Heinz Classic Original Barbecue Sauce certainly delivers on its “sweet and thick” promise. A nice hefty paste coated the chicken and I was really excited to try a bite of this sauce. Sadly, it was overly sweet - almost artificially so - and tasted nothing like the molasses the ingredients list boast.

Original Sweet & Thick BBQ Sauce - Products - Heinz®

1940 It was during the 1920s that ketchup, sugar, and Worcestershire sauce made their way into the market. In 1940, Heinz became the first company to sell barbeque sauces in bottles. By the latter half of the century, more companies stepped into the market to introduce barbeque sauce in a range of flavors.

Bull's-Eye Barbecue Sauce is a barbecue sauce created and distributed by Kraft Heinz in the United States and Canada. It is also the official BBQ sauce of the Calgary Stampede.

Bottled barbecue sauce is far from healthy, but that doesn't mean you have to banish it from your picnic menu. Look for brands with the lowest amount of added sugars, and resist the temptation to overpour.

In addition to lycopene, barbecue sauce's tomato base contains antioxidants like vitamin A and vitamin C, which help “clean” the cells of damaging free radicals. This process can protect the skin from sun damage and may have anti-aging properties.

United States Heinz Tomato Ketchup

Ingredients

• 32.64% HEINZ Ketchup 00130005153300.
• Simply HEINZ Ketchup 00130005160000.
• 7.83% HEINZ Apple Cider Vinegar.
• 2.35% LEA & PERRINS Worcestershire 00516000605500.
• 32.64% Dark brown sugar.
• 10.44% Molasses.
• 7.83% Water.
• 5.09% Yellow mustard.

The first sauce they made was very simple. In 1698, a Dominican missionary named Père Labat visited the French West Indies and witnessed cooks using lime juice and hot peppers to season barbecued meat. This sauce probably had its roots in Africa where cooks traditionally used both lemon and lime juice.

Ingredients

• Tomato Puree,
• Spirit Vinegar,
• Sugar,
• Molasses,
• Water,
• Modified Cornflour,
• Salt,
• Spices,

The first sauce they made was very simple. In 1698, a Dominican missionary named Père Labat visited the French West Indies and witnessed cooks using lime juice and hot peppers to season barbecued meat. This sauce probably had its roots in Africa where cooks traditionally used both lemon and lime juice.

BBQ sauce In fact, BBQ sauce contains even more sugar than ketchup: One tablespoon has more than seven grams of sugar. To get the sweet and savoury flavour without the added sugar, look for an organic, low-sugar option or make your own sauce with raw honey as a sweetener.