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Red salsa

Red salsa is a typically tomato-based sauce served as a dip, condiment, or accompaniment to savory dishes.

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About Red salsa

Red salsa is a red savory sauce, most often based on tomatoes together with chilies, onion, garlic, herbs, or other seasonings. It is served as a dip, table condiment, or accompaniment for tortillas, eggs, grilled foods, beans, and other savory dishes.

It may be bright and fresh or cooked and darker, with acidity, sweetness, heat, and smokiness varying with the ingredients and preparation. Texture ranges from thin and pourable to thick and chunky, depending on whether it is chopped, blended, or otherwise processed.

Red salsa may be prepared fresh, roasted, simmered, or blended, and is sold chilled, jarred, canned, or shelf-stable depending on processing. Its appearance ranges from bright red to darker red, while cooking or roasting can deepen the color and alter its texture.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Red salsa

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Red salsa nutrition & diet

Red salsa nutritional value

Reference: Sauce, salsa, tomato-based, commercial

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

Calories
34.9kcal
Protein
1.3g
Carbs
6.3g
Fat
0.0g

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. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F008056. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use the salsa as served and distinguish fresh, cooked, roasted, jarred, or blended versions. Tomato, pepper, onion, oil, salt, sugar, and added fruit or broth vary by recipe. A dip portion should be recorded separately from chips, tacos, or other foods.

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Diet considerations

Red salsa is plant-derived when made only from vegetables, fruit, herbs, spices, and plant-based seasonings. Cheese, sour cream, meat, fish, or animal-derived stock changes compatibility. Chips, tortillas, bread, and other cereal accompaniments are separate foods; packaged salsa may also contain added sugar, oil, or thickeners.

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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Sauce, salsa, tomato-based, commercial ↗. 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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