Sriracha hot sauce leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sriracha hot sauce comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Barbecue sauce for less sodium.
Pick Sriracha hot sauce for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.48 g2.08 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.7 g20.6 g
- Fibermore is better0.52 g2.37 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better19.33 g16.25 gWIN
- Total fat0.37 g1 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.03 g—
- Sodiumless is betterWIN597.09 mg2283.87 mg
- Potassiummore is better134.88 mg345.16 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better19.19 mg19.35 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.37 mg1.76 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better7.56 mg17.2 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.35 mg28.92 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

