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Hot Sauce

A liquid condiment made from hot peppers and commonly seasoned with acid and salt.

Hot Sauce — illustrative ingredient image

About Hot Sauce

Hot sauce is a pourable or spoonable condiment in which hot peppers provide the defining heat. It is used at the table or added to marinades, soups, stews, eggs, meats, vegetables, and other savoury preparations.

It commonly has a thin to moderately thick texture and may be smooth, pulpy, or seeded. Colour ranges from green to red or brown according to the peppers and other ingredients; flavour and heat vary with acidity, seasoning, sweetness, and pepper choice.

Recipes commonly combine peppers with vinegar or citrus, salt, and sometimes water, fruit, vegetables, spices, or sweeteners. Fermentation, cooking, and straining create distinct styles, changing thickness, visible solids, colour, and the balance between fresh, cooked, or developed flavours.

Ingredient type
sauce

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English

hot sauce

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Hot Sauce nutrition & diet

Hot Sauce nutritional value

Reference: Chilli sauce

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

Calories
40kcal
Protein
1.3g
Carbs
7.3g
Fat
0.8g

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 17-719. 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

Identify the pepper species or blend, then match the exact hot-sauce recipe and form, including fermented, vinegar-based, cooked, dried-reconstituted, or oil-based products. Record the served condiment portion and note sweeteners, thickeners, fruit, vegetables, or other ingredients added by the manufacturer or cook.

Compare the right form: Match the branded or recipe-specific hot sauce, including pepper blend, fermentation, thickening, and the served condiment portion.

Diet considerations

Hot sauce is often plant-derived, but compatibility cannot be assumed for every blend. Recipes may include dairy, fish, meat flavorings, sweeteners, cereal thickeners, or coatings. Fermentation and processing matter; carbohydrate contribution is portion-dependent and can differ between unsweetened pepper sauce and flavored varieties.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
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 — Chilli 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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