High Fructose Corn Syrup in Your BBQ Sauce – And You Call Yourself A BBQ Purist?
It’s official. I’m off and gonna get mouthy about the fact that BBQ sauces made by the “big boys” … and some of the smaller shops as well… are using high fructose corn syrup in their recipes. Really? I mean, REALLY? I’m OK with basic corn syrup, or hey – what about honey, sugar, or Agave Nectar… anything but HFCS!
Better living through chemicals!
I’ll have my BBQ Sauce with Extra Crap, Please!
FOUL: Your Barbecue Sauce is FAT… not PHAT
Folks – if you buy or create BBQ sauce that contains High Fructose Corn Syrup, you are promoting a product that is on the world’s Most Wanted list of Crap Food Ingredients. Understand, you’re doing this – while you’re trying to pass off the fact that you are all about Natural Wood Smoked Barbecue. At the very least, you’re using an inferior product, and you’re also an accessory to the crime that has become the State of Our National Food Supply.
Note: I do realize that there is a chance that you’re using BBQ sauce tainted with HFCS because you just don’t know any better.
Finding BBQ sauce without High Fructose Corn Syrup has become a real challenge. K.C. Masterpiece and Cattleman’s, among others – use the stuff. Why? Profit, why else?
To those and other BBQ Sauce manufacturers: I’d gladly pay the extra $.02 per bottle if you’d kindly leave High Fructose Corn Syrup out of your BBQ Sauce!
What’s making it more difficult to avoid HFCS, is that many BBQ Sauce brands that do no list it as an ingredient do use “ketchup” as a main part of their recipe. What’s one of the first ingredients in most national ketchup brands? If you guessed High Fructose Corn Syrup, then “DING!” You win!
Look. I know I’m not going to change the world with this post. I just find it very ironic that folks that spend hours and hours perfecting the art of smoked barbecue – who would never use nitrates to effect a “smoke ring” or “liquid smoke” to add smoked flavor will happily use BBQ Sauce that uses HFCS. Oh, and I feel the same about MSG and other similar ingredients.
Some Barbecue Sauce Makers are Getting Wise to High Fructose Corn Syrup
I have noticed a few BBQ Sauce manufacturers out there who do not, or have stopped using high fructose corn syrup. Here’s a short list, but please – let me know if you are aware of any others!
I’m sure there are folks who read this post who will won’t agree with me here. Either way… drop a line here in the comments section and let me know where you stand on this and why!
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Comments on High Fructose Corn Syrup in Your BBQ Sauce – And You Call Yourself A BBQ Purist?
I did find a bbq sauce that was excellent and didn’t have HFCS. It was made my Giant foods and was one of their “simply enjoy” products. This stuff was the best bbq sauce I’ve every had and they stopped producing it. I am so upset…now I buy Stubbs but it’s a little on the hot side for me. Other than that I have found that the “organic” brands do not have HFCS in them…so I mix sauces to try and get the ideal flavor and heat for me. I wish Giant would bring back their Simply Enjoy BBQ sauce…the sweet and spicy chipolte was the best!!!