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Battle of the Barbecue Sauces

This weekend, I picked up three bottles of low-carb barbecue sauce with no frankenfood ingredients at Whole Foods to try out. I put them on chicken wings and tasted them by themselves. Results:


Good Food for Good BBQ Sauce Classic, 4g carbohydrate per 2 tablespoons. No sugar added, but the dates make it the sweetest of the bunch and with a warm hint of mustard. It's organic, has a very short list of ingredients and no thickeners or emulsifiers. It's a little runny, but I recommend it for people who like a sweet sauce. Who knew Canadians made such good barbecue sauce?

Primal Kitchen Classic BBQ Sauce, 3g carbohydrate per 2 tablespoons. This was the lowest in carbohydrates and the tangiest and smokiest, with vinegar and mustard in the mix. The tapioca starch made it the thickest sauce. It's also organic--what else would you expect from Mark Sisson? Recommended for strict carb control and occasions when you need a thick sauce.

LocalFolks Foods Hab-A-Q (Habanero Bar-B-Q), 5g carbohydrate per 1 oz (almost 2 tablespoons). I love spicy food, and this blew me away with just the right combination of hot and sweet. It's not eye-watering hot, but definitely spicy by Midwestern standards. It's a little sweet (it has brown sugar and honey), but not overly so. There are no thickeners or emulsifiers and it's gluten-free. This isn't Hoosier pride on my part--I thought the company was in Ohio, but it's in Sheridan, Indiana. I recommend it with the precaution to avoid overindulging in it--you can see in the picture how much more of this sauce I ate.

I recommend all of these sauces--along with some barbecued meat!

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Lowcarb team member said…
Many thanks for your recommendations.
I prefer something not too spicy :)

All the best Jan
June 13, 2022
Lori Miller said…
There are low-carb options now for different tastes.
June 13, 2022
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