{
 "note": "Every bottled Carolina barbecue sauce whose label this project could read on 2026-09-16, plus the bottles it could name but not measure, plus a contrast set of national bottles wearing the word Carolina. Rows are makers in North Carolina and South Carolina except where state is \"other\", which marks the contrast set. INGREDIENTS are copied in label order, verbatim; upper case where the label or the source database is upper case. A parenthesis holds the sub-ingredients of the item before it. RANKS are 1-based positions among the top-level ingredients: the position of the first item whose own name is a tomato ingredient (tomato, tomato paste, tomato puree, tomato concentrate, ketchup), a vinegar, a mustard, or a sugar (sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, molasses, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, honey, dextrose, apple juice concentrate). An ingredient named only inside another ingredient's parenthesis does not count: the vinegar inside YELLOW MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, ...) does not set vinegar_rank. 0 means the label names none. null means no label was found. SUGAR AND SODIUM come from the Nutrition Facts panel of the cited page, divided by the serving's tablespoons. Panels round total sugars to the gram, so a bottle showing 0 g may hold a little, and a bottle showing 1 g in a 2-tablespoon serving is reported here as 0.5 g per tablespoon. A tablespoon of table sugar is about 12.6 g. BASE is this project's reading of the label, applied in this order: mustard, where the label names a mustard and either names no tomato or ranks the mustard ahead of it; vinegar-pepper, where vinegar leads and the label names no tomato; lexington-dip, where vinegar leads and a tomato ingredient follows; light-tomato, where tomato leads but the sugar per tablespoon is under 4 g; heavy-tomato, where tomato or sugar leads and the sugar per tablespoon is 4 g or more; hot-sauce for a table pepper sauce; other where none of those fit. Where no label was found the base is read from the maker's own name or description for the bottle — Golden and Southern Gold as mustard, Vinegar as vinegar-pepper, Red and Sweet Red as heavy tomato — and is other where the maker's wording names a taste rather than a base. Those rows say so in the note. A base on a row with no ingredients is never a reading of an ingredient order. SOURCES: USDA FoodData Central Branded Foods (label data submitted by manufacturers, public domain), Open Food Facts (Open Database License), and makers' own product pages. A sauce whose label could not be found stays in this file with nulls and a note naming what was checked; absence of a row's numbers says the label was not found on this search, not that the bottle has no label.",
 "accessed": "2026-09-16",
 "sauces": [
  {
   "id": "georges-original",
   "name": "George's Original Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "George's Sauce Company",
   "town": "Nashville",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [
    "VINEGAR",
    "WATER",
    "TOMATO CONCENTRATE",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "SUGAR",
    "APPLES",
    "SALT",
    "HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP",
    "CORN SYRUP",
    "RED PEPPER AND SPICES"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 3,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 5,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 7.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 3.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 179.8,
   "heat": "mild",
   "lat": 35.97053,
   "lon": -77.93861,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1851011/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1851011, published 2021-07-29, GTIN 008453353537. Vinegar leads and tomato follows: the label is closer to the Piedmont dip pattern than to the tomato-free eastern sauce, though the maker sells it as an eastern-style sauce."
  },
  {
   "id": "georges-hot",
   "name": "George's Hot Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "George's Sauce Company",
   "town": "Nashville",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [
    "VINEGAR",
    "WATER",
    "TOMATO CONCENTRATE",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "SUGAR",
    "APPLES",
    "SALT",
    "HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP",
    "CORN SYRUP",
    "RED PEPPER AND SPICES"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 3,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 5,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 7.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 3.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 174.9,
   "heat": "hot",
   "lat": 35.97053,
   "lon": -77.93861,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1851010/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1851010, GTIN 008453353544. The declared ingredient list matches the Original; the heat reading comes from the label's own word Hot."
  },
  {
   "id": "georges-special",
   "name": "George's Special Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "George's Sauce Company",
   "town": "Nashville",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "light-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "TOMATO CONCENTRATE",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "WATER",
    "VINEGAR",
    "SUGAR",
    "APPLES",
    "SALT",
    "HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP",
    "CORN SYRUP",
    "JALAPENOS",
    "RED PEPPER AND SPICES"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 1,
   "vinegar_rank": 4,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 5,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 6.01,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 3.01,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 130.0,
   "heat": "medium",
   "lat": 35.97053,
   "lon": -77.93861,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2009722/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2009722, GTIN 008453353551. Tomato moves to first place and jalapenos join the list; the Original's order is the reverse."
  },
  {
   "id": "carolina-treet-original",
   "name": "Carolina Treet Original Cooking Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Legacy Family Foods",
   "town": "Wilmington",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [
    "WATER",
    "VINEGAR",
    "WHEAT FLOUR",
    "SALT",
    "SOYBEAN OIL",
    "PAPRIKA",
    "GARLIC",
    "ONION",
    "XANTHAN GUM",
    "SPICES"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 2,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 0,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 1.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 0.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 535.8,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 34.16535,
   "lon": -77.86287,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1849974/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1849974, GTIN 07353341. Base is other: the label names no tomato and no sugar, and thickens with wheat flour rather than with paste. Its sodium is the highest in this file. The panel still declares 1 g total sugars in a 2-tablespoon serving with no sugar named in the list, which is what a rounded panel does with the sugars that ride in on other ingredients. Carolinatreet.com now redirects to legacyfamilyfoods.com."
  },
  {
   "id": "scotts-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Scott's Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Scott's Sauce Company",
   "town": "Goldsboro",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [
    "VINEGAR",
    "WATER",
    "SALT",
    "PEPPERS AND SPICES"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 0,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 0.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 235.5,
   "heat": "hot",
   "lat": 35.42958,
   "lon": -78.0646,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2271132/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2271132, GTIN 075592101022; the matching Open Food Facts record 0075592101022 reads the same four ingredients and 0 g total sugars, and titles the bottle Fat Free Red Hot. Four ingredients is the shortest list in this file, tied with Texas Pete's Eastern Carolina BBQ Sauce."
  },
  {
   "id": "texas-pete-eastern-carolina",
   "name": "Texas Pete Eastern Carolina BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "T.W. Garner Food Company",
   "town": "Winston-Salem",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "light-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "Apple Cider Vinegar",
    "Tomato Paste",
    "Red Pepper Flakes",
    "Sugar"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 2,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 4,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 1.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 3.5,
   "heat": "medium",
   "lat": 36.10299,
   "lon": -80.2452,
   "source_url": "https://texaspete.com/products/eastern-carolina-bbq-sauce",
   "source": "s:web-texas-pete-eastern-carolina",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Ingredients and sodium read from the maker's own product page on 2026-09-16, where the panel gives 2 Tbsp, 17 calories, 7 mg sodium and 4 g total carbohydrate but no total-sugars line; the 2 g total sugars is USDA FoodData Central record 1996873 for the same bottle, whose 2021 ingredient list also carried sodium benzoate."
  },
  {
   "id": "texas-pete-sweet-flame",
   "name": "Texas Pete Sweet Flame BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "T.W. Garner Food Company",
   "town": "Winston-Salem",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "TEXAS PETE HOT SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED PEPPERS (PEPPERS, SALT, VINEGAR), WATER, XANTHAN GUM AND SODIUM BENZOATE)",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "SUGAR",
    "WATER",
    "VINEGAR",
    "HONEY",
    "NATURAL BUTTER TYPE FLAVOR",
    "MOLASSES",
    "LIQUID SMOKE",
    "SALT",
    "MUSTARD FLOUR",
    "CHILI POWDER",
    "XANTHAN GUM",
    "SODIUM BENZOATE",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "CAYENNE PEPPER AND ONION POWDER"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 2,
   "vinegar_rank": 5,
   "mustard_rank": 11,
   "sugar_rank": 3,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 7.99,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 4.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": "medium",
   "lat": 36.10299,
   "lon": -80.2452,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1996781/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1996781. The transcription in that record carries typographic errors (VENEGAR, FLAVORI, missing commas); the spelling here is corrected and the order kept. No sodium value is recorded."
  },
  {
   "id": "bone-suckin-sweet-southern",
   "name": "Bone Suckin' Sauce Sweet Southern",
   "maker": "Ford's Foods",
   "town": "Raleigh",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "Cane Sugar",
    "Tomato Puree (Tomato Paste, Water)",
    "Water",
    "Apple Cider Vinegar",
    "Vegan Worcestershire Sauce (Water, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Molasses, Caramel Color, Tamarind, Onion and Garlic)",
    "Salt",
    "Organic Yellow Mustard (Organic Distilled Vinegar, Organic Mustard Seed, Salt, Organic Turmeric, Organic Spices)",
    "Horseradish",
    "Lemon Juice",
    "Molasses",
    "Dried Onion",
    "Xanthan Gum",
    "Spice",
    "Natural Smoke",
    "Dried Garlic"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 2,
   "vinegar_rank": 4,
   "mustard_rank": 7,
   "sugar_rank": 1,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 12.01,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 6.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 105.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.78433,
   "lon": -78.64144,
   "source_url": "https://bonesuckin.com/product/bone-suckin-sauce-sweet-southern-18-oz",
   "source": "s:web-bonesuckin-sweet-southern",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Ingredients from the maker's product page, revision code 26-1, read 2026-09-16; the page prints its Nutrition Facts as an image, so the sugar and sodium are USDA FoodData Central record 1862954 (GTIN 754496001224), which lists the same ingredients."
  },
  {
   "id": "bone-suckin-spicy-sweet-southern",
   "name": "Bone Suckin' Spicy Sweet Southern",
   "maker": "Ford's Foods",
   "town": "Raleigh",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "Cane Sugar",
    "Tomato Puree (Tomato Paste, Water)",
    "Water",
    "Apple Cider Vinegar",
    "Vegan Worcestershire Sauce (Water, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Molasses, Caramel Color, Tamarind, Onion and Garlic)",
    "Salt",
    "Organic Yellow Mustard (Organic Distilled Vinegar, Organic Mustard Seed, Salt, Organic Turmeric, Organic Spices)",
    "Horseradish",
    "Spice",
    "Lemon Juice",
    "Molasses",
    "Dried Onion",
    "Xanthan Gum",
    "Natural Smoke",
    "Dried Garlic"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 2,
   "vinegar_rank": 4,
   "mustard_rank": 7,
   "sugar_rank": 1,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 12,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 6.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 60.0,
   "heat": "hot",
   "lat": 35.78433,
   "lon": -78.64144,
   "source_url": "https://bonesuckin.com/product/bone-suckin-sauce-spicy-sweet-southern-18-oz-2-2",
   "source": "s:web-bonesuckin-spicy-sweet-southern",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Ingredients from the maker's product page, revision code 24-1, read 2026-09-16; sugar and sodium from the Open Food Facts record for the hot bottle, barcode 0754496111220."
  },
  {
   "id": "bone-suckin-eastern-vinegar",
   "name": "Bone Suckin' Sauce Eastern Vinegar BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Ford's Foods",
   "town": "Raleigh",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [
    "Apple Cider Vinegar",
    "Distilled Vinegar",
    "Water",
    "Cane Sugar",
    "Salt",
    "Tomato Paste",
    "Spices",
    "Organic Yellow Prepared Mustard (Organic Distilled Vinegar, Organic Mustard Seed, Salt, Organic Turmeric, Organic Spices)",
    "Horseradish",
    "Dried Garlic",
    "Molasses",
    "Vegan Worcestershire Sauce (Water, Distilled Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Molasses, Caramel Color, Tamarind, Onion and Garlic)",
    "Dried Onion",
    "Xanthan Gum",
    "Natural Liquid Smoke",
    "Lemon Juice Concentrate"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 6,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 8,
   "sugar_rank": 4,
   "serving_tbsp": null,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": null,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": null,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.78433,
   "lon": -78.64144,
   "source_url": "https://bonesuckin.com/product/bone-suckin-sauce-eastern-vinegar-bbq-sauce-17-oz",
   "source": "s:web-bonesuckin-eastern-vinegar",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Ingredients from the maker's product page, revision code 25-2, read 2026-09-16. The page prints its Nutrition Facts as an image and no machine-readable panel was found, so the per-tablespoon figures are null. The same page says the sauce carries a light hint of tomato and molasses behind the vinegar."
  },
  {
   "id": "bone-suckin-mustard",
   "name": "Bone Suckin' Mustard",
   "maker": "Ford's Foods",
   "town": "Raleigh",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [
    "Organic Yellow Mustard (Water, Organic Vinegar, Organic Mustard Seed, Salt, Organic Turmeric, Organic Paprika)",
    "Brown Sugar",
    "Organic Distilled Vinegar",
    "Water",
    "Modified Tapioca Starch",
    "Dried Garlic",
    "Extract of Paprika for Color"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 3,
   "mustard_rank": 1,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": null,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": null,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": null,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.78433,
   "lon": -78.64144,
   "source_url": "https://bonesuckin.com/product/bone-suckin-sauce-world-champion-mustard-12-oz",
   "source": "s:web-bonesuckin-mustard",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Ingredients from the maker's product page, revision code 25-1, read 2026-09-16; the Nutrition Facts on that page are an image, so the numbers are null. Seven ingredients, no tomato."
  },
  {
   "id": "ht-traders-peppery-vinegar",
   "name": "HT Traders Peppery Vinegar Eastern Carolina Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Harris Teeter",
   "town": "Matthews",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "DEXTROSE",
    "SUGAR",
    "BROWN SUGAR",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "SPICE",
    "SALT",
    "RED PEPPER",
    "DRIED GARLIC",
    "SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, LACTIC ACID AND LESS THAN 0.10% SODIUM BENZOATE TO PRESERVE QUALITY)",
    "DRIED ONION",
    "NATURAL FLAVOR",
    "MALTODEXTRIN"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 6,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 3,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 4.02,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 2.01,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 57.5,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.1168,
   "lon": -80.7237,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2008459/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2008459, GTIN 072036761095. A supermarket's own label rather than a pit's; Harris Teeter's headquarters is in Matthews."
  },
  {
   "id": "ht-traders-carolina-mustard",
   "name": "HT Traders Carolina Mustard Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Harris Teeter",
   "town": "Matthews",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR",
    "SUGAR",
    "WATER",
    "APPLE CIDER",
    "MUSTARD SEED",
    "TOMATO CONCENTRATE (TOMATO PASTE, WATER)",
    "SALT",
    "SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT AND LESS THAN 0.10% SODIUM BENZOATE TO PRESERVE QUALITY)",
    "EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC FOR COLOR",
    "SPICE",
    "NATURAL FLAVOR",
    "ASCORBIC ACID"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 6,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 5,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 11.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 5.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 150.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.1168,
   "lon": -80.7237,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2144268/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2144268, GTIN 07203676110. Mustard seed is fifth, behind vinegar, sugar, water and cider, and tomato is sixth."
  },
  {
   "id": "food-lion-eastern-carolina",
   "name": "Food Lion Eastern Carolina Pepper & Vinegar BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Food Lion",
   "town": "Salisbury",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "DEXTROSE",
    "HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP",
    "BROWN SUGAR",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "BLACK PEPPER",
    "SALT",
    "SPICE",
    "DRIED GARLIC",
    "SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, LACTIC ACID AND LESS THAN 0.10% SODIUM BENZOATE AS PRESERVATIVE)",
    "DRIED ONION",
    "NATURAL FLAVORS",
    "MALTODEXTRIN"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 6,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 3,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 3.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 1.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 47.4,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.65665,
   "lon": -80.48259,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1856492/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1856492, GTIN 035826083715. Food Lion's headquarters is in Salisbury. Three sweeteners in a row before the tomato."
  },
  {
   "id": "brookwood-farms-carolina-vinegar",
   "name": "Brookwood Farms Carolina Vinegar BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Brookwood Farms",
   "town": "Siler City",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [
    "Water",
    "cider vinegar",
    "sugar",
    "worcestershire sauce (water, distilled vinegar, salt, sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup solids, citric acid, caramel color, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, spices, spice extractives, silicon dioxide)",
    "salt",
    "paprika",
    "black pepper",
    "crushed red pepper"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 2,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 3,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 1.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 233.5,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.7235,
   "lon": -79.4622,
   "source_url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0072287190170",
   "source": "s:web-openfoodfacts",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Open Food Facts barcode 0072287190170. No tomato on the label."
  },
  {
   "id": "cackalacky-sweet-sauce",
   "name": "Cackalacky Sweet Sauce",
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   "source": "s:web-openfoodfacts",
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   "town": "Chapel Hill",
   "state": "NC",
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   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
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   "name": "Sam Jones Sweet BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Sam Jones BBQ",
   "town": "Winterville",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
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   "source_url": "https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/0806802958422",
   "source": "s:web-openfoodfacts",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Open Food Facts barcode 0806802958422 carries the Nutrition Facts but no ingredient list, so the ranks are null and no base is assigned. 10 g of sugar in a 2-tablespoon serving. Base is other: with no ingredient list there is nothing to read an order from, and the maker's word Sweet names a taste, not a base."
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   "name": "Lewis Barbecue Original Red Barbecue Sauce",
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   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 32.78138,
   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "source": "s:web-openfoodfacts",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Open Food Facts barcode 0861958000418 carries the Nutrition Facts but no ingredient list, so the ranks are null and no base is assigned. Base is the maker's own word Red, not a label reading."
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   "id": "rodney-scott-tangy-pepper",
   "name": "Rodney Scott Carolina-Style Tangy Pepper Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Good & Gather with Rodney Scott",
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   "state": "SC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
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   "note": "Open Food Facts barcode 0196761375706. A Target store-brand collaboration carrying the Charleston pitmaster's name; the record has the sugar figure but no ingredient list and no sodium. Base is the bottle's own words Tangy Pepper, not a label reading; the 1.5 g of sugar per tablespoon is consistent with a thin sauce but does not establish the order."
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   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 32.78138,
   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "source": "s:web-openfoodfacts",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Open Food Facts barcode 0196761375690. Three times the sugar of the same line's tangy pepper bottle; no ingredient list in the record. Base is other: the bottle's word Sweet names a taste and there is no ingredient list to read an order from."
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   "id": "lexington-barbecue-dip",
   "name": "Lexington Barbecue dip",
   "maker": "Lexington Barbecue",
   "town": "Lexington",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.83284,
   "lon": -80.25483,
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   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
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   "name": "Bar-B-Q Center dip",
   "maker": "Bar-B-Q Center",
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   "state": "NC",
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   "lon": -80.25483,
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   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
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   "name": "Stamey's Dip",
   "maker": "Stamey's Barbecue",
   "town": "Greensboro",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lon": -79.81454,
   "source_url": "https://www.stameys.com/shop",
   "source": "s:web-stameys-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "The maker's shop page lists a bottle of Stamey's Dip at $7.99 on 2026-09-16 and prints neither ingredients nor Nutrition Facts."
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   "id": "stameys-smokehouse-hot-sauce",
   "name": "Stamey's Smokehouse Hot Sauce",
   "maker": "Stamey's Barbecue",
   "town": "Greensboro",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "hot-sauce",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lon": -79.81454,
   "source_url": "https://www.stameys.com/shop",
   "source": "s:web-stameys-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "Listed on the maker's shop page at $7.99 on 2026-09-16 with no ingredients and no Nutrition Facts, and no base is assigned without a label."
  },
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   "id": "red-bridges-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Red Bridges Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge",
   "town": "Shelby",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "sugar_g_per_serving": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.30425,
   "lon": -81.5277,
   "source_url": "https://www.bridgesbbq.com/store/",
   "source": "s:web-bridgesbbq-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "The store page carried no ingredient list or Nutrition Facts when read on 2026-09-16."
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   "id": "hurseys-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Hursey's Bar-B-Q Sauce",
   "maker": "Hursey's Bar-B-Q",
   "town": "Burlington",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
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   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 36.07848,
   "lon": -79.48611,
   "source_url": "https://www.hurseysbarbq.com/",
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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   "name": "Kepley's Bar-B-Q Sauce",
   "maker": "Kepley's Bar-B-Q",
   "town": "High Point",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lat": 35.97799,
   "lon": -80.01923,
   "source_url": "https://www.kepleysbarbecue.com/",
   "source": "s:web-kepleysbarbecue-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
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   "name": "Little Richard's Bar-B-Que Sauce",
   "maker": "Little Richard's Bar-B-Que",
   "town": "Wallburg",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lon": -80.142,
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   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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   "lon": -80.25483,
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   "source": "s:sfa-cooks-barbecue",
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the citation is the oral history, not a bottle."
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 36.34422,
   "lon": -79.66475,
   "source_url": "https://www.shortsugarsbbq.com/",
   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
  },
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   "name": "Keaton's Barbecue Sauce",
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   "town": "Cleveland",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lon": -80.6839,
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   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16, and the house sauce is a fried-chicken dip rather than a pork dip, so no base is assigned."
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   "name": "Backyard BBQ Pit sauce",
   "maker": "Backyard BBQ Pit",
   "town": "Durham",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "lon": -78.92324,
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   "source": "s:web-ourstate-stameys",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
  },
  {
   "id": "wells-hog-heaven-sauce",
   "name": "Wells Hog Heaven Barbecue Sauce",
   "maker": "Wells Hog Heaven",
   "town": "Burgaw",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "source_url": "https://www.wellshogheaven.com/",
   "source": "s:web-wells-our-story",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
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  },
  {
   "id": "wilbers-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Wilber's Barbecue sauce",
   "maker": "Wilber's Barbecue",
   "town": "Goldsboro",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 35.42958,
   "lon": -78.0646,
   "source_url": "https://wilbersbarbecue.com/",
   "source": "s:web-scotts-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
  },
  {
   "id": "parkers-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Parker's Barbecue sauce",
   "maker": "Parker's Barbecue",
   "town": "Wilson",
   "state": "NC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "id": "little-pigs-barbecue-sauce",
   "name": "Little Pigs Bar-B-Q sauce",
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   "state": "NC",
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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   "maker": "Melvin's BBQ",
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   "note": "The maker's product page, read 2026-09-16, dates the mustard sauce to 1933 and to Joe Bessinger, and says the recipe was passed down spoken and never written; it prints no ingredient list and no Nutrition Facts."
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   "town": "Charleston",
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   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 32.78138,
   "lon": -79.95121,
   "source_url": "https://melvinsbbq.com/products/melvins-vinegar-sauce",
   "source": "s:web-melvins-our-story",
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   "note": "The maker's page says the sauce was made for the owner's wife, who grew up on North Carolina vinegar barbecue; no label is printed."
  },
  {
   "id": "melvins-sweet-red-sauce",
   "name": "Melvin's Sweet Red Sauce",
   "maker": "Melvin's BBQ",
   "town": "Charleston",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 32.78138,
   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "source": "s:web-melvins-our-story",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "The maker's page calls it Kansas City-style; no label is printed."
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   "name": "Maurice's Southern Gold BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Maurice's Piggie Park",
   "town": "West Columbia",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [],
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   "lon": -81.0737,
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   "source": "s:wp-maurice-bessinger",
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   "id": "maurices-hickory-red",
   "name": "Maurice's Hickory Red Sauce",
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   "state": "SC",
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   "heat": null,
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   "lon": -81.0737,
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   "source": "s:wp-maurice-bessinger",
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   "town": "West Columbia",
   "state": "SC",
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   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "source": "s:wp-maurice-bessinger",
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   "note": "Listed on the maker's shop on 2026-09-16 with no label printed."
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   "maker": "Bessinger's Barbeque",
   "town": "Charleston",
   "state": "SC",
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   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the maker's site returned an access error to this fetch."
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   "id": "dukes-bar-b-que-sauce",
   "name": "Dukes Bar-B-Que mustard sauce",
   "maker": "Dukes Bar-B-Que",
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   "state": "SC",
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   "lon": -80.8556,
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   "source": "s:wp-dukes-bar-b-que",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the Orangeburg house sauce is sold in the restaurants rather than through a shop that prints a panel."
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  {
   "id": "sweatmans-bar-b-que-sauce",
   "name": "Sweatman's Bar-B-Que mustard sauce",
   "maker": "Sweatman's Bar-B-Que",
   "town": "Holly Hill",
   "state": "SC",
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.3235,
   "lon": -80.4137,
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   "source": "s:web-sweatmans-history",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the maker's site refused this fetch."
  },
  {
   "id": "shealys-bar-b-que-sauce",
   "name": "Shealy's Bar-B-Que sauce",
   "maker": "Shealy's Bar-B-Que House",
   "town": "Batesburg-Leesville",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.91475,
   "lon": -81.51528,
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   "source": "s:web-shealys-home",
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   "note": "The maker's sauce page, read 2026-09-16, prints no ingredient list and no Nutrition Facts."
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   "maker": "Hite's Bar-B-Que",
   "town": "West Columbia",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "mustard",
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   "source": "s:web-hites-about",
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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   "name": "Jackie Hite's Bar-B-Q sauce",
   "maker": "Jackie Hite's Bar-B-Q",
   "town": "Batesburg-Leesville",
   "state": "SC",
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   "lon": -81.51528,
   "source_url": "https://www.southernfoodways.org/interview/jackie-hites-bar-b-q/",
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   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the citation is the oral history, not a bottle."
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   "id": "cannons-bbq-sauce",
   "name": "Cannon's BBQ sauce",
   "maker": "Cannon's BBQ",
   "town": "Little Mountain",
   "state": "SC",
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   "ingredients": [],
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   "vinegar_rank": null,
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   "lat": 34.1932,
   "lon": -81.4128,
   "source_url": "https://www.cannonsbbq.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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   "maker": "Hudson's Smokehouse",
   "town": "Lexington",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.99875,
   "lon": -81.20212,
   "source_url": "https://hudsonssmokehouse.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the maker's site refused this fetch."
  },
  {
   "id": "home-team-bbq-sauce",
   "name": "Home Team BBQ sauce",
   "maker": "Home Team BBQ",
   "town": "Charleston",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
   "serving_tbsp": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 32.78138,
   "lon": -79.95121,
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   "source": "s:web-home-team-our-story",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "The maker sells sauce by the pint and prints no ingredient list or Nutrition Facts on that page, read 2026-09-16."
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   "id": "big-t-bar-b-q-sauce",
   "name": "Big T Bar-B-Q sauce",
   "maker": "Big T Bar-B-Q",
   "town": "Gadsden",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
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   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.8557,
   "lon": -80.7676,
   "source_url": "https://bigtbbq.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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  {
   "id": "true-bbq-sauce",
   "name": "True BBQ sauce",
   "maker": "True BBQ",
   "town": "West Columbia",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.9935,
   "lon": -81.0737,
   "source_url": "https://www.truebbqsc.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
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  {
   "id": "palmetto-pig-sauce",
   "name": "Palmetto Pig sauce",
   "maker": "Palmetto Pig",
   "town": "Columbia",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
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   "sugar_g_per_serving": null,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": null,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.99613,
   "lon": -81.01893,
   "source_url": "https://www.palmettopig.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
  },
  {
   "id": "buckys-bar-b-q-sauce",
   "name": "Bucky's Bar-B-Q sauce",
   "maker": "Bucky's Bar-B-Q",
   "town": "Greenville",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "other",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
   "serving_tbsp": null,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": null,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": null,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 34.85722,
   "lon": -82.40063,
   "source_url": "https://buckysbarbq.com/",
   "source": "s:web-sc-four-sauces",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "No online label found on 2026-09-16; the base is read from the maker's own name for the bottle, not from an ingredient order."
  },
  {
   "id": "scotts-bar-b-que-hemingway-sauce",
   "name": "Scott's Bar-B-Que sauce",
   "maker": "Scott's Bar-B-Que",
   "town": "Hemingway",
   "state": "SC",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [],
   "tomato_rank": null,
   "vinegar_rank": null,
   "mustard_rank": null,
   "sugar_rank": null,
   "serving_tbsp": null,
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   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": null,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.7532,
   "lon": -79.4478,
   "source_url": "https://www.southernfoodways.org/interview/scotts-bar-b-que/",
   "source": "s:web-sfa-scotts-bar-b-que",
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   "id": "heinz-carolina-vinegar-style",
   "name": "Heinz Carolina Vinegar Style BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Kraft Heinz",
   "town": "Pittsburgh",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "lexington-dip",
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    "TOMATO PASTE",
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    "CANE SUGAR",
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    "SALT",
    "SPICES",
    "CORN STARCH",
    "XANTHAN GUM",
    "MUSTARD SEED",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "PAPRIKA",
    "NATURAL FLAVOR",
    "NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR",
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   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 7.99,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 3.99,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 169.9,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 40.44062,
   "lon": -79.99589,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1629827/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
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   "id": "heinz-carolina-sweet-mustard-style",
   "name": "Heinz Carolina Sweet Mustard Style BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "Kraft Heinz",
   "town": "Pittsburgh",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "mustard",
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    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "CORN STARCH",
    "SALT",
    "BLACKSTRAP MOLASSES",
    "SPICES",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "ONION POWDER",
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   "vinegar_rank": 4,
   "mustard_rank": 3,
   "sugar_rank": 1,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 10.01,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 5.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 165.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 40.44062,
   "lon": -79.99589,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1727674/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1727674, GTIN 01303007. Contrast bottle. Cane sugar is the first ingredient and mustard the third."
  },
  {
   "id": "cattlemens-carolina-tangy-gold",
   "name": "Cattlemen's Carolina Tangy Gold BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "McCormick",
   "town": "Hunt Valley",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR",
    "SUGAR",
    "WATER",
    "#1 GRADE MUSTARD SEED",
    "SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT)",
    "AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS",
    "SALT",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR",
    "TURMERIC",
    "CORN SYRUP",
    "PAPRIKA",
    "OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR)",
    "SPICES",
    "MOLASSES",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "NATURAL FLAVORS",
    "ONION POWDER",
    "SODIUM BENZOATE (AS A PRESERVATIVE) AND CELERY SEED"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 9,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 4,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 12.98,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 6.49,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 190.8,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 39.4915,
   "lon": -76.6519,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2601404/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2601404, GTIN 041500054001. Contrast bottle, sold to restaurant kitchens. 6.5 g of sugar per tablespoon, the highest figure in this file, tied with Trader Joe's Carolina Gold; tomato paste sits ninth."
  },
  {
   "id": "lillies-q-no-12-eastern-nc-vinegar",
   "name": "Lillie's Q No. 12 Eastern North Carolina Vinegar ENC Barbeque Sauce",
   "maker": "Lillie's Q",
   "town": "Chicago",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [
    "CIDER VINEGAR",
    "BROWN SUGAR",
    "MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER)",
    "CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, SUGAR, SPICES [CELERY], TAMARIND)",
    "CAYENNE PEPPER SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, GARLIC POWDER)",
    "CAYENNE PEPPER",
    "CRUSHED RED PEPPER",
    "SALT",
    "BLACK PEPPER",
    "XANTHAN GUM (TO PROVIDE THICKNESS)"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 3,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 1.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 0.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 45.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 41.87811,
   "lon": -87.6298,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2584570/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2584570, GTIN 0858183005042. Contrast bottle. No tomato at all, and 0.5 g of sugar per tablespoon, a figure matched only by Carolina Treet among the bottles declaring more than zero."
  },
  {
   "id": "lillies-q-no-27-sc-mustard-gold",
   "name": "Lillie's Q No. 27 South Carolina Mustard Gold Barbeque Sauce",
   "maker": "Lillie's Q",
   "town": "Chicago",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [
    "MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER)",
    "BROWN SUGAR",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORS)",
    "FILTERED WATER",
    "TOMATO PASTE",
    "CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT",
    "APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE",
    "LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE",
    "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, SUGAR, SPICES [CELERY], TAMARIND)",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "ONION POWDER",
    "ALLSPICE",
    "PAPRIKA",
    "BLACK PEPPER",
    "SUGAR",
    "CAYENNE PEPPER",
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 4,
   "vinegar_rank": 3,
   "mustard_rank": 1,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 9.01,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 4.5,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 165.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 41.87811,
   "lon": -87.6298,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2584569/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2584569, GTIN 0858183005035. Contrast bottle. Mustard first, brown sugar second, ketchup fourth."
  },
  {
   "id": "lillies-q-no-40-wnc-tomato",
   "name": "Lillie's Q No. 40 Western North Carolina Tomato Barbeque Sauce",
   "maker": "Lillie's Q",
   "town": "Chicago",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "heavy-tomato",
   "ingredients": [
    "TOMATO SAUCE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE)",
    "BROWN SUGAR",
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA, SPICE, GARLIC POWDER)",
    "SUGAR",
    "VINEGAR",
    "SALT",
    "CONTAINS LESS THAN 2%: APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE",
    "LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE",
    "SPICES",
    "GARLIC",
    "ONION",
    "AND NATURAL FLAVOR"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 1,
   "vinegar_rank": 3,
   "mustard_rank": 4,
   "sugar_rank": 2,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 10.01,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 5.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 175.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 41.87811,
   "lon": -87.6298,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2584568/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2584568, GTIN 0858183005028. Contrast bottle. Named for the Piedmont but built tomato-first with brown sugar second, which is the Kansas City order rather than the thin dip's."
  },
  {
   "id": "trader-joes-carolina-gold",
   "name": "Trader Joe's Carolina Gold Barbeque Sauce",
   "maker": "Trader Joe's",
   "town": "Monrovia",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "mustard",
   "ingredients": [
    "CANE SUGAR",
    "YELLOW MUSTARD (DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, MUSTARD SEED)",
    "DISTILLED VINEGAR",
    "TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE)",
    "SEA SALT",
    "CORN STARCH",
    "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, SEA SALT, SUGAR, SPICES, TAMARIND)",
    "MOLASSES",
    "SPICES",
    "GARLIC",
    "ONION",
    "NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR",
    "XANTHAN GUM"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 4,
   "vinegar_rank": 3,
   "mustard_rank": 2,
   "sugar_rank": 1,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 12.98,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 6.49,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 204.8,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 34.14418,
   "lon": -118.00193,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/1864841/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 1864841, GTIN 00514385. Contrast bottle. Cane sugar first, mustard second; the sugar per tablespoon ties Cattlemen's at 6.5 g."
  },
  {
   "id": "true-made-e-carolina-pitmaster",
   "name": "True Made Foods E. Carolina Pitmaster BBQ Sauce",
   "maker": "True Made Foods",
   "town": "Atlanta",
   "state": "other",
   "base": "vinegar-pepper",
   "ingredients": [
    "APPLE CIDER VINEGAR",
    "BUTTERNUT SQUASH",
    "CARROTS",
    "SALT",
    "BLACK PEPPER",
    "RED PEPPER",
    "GARLIC POWDER",
    "ONION POWDER",
    "PAPRIKA",
    "SAGE",
    "TURMERIC"
   ],
   "tomato_rank": 0,
   "vinegar_rank": 1,
   "mustard_rank": 0,
   "sugar_rank": 0,
   "serving_tbsp": 2,
   "sugar_g_per_serving": 0.0,
   "sugar_g_per_tbsp": 0.0,
   "sodium_mg_per_tbsp": 40.0,
   "heat": null,
   "lat": 33.749,
   "lon": -84.38798,
   "source_url": "https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/2392408/nutrients",
   "source": "s:web-usda-fdc-branded",
   "accessed": "2026-09-16",
   "note": "USDA FoodData Central branded record 2392408, GTIN 851099004185. Contrast bottle, and one of three in this file declaring 0 g total sugars; the other two are Scott's of Goldsboro and Cackalacky's pepper sauce. Its body comes from squash and carrot rather than from tomato or sugar."
  }
 ]
}