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Worcestershire sauce

Worcestershire sauce is a savory fermented condiment commonly used in marinades, dressings, and cooked dishes.

Worcestershire sauce — illustrative ingredient image

About Worcestershire sauce

Worcestershire sauce is a thin, dark brown, pourable fermented condiment with a complex savoury, tangy, sweet, salty, and spiced flavour. It is used in marinades, dressings, gravies, soups, stews, meat mixtures, vegetable dishes, and drinks, usually in small amounts as a seasoning rather than a main sauce. Commercial formulations differ by brand and market.

Its flavour combines savoury, tangy, sweet, salty, and spiced notes, while its texture is thin and pourable. Colour, sweetness, acidity, and sediment vary among formulations. The sauce may be used directly or incorporated during cooking, where dilution and heating change how its flavour and consistency are experienced.

Worcestershire sauce is generally sold in bottles and used as a ready condiment. Commercial formulations commonly combine vinegar, sweeteners, seasonings, and fermented or otherwise processed flavouring ingredients. It may be added directly or during cooking; the finished dish can differ through dilution, heating, and incorporation with other ingredients.

Ingredient type
sauce

Forms & related ingredients

  • Vinegarcontains · Worcestershire sauce → Vinegar
  • Sugarcontains · Worcestershire sauce → Sugar
  • Tamarind pastecontains · Worcestershire sauce → Tamarind paste
  • Onioncontains · Worcestershire sauce → Onion
  • Anchovycontains · Worcestershire sauce → Anchovy
  • Garliccontains · Worcestershire sauce → Garlic
  • Saltcontains · Worcestershire sauce → Salt

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Local names for worcestershire sauce

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English

Worcestershire sauce

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Worcestershire sauce nutrition & diet

Worcestershire sauce nutritional value

Sauce, worcestershire

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

Calories
77kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
19.2g
Fat
0.0g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Use the labeled sauce recipe and a measured serving of the condiment, since formulations vary in vinegar, sweeteners, salt, spices, and fermented ingredients. Distinguish the sauce from the food it seasons. Cooking can distribute a small amount across a larger dish without making the whole recipe equivalent to plain sauce.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to the exact bottled Worcestershire formulation and serving, noting fermentation ingredients, sweeteners, colorants, and any animal-derived components.

Diet considerations

Worcestershire sauce is a processed fermented condiment, not a single-origin food. Traditional or commercial recipes may include fish, and some contain other animal-derived or cereal-based ingredients; brand and regional formula matter. Compatibility therefore changes with the label, plus any meat, dairy, egg, coating, or cereal ingredient in the finished dish.

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
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Anchovy. The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative. Recipes and products can differ.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Anchovy. The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet. Recipes and products can differ.
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

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Sauce, worcestershire ↗. 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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