Sauces & Condiments · Starter formulation

Reduced-Sugar Ketchup & BBQ Sauce

Sweet-savory balance with far less added sugar.

Up to 60% less added sugar

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Why it wins on shelf

What this does for your brand, not just your batch.

On shelf A cleaner label

A reduced-sugar version with a sugar line shoppers actually read, and a story you can build a pack around. Confirm any on-pack wording with your regulatory review.

Repeat purchase Tastes like the original

The sweet protein carries a clean, sugar-like sweetness, so it still tastes like the product people came back for.

Stand behind it A story you can defend

A sweet protein, digested like other dietary proteins and used at milligram levels, so it adds no sugars. Full safety and regulatory documentation is ready for your quality and regulatory teams.

The idea

Why this one is worth building.

Ketchup and barbecue sauce are water-based and acidic, which is friendly territory for the sweet protein. The trick is holding the sweet-savory-sour balance as the sugar comes down.

How it comes together

The formulation approach

Lead the sweetness with the sweet protein and add a little allulose for body and a gentle browning note. Vinegar lifts perceived sweetness, so start at about half the calculated dose and adjust up by taste. These acidic sauces sit comfortably in the range the sweet protein handles, and it is supplied at about pH 4.0.

A worked example. In a 17 g serving that carried about 4 g of sugar, about 60% of the sweetness comes from UnSugar Sweet Protein and the rest from your existing sweetener. You dose the sweet protein in tiny amounts, and your applications team confirms the exact amount for your product. This reduction is the target we formulate to; these figures are formulation targets our applications team works to, confirmed in your own product by bench testing.

Where it sits on the label

Tomato concentrate, vinegar, allulose, salt, spices, brazzein (sweet protein)

A small use rate keeps a short, clean ingredient statement that ends in brazzein (sweet protein). We provide the label declaration position for your review.

The bar we formulate to

Your panel can’t tell it lost the sugar.

We start from your best full-sugar version, add the sweet protein as one variable, then cut the sugar step by step while the sensory scores hold. These figures are formulation targets our applications team works to, confirmed in your own product by bench testing.

Good questions

The bits your team will ask.

How much sweet protein does this use?+

Very little. UnSugar is 500 to 2,000 times sweeter than sugar, so a little goes a long way. Your applications team confirms the exact amount for your product.

Can we get the full formula sheet?+

Yes. The detailed starter formula, with exact use levels and process notes, is shared with qualified food and beverage teams. Request the technical documents and tell us the application.

Do you help us formulate it?+

That is the plan. Request Samples, and our applications team works the first bench trial with you, dials in the dose and blend, and helps you plan the path to pilot.

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