Barbecue sauce leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Barbecue sauce comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Barbecue sauce for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pepper (hot) sauce for less sugar and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy172 kcal11 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN0.82 g0.51 g
- Carbohydrate40.77 g1.75 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN0.9 g0.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better33.24 g1.26 gWIN
- Total fat0.63 g0.37 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.05 g0.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1027 mg2643 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN232 mg144 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN33 mg8 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.64 mg0.48 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN13 mg5 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.6 mg74.8 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.

