Sweet Baby Ray's
Barbecue sauce
- Very sugaryGoutSafe ↗
- Ultra-processedGoutSafe ↗
- Purine: very lowGoutSafe ↗
- Added sugar: 16 gGoutSafe ↗
- Contains high-fructose corn syrupGoutSafe ↗
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Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 2 Tbsp (36 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | under 1 mg (0% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | under 1 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | under 1 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | tomatoes |
| Fructose per serving | 9.3 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 16 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 17 g |
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tomato paste | tomatoes (A) | 7 mg | up to 33% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| pineapple juice concentrate | unsweetened pineapple juice (C) | 5 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated C
- About 26 g of fructose per 100 g, over GoutSafe's 15 g line, so it can't rate above Moderate (C). Source on GoutSafe.
- Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
- Under 1 mg of purine per serving, well under 1% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 16 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
- High-fructose corn syrup is listed on the label. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DISTILLED VINEGAR, TOMATO PASTE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, SPICE, CARAMEL COLOR, MOLASSES, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), GARLIC,* MUSTARD FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR, CELERY SEED.
Same recipe also sold as Barbecue Sauce (Original), Honey bbq sauce, Honey barbecue sauce, Sweet n spicy bbq sauce, Hickory Bbq Saus. Serving: 2 Tbsp (36 g). Added sugar: 16 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2673885), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 013409918104. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
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