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Hot sauce on a food label: allergens, diets and other names

Hot sauce is a kind of sauce. It is made to a recipe, so its allergens depend on the recipe. Whether it is vegan depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts finds it in 1,449 products, most often in dressings and sauces.

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Does hot sauce contain an allergen?

It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link hot sauce to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.

Is hot sauce vegan?

It depends on the make. Some kinds of hot sauce are made with an animal product and a label rarely says which, so a vegan profile gets Heads up. Whether it is vegetarian depends on the make too.

VeganHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product, and a label rarely says which.
VegetarianHeads upSome kinds are made with an animal product vegetarians avoid, and a label rarely says which.

A pack can differ from the usual recipe: the app reads the label in your hand.

What other names does hot sauce have on a label?

In English hot sauce can also read “chili sauce”. On European labels it is “sauce chili” in French, “chilisauce” in German and “salsa picante” in Spanish. The other 9 languages are listed below.

In Englishchili sauce
French
sauce chili
German
chilisauce
Spanish
salsa picante
Italian
salsa chili
Dutch
chilisaus
Polish
sos chili, ostry sos
Swedish
chilisås, stark sås
Danish
chilisauce
Norwegian
chilisaus
Finnish
chilikastike
Croatian
ljuti umak
Turkish
acı sos

Which foods contain hot sauce?

Open Food Facts lists hot sauce or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 1,449 products, most often dressings and sauces, ready meals and pasta, rice and flour. Most of them are sold in the United States, the Netherlands and France.

  • Dressings and sauces320
  • Ready meals210
  • Pasta, rice and flour40
  • Sandwiches32
  • Cheese27
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches23

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 869 · Netherlands 186 · France 152 · Germany 105.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where hot sauce turns up, not how much of the market it is.

What kind of ingredient is hot sauce?

Hot sauce is a kind of sauce.

Kinds of hot sauceSambalSalsaKanzuri

Bravoora reads this ingredient for everyone you shop for: an allergy or intolerance, a vegan or vegetarian diet, a calorie or protein goal, and the labels on supplements and skincare too. Build a profile · For dietitians, doctors and trainers

Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Hot sauce
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. Wikipedia: Hot sauce

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