Raspberry sauce

Raspberry sauce is a sweet or tart fruit sauce served with desserts, breakfast foods, and some savory dishes.

About Raspberry sauce

Raspberry sauce is a pourable or spoonable fruit preparation made from raspberries, usually with sugar and sometimes lemon juice or another acid. It is used with cakes, cheesecakes, ice cream, custards, pancakes, waffles, and other desserts; less-sweet versions can accompany game, poultry, or other savoury foods. Fresh, frozen, puréed, and cooked raspberries may all be used.

It is usually bright red to ruby-coloured, with a sweet-tart berry flavour and a fluid to lightly thickened consistency. A seeded sauce has small, noticeable particles and a more pulpy mouthfeel, while a strained sauce is smoother. Reduction and added sugar can make the flavour fuller and the texture more syrupy.

Raspberry sauce may be prepared as a fresh purée, cooked sauce, reduced coulis, or thickened accompaniment. Cooking softens the fruit and concentrates its flavour; straining removes seeds and much of the pulp. It is generally served cold, cool, or warm, depending on the dish.

Ingredient type: sauce

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Raspberry sauce nutrition & diet

Raspberry sauce nutritional value

Reference: Hot raspberry sauce

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories: 59kcal
Protein: 0.9g
Carbs: 9.6g
Fat: 0.3g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether the sauce is strained or seeded, sweetened or unsweetened, cooked or uncooked, and thickened with fruit, starch, or another ingredient. Match the reference to the sauce portion actually served. Dairy, fats, alcohol, stock, and dessert toppings should be recorded as separate components when present.

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Diet considerations

Raspberry sauce is plant-derived when made from fruit and plant ingredients, but the catalogue description allows varied recipes. Cream, butter, meat stock, cereal-derived thickeners, alcohol, or added sugar can change compatibility. Dessert and savory versions should not be merged, and the sauce should be distinguished from the food it tops.

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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. 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 · 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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Bundeslebensmittelschlüssel (BLS) 4.0, 2025 — Y8A3040 ↗. 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.

Last recorded verification: 26 September 2026.