4.9 %
Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.
How many calories are in barbecue sauce?
45kcal
in a 15 g tablespoon
300 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 17-769. Checked 5 October 2026.
3.2 gFat
0.41 gProtein
0.26 gFibre
4.9 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 15 g tablespoon
About a third of a tablespoon is water. The rest is 3.9 g carbohydrate and 3.2 g fat.
- 3.2 gFat
- 0.41 gProtein
- 3.9 gCarbohydrate
- 0.26 gFibre
- 7.2 gWater
Above average for sauces, soups and condiments
Barbecue sauce is 300 kcal per 100 g. The 92 sauces, soups and condiments in this database average 154.
Barbecue sauce300
Sauces, soups and condiments average154
High in saturated fat
12.5 g of saturates per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 5 g).
Saturates, per tablespoon1.9 g
Fat, per tablespoon3.2 g
Vitamins and minerals in barbecue sauce
Two of the 21 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin A leads.
Only a trace
- Selenium
Show all 21 with amounts
Chloride105 mg, 13 %
Vitamin A0.039 mg, 4.9 %
Iron0.34 mg, 2.4 %
Manganese0.05 mg, 2.3 %
Potassium41.6 mg, 2.1 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.03 mg, 1.8 %
Copper0.02 mg, 1.5 %
Calcium11.1 mg, 1.4 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.02 mg, 1.4 %
Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.3 %
Magnesium4.8 mg, 1.3 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.2 mg, 1.2 %
Vitamin E0.12 mg, 1 %
Phosphorus5.9 mg, 0.8 %
Zinc0.08 mg, 0.8 %
Vitamin D0.00003 mg, 0.6 %
Vitamin B120.000015 mg, 0.6 %
Vitamin C0.3 mg, <1 %
Folate0.00075 mg, <1 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.02 mg, <1 %
Biotin0.000105 mg, <1 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What barbecue sauce doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded selenium, and only 2.5 % of the vitamin C reference intake and 4 % of the vitamin D reference intake per 100 g.
Selenium
Tracein barbecue sauce
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
2.5%in barbecue sauce, per 100 g
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Vitamin D
4%in barbecue sauce, per 100 g
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Barbecue sauce against other sauces, soups and condiments
Per 100 g, hollandaise sauce has the most vitamin A in this comparison, followed by soup (carrot and coriander, carton, chilled) and barbecue sauce.
1.019mg
0.334mg
0.26mg
0.1mg
0.078mg
0.028mg
Hollandaise sauce+0.759 mg
Barbecue sauce, homemadethis page
White sauce, savoury−0.16 mg
Mayonnaise, standard, retail−0.182 mg
Bread sauce−0.232 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against barbecue sauce.
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Questions about barbecue sauce
The questions people ask about barbecue sauce, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of barbecue sauce?
A typical portion (15 g, one tablespoon) gives 45 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 300 kcal.
Is barbecue sauce high in chloride?
Yes. Barbecue sauce, homemade has 698 mg chloride per 100 g, 87 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Are these figures exact for barbecue sauce?
No. They are calculated from a standard recipe in the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021). A different recipe, portion of sauce or cooking method will move them, so read them as a typical estimate.
Which vitamins and minerals does barbecue sauce have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (698 mg, 87 %), vitamin A (0.26 mg, 33 %) and iron (2.3 mg, 16 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 17-769, Barbecue sauce, homemade, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0; this record is a calculated recipe estimate. Main data references: Updated 2014. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a tablespoon is 15 g, one tablespoon, the usual UK portion for sauces, soups and condiments. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 92 sauces, soups and condiments kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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