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Peanut Sauce

Peanut sauce is a savory-sweet sauce used for dipping, dressing, or accompanying grilled foods and noodles.

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About Peanut Sauce

Peanut sauce is a prepared savoury sauce in which ground peanuts, peanut butter, or another peanut preparation provides the characteristic body and flavour. It is served as a dip, dressing, marinade, or accompaniment for grilled foods, noodles, vegetables, salads, and other savoury dishes.

Common formulations balance nutty, salty, sweet, sour, spicy, or aromatic notes, but ingredients and proportions vary considerably by style and product. The sauce may be smooth or slightly textured, thick or pourable. Water, stock, coconut products, soy-based seasonings, spices, aromatics, or acidic ingredients may adjust consistency and flavour.

Peanut sauce can range from tan to reddish brown and is sold freshly mixed or in shelf-stable bottled forms. Added water or other liquids make it more pourable, while grinding changes texture. A bottled sauce may differ markedly from a freshly mixed sauce in viscosity, sweetness, acidity, and added seasonings.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Peanut sauce

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Peanut Sauce nutrition & diet

Peanut Sauce nutritional value

Peanut sauce

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded USDA food form.

Calories
257kcal
Protein
6.3g
Carbs
22.0g
Fat
16.0g

Reference values per 100 g for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, recipes, brands and preparation can differ.

Portions & preparation

Use the reference for the finished sauce and serving style, distinguishing dipping sauce, dressing, marinade, and noodle accompaniment. Peanut content, dilution, sweeteners, oils, salt, and thickening ingredients vary by recipe and brand. A cooked sauce may differ from a cold blended version in both composition and portion context.

Compare the right form: Match the finished peanut sauce recipe or brand, including dilution, cooking state, peanut form, sweeteners, oils, and any cereal-based thickeners.

Diet considerations

Peanut sauce is usually plant-based in its core ingredients, but recipes may add fish sauce, shrimp, dairy, or other animal-derived components. Soy sauce, wheat-containing thickeners, sugar, oils, and coatings also vary. Compatibility requires checking the complete recipe or label rather than relying on the sauce name.

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
    Typically incompatible
  • 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. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. 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 · Typically incompatible
Recorded common ingredients: Peanut. 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: USDA FoodData Central — Peanut 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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