The Store-Bought BBQ Sauce You'll Want To Skip If You're Watching Your Sodium Intake - Tasting Table

"Frank's RedHot offers plenty of sauce flavors that are beloved far and wide, but this cross between its classic RedHot Sauce and thick BBQ sauce contains 580 milligrams of sodium in 2 tablespoons. To make pulled pork, smoked chicken, or spicy oven-baked spare ribs, you'll use a lot more than that. Adults should ideally consume 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day or 2,300 milligrams at maximum, and 6 tablespoons of this product puts you over the former number, while 8 puts you over the latter."

"If the flavor of this product sounds intriguing to you, try mixing homemade BBQ sauce with Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce, but be sparing - a tablespoon of the cayenne sauce contains 570 milligrams of sodium, making it even saltier than the Buffalo 'N BBQ. The saving grace is that it's quite spicy, so you can get away with less. To be even safer, make condiments entirely from scratch to control how much salt goes into them."

Frank's RedHot Buffalo 'N BBQ Thick Sauce contains 580 milligrams of sodium per 2 tablespoons. Typical barbecue servings use much more, rapidly increasing sodium intake. Adults should ideally limit sodium to 1,500 milligrams per day, with a maximum of 2,300 milligrams. Six tablespoons of the sauce exceeds the 1,500-milligram ideal, and eight tablespoons exceed the 2,300-milligram maximum. Frank's RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce contains 570 milligrams of sodium per tablespoon and is even saltier per tablespoon. Spiciness can allow using less sauce, and making condiments from scratch enables salt control. Excessive sodium causes bloating, dehydration, high blood pressure, kidney stones, strokes, and heart failure. Reading labels helps avoid salt-heavy condiments at cookouts.

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