is usually smooth or slightly thick, brown to deep reddish-brown, and pourable. It is commonly sold bottled; homemade, concentrated, or recipe-added forms may look and flow differently after dilution, mixing, or cooking.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Brown sauce

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Brown sauce nutrition & diet

Brown sauce nutritional value

Reference: Brown fruity sauce

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
98kcal
Protein
1.2g
Carbs
22.2g
Fat
0.1g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 17-706. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Brown sauce is a formulated condiment whose ingredients and concentration vary widely. Establish the product or recipe, including stock, flour or starch, sugar, vinegar, fat, and flavorings. Record the served spoonful or accompanying dish rather than treating the sauce as a uniform food.

Compare the right form: Match references to the named brown sauce product or recipe, including thickness, cereal or starch ingredients, sweeteners, and serving amount.

Diet considerations

Brown sauce is a blended preparation and may include plant ingredients, animal stock, dairy, or other animal-derived components. Compatibility changes with meat-based recipes, cereal thickeners, coatings, and sweeteners. Its carbohydrate pattern is portion-dependent and differs between a thin condiment and a starch-thickened serving.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar; Tamarind paste. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar; Tamarind paste. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar; Tamarind paste. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Brown fruity sauce ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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